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In addition to ADABAS database management system and the Natural application development language, Software AG has extended its focus to the middleware market with products for service-oriented architecture (SOA), business process management (BPM), business integration and application modernization. According to research firm Gartner, Inc., Software AG is third globally for enterprise service bus (ESB) and business process management suite (BPMS) market share. These efforts have been aided by the company’s $546M acquisition of U.S. rival webMethods in 2007. Software AG's webMethods product line has been recognized in numerous categories by Gartner and Forrester. In July 2009 Software AG announced a takeover offer for the Germany-based company IDS Scheer AG. Since February 2010 IDS Scheer AG is part of the Software AG Group. Software AG is traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s TecDAX under the symbol “SOW”. |