<b>Darmstadt,
Germany, August 27, 2013 – The Experton Group, a leading analyst and consulting
firm in Germany, has named Software AG ”Big Data Leader 2013” in its recent Big
Data Vendor Benchmark*. Software AG, a ”strategic pacesetter” has thus
successfully positioned itself in the big data market with its Terracotta
in-memory and big data analytics solutions. An attractive product and service
offering and a strong market and competitive position were prerequisites for
achieving ”leader” status.</b>

The
Experton Group’s Big Data Vendor Benchmark 2013 is Germany’s first report on
this segment. It examined 68 companies that actively market their products as
big data solutions. Based on an evaluation of 100 different criteria, vendors
were ranked by their level of competitiveness and portfolio appeal in various
categories. Additional criteria were assessed for the analytics category in
which Software AG is positioned with Terracotta. For example, concluded
projects in which the processing of disparate data from multiple sources was
achieved made an especially favorable impression. Teracotta’s mechanisms
enabling fast data retrieval for a large number of users also earned high
marks. Here the benefits of Terracotta’s scalable in-memory technology stood
out significantly. The report specifically recognized Ehcache, BigMemory and
In-Genius from the Terracotta product family.

Holm
Landrock, senior advisor at the Experton Group stated, ”Software AG’s
Terracotta is an attractive solution portfolio that, combined with the
company’s consulting, services and IT expertise, offers business users major
benefits for their big data scenarios.”

The
focus of Software AG’s big data platform is Fast Big Data, which, rather than
archiving and subsequently analyzing big data, emphasizes real-time extraction
of relevant KPIs and patterns from massive volumes of data for fast access and
use in business operations.

Dr.
Jürgen Krämer, VP of CEP & Analytics at Software AG commented, ”We are very
proud to be able to technologically support an IT industry megatrend with our
Terracotta products. With them we are guiding our customers toward the Digital
Enterprise and completely new business models and applications.”

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<i>*”Big Data Vendor Benchmark 2013,
Big-Data-Anbieter im Vergleich, Deutschland”; Analysis of the Experton Group
AG, Munich, Germany; available on request</i>

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