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Software AG, CPI sign partner agreement

CPI brings additional ARIS and webMethods support skills to customers.

Johannesburg, 03 Sep 2010

Following the approval of final legal and global agreements to merge IDS Scheer with Software AG, Software AG South Africa has signed up local ARIS VAR, Collaborative Process Integration (CPI).

The ARIS local exclusive value-added reseller since 2001, CPI's core business is the sales and technical support of the ARIS platform.

“With their extensive experience with ARIS and ours with webMethods, CPI is a great partner for us to bring on board,” says Software AG South Africa country manager, Emma Murray. “Their customer base, which includes over 40 companies from the SA top 100 as well as many parastatals such as Transnet, show a similar approach to service excellence as practised by ourselves.”

Jay Kleynhans, technical director at CPI, says they are excited about the future relationship with Software AG. “Working together, we can offer customers a full suite of services and solutions, from design to implementation, training and support. We now have the full might of Software AG behind us and can already see the combined benefits we bring to our customers.”

“The value to our customers may be seen in our unique portfolio for process strategy, design, integration and control; SOA-based integration and data management; process-driven SAP implementation; and strategic process consulting and services,” continues Murray. “The merger with IDS Scheer closes the loop for delivery to customers of a complete solution of business process excellence. CPI rounds out our ability to deliver improved business processing to our customers and prospects and to increase growth across all sectors. It's a win-win solution for us and we are delighted to welcome them on board.”

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CPI

Collaborative Process Integration (CPI) is a South African-based company established in June 2001 and appointed as the premium value added reseller by IDS Scheer for all the ARIS and related components in southern Africa. CPI has also been appointed the training, maintenance and support partner for ARIS. ARIS is a trademark of IDS Scheer and they own all copyrights.

CPI has in the past adopted a collaborative approach in partnering with other entities in order to provide a complete business process management solution to its clients. This has resulted in various specialist partnerships having being formed to address client's specific needs. See http://www.cpi.co.za for more information.

Software AG & IDS Scheer

Software AG is the global leader in business process excellence. Its 40 years of innovation include the invention of the first high-performance transactional database, Adabas; the first business process analysis platform, ARIS; and the first B2B server and SOA-based integration platform, webMethods.

It is unique in offering the world's only end-to-end - and easiest to use - business process management (BPM) solutions, with the lowest total cost of ownership. Its industry-leading brands, ARIS, webMethods, Adabas, Natural and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique portfolio for: process strategy, design, integration and control; SOA-based integration and data management; process-driven SAP implementation; and strategic process consulting and services.

IDS Scheer is part of the Software AG Group and a leading provider of business process management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organisations worldwide. With the ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes, allowing companies to continuously improve their overall business performance. Utilising the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling.

Software AG had revenues of EUR847 million in 2009 and has more than 6 000 employees serving 10 000 enterprise and public institution customers across 70 countries. Its comprehensive software and services solutions allow companies to continuously achieve their business results faster. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE 0003304002 / SOW).

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Dominique Zuma
Software AG
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