Software AG, a leader in business process excellence, said it has been included in the '2010 SD Times 100 listing,' which highlights the software industry’s leaders, innovators and influencers.

Software AG was a winner in the SOA and Middleware category, which points to the company’s strength in this sector and illustrates the industry’s focus on leading-edge technologies that deliver value, particularly during times when organizations are faced with the pressure to increase efficiency and to innovate faster, said a company statement.

“Software AG is pleased to be cited in the SD Times 100 list recognizing the most dynamic companies in the software industry,” remarked CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich.

'We are particularly proud to be noted in the SOA and Middleware category. While SOA can be a complicated subject, the results of a properly implemented SOA are flexible, loosely coupled services that can be discovered, reused, and combined to support any number of business processes across the enterprise,' he noted.

'It offers greater agility, better responsiveness to customer and market demands, and significant efficiency improvement,' Streibich added.

Marco Gerazounis, senior vice president, Software AG Middle East, said: 'This new milestone will further strengthen our growth strategy in the Middle East as we continue to reinforce our reputation as a leading technology innovator in the region.'

'Moreover, it highlights our continuing thrust to develop solutions that cater to the unique demands of business organizations, particularly here in the Middle East, providing a reliable platform that enables them to achieve greater operational flexibility and ultimately boost business performance,' he added.

Leading companies around the world – including over two-thirds of the Global 2000 – use Software AG technology to build SOA-enabled infrastructures with a proven integration platform, full lifecycle governance, real-time visibility and mainframe and B2B integration capabilities, the company statement said.

Compiled by the editors of BZ Media's SD Times since 2003, the SD Times 100 is the newspaper's annual listing of the top leaders and innovators in the software development industry.

SD Times is the twice-monthly newspaper of record for the software development industry, and is published in print and digital editions. SD Times reaches more than 60,000 subscribers in 131 countries.

“We included Software AG in the SD Times 100 listing based on their innovative offerings in the SOA and middleware space,” said Alan Zeichick, editorial director of BZ Media's SD Times.

'When choosing the 2010 SD Times 100, we carefully considered each organization’s products and services, reputation with software development managers, and the new ideas and thought leadership that it brings to the industry. Thanks to companies like Software AG, the art and science of software development continues to advance at a rapid pace,' he added.-TradeArabia News Service