Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced that it was the recent recipient of eleven 2007 SOA World Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards. Winners were recognized in twenty categories by SYS-CON Media, the world's leading i-technology media and events company, on the basis of voting by subscribers.

 

“Recognition from actual practitioners, such as readers of SOA World magazine, is significant as their first-hand experience reinforces the importance of our commitment to ease-of-use as a means for maximizing user productivity,” said Ivo Totev, Chief Marketing Officer, Software AG. “We are honored to receive these awards and we remain committed to providing users with world-class business infrastructure software for achieving their service-oriented architecture objectives.”

 

Software AG was awarded Readers’ Choice Awards by SOA World magazine in the following categories:

 

Best BPM Engine

Best Framework

Best GUI for Web Services Product

Best Integrated Services Environment (two winners)

Best Legacy Adapter

Best SOA/Web Services Book

Best SOA /Web Services Platform

Best Tool/Platform

Best Web Services or XML Site

Best XML Database

"The heart of SOA is the re-use of business components, something Software AG has always embraced as core to its vision of how to manage IT assets and business processes," said Jeremy Geelan, Senior Vice President, Editorial & Events, SYS-CON Media. "Our readers are concerned with leveraging existing investments, and when they select technologies and vendors in this way it is strictly because of the business benefits and the ROI involved. They clearly applaud the webMethods product suite, and open standards, as do all involved in the Readers' Choice Awards. We offer Software AG hearty congratulations on its well-deserved results."