SOFTWARE AG AND BASIS TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATE ON POWERFUL SOLUTIONS FOR ASIAN CUSTOMERS

— Software AG Integrates Basis Technology’s Rosette® Language Analyzers into Tamino XML Server to Provide Full-text Search Capabilities for Japanese, Chinese and Korean Markets —

Darmstadt, Germany and Cambridge, MA, USA, July 30, 2002—Software AG, Europe’s largest system software provider and a pioneer in XML technologies, and Basis Technology, the leading provider of software globalization solutions, today announced that Basis Technology’s Rosette Language Analyzers for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean have been integrated into Software AG’s Tamino XML server to give Tamino customers full-text search capabilities for Asian languages.

Basis Technology’s Rosette Language Analyzers are portable, high-performance linguistic engines for segmenting and normalizing Japanese, Chinese, and Korean text. The products rely on comprehensive dictionaries and linguistic algorithms, and are ideal for applications that require searching and analysis of large volumes of text.

“We are pleased to offer our many customers in Asia the option of adding Basis Technology’s Rosette Language Analyzers to the new Windows version of Tamino XML Server,” said Dr. Peter Mossack, CTO and VP Research and Development, Software AG. “We have seen increasing demand for Tamino across Asia, and our partnership with Basis Technology enables us to deliver solutions that meet the specific needs of those demanding locales. We anticipate even greater penetration into Asian markets with this new offering.”

Steve Cohen, EVP, Basis Technology, said, “Our close partnership with Software AG is an exciting opportunity for us to reach new customers across Asia, and to build new features into our products that help us maintain our market leading positions. Our Language Analyzer products are ideal for many leading edge applications that rely on XML such as CRM, online commerce, and document management.”

Tamino XML Server
Tamino XML Server is high-performance data-management platform for both the Internet and intranets, capable of storing XML documents natively, without transformation to other formats. XML enables the global and platform-independent exchange of business documents, and Tamino XML Server manages mission-critical information of all types within and across companies. Unstructured and semi-structured data, in particular, whose content could be standardized in the past only with great difficulty, can be managed very efficiently using XML. Tamino is the world’s leading XML server (47.5% market share, according to the latest IDC study) and three of the largest web application server providers, IBM, BEA, and HP have all selected Tamino as their default XML server. Along with supporting numerous Windows and Unix systems, Tamino also runs on Linux and mainframe platforms and is used by more than 500 private and public organizations worldwide, including DaimlerChrysler, Virginia Tech University, and the California Board of Equalization.

For more information on this multi award-winning server and developing enterprise-scale XML-based applications, visit http://www.softwareagusa.com or the Tamino developer community at http://www.tamino.com/developer/.

About Software AG

Software AG is based in Darmstadt, Germany. Founded in 1969, Software AG continues to be Europe’s largest and a leading global provider of system software and services enabling enterprise data integration and management. Software AG’s products control the central IT processes of thousands of renowned companies worldwide including Lufthansa, Siemens, Citibank, Merck, DaimlerChrysler, Sony, BP and Telefonica. Software AG develops products and solutions that support the XML (Extensible Markup Language) standard. XML simplifies the exchange of documents and data as well as the integration of cutting-edge Web applications into traditional IT architectures. According to IDC, Software AG is the worldwide leader in the XML database and server market thanks to its Tamino XML Server. Software AG’s B2B solutions offering focuses on XML-based integration (e.g. Web services) and enterprise content management systems. Software AG’s portfolio of 300-plus distribution and technology partners includes IBM, Sun, Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard and solutions vendors like BEA, Tridion, Stellent, and Ixos. In 2001, the corporation achieved 589 million euros in total revenue. Software AG has offices in over 70 countries and currently employs a staff of 3,200. Software AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (MDAX, security id number 724264/SOWGn.F).

About Basis Technology

Basis Technology (www.basistech.com) provides software solutions for extracting meaningful intelligence from multilingual text. The company’s Rosette® Platform is a suite of high-performance, highly reliable, interoperable software components designed for applications that analyze and process all the world’s languages.

Top-tier software vendors, content providers, multinational enterprises, and government agencies rely on Basis Technology’s solutions for Unicode compliance, language identification, multilingual search, normalization, transliteration, and entity extraction. Clients include America Online, Convera, Endeca, Google, Hewlett-Packard, InQuira, Inktomi, L.L Bean, Northrop Grumman, PeopleSoft, Siebel Systems, Verity and Yahoo!.

Company headquarters are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with branch offices in San Francisco, California; Herndon, Virginia; and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit www.basistech.com or call 800-697-2062.