Scandinavian Airlines Chooses Software AG's CentraSite.Scandinavian Airlines Will Use Software AG's CentraSite[TM] SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. Registry/Repository To Enhance Governance of Enterprise Technology RESTON, Va. -- Software AG today announced that Scandinavian Airlines has chosen Software AG's CentraSite[TM] SOA Registry/ Repository to support their technology management and governance initiatives. CentraSite will work in concert with diverse enterprise technologies to help Scandinavian Airlines achieve its strategic goals of cost savings and increased competitiveness. Scandinavian Airlines will use CentraSite to manage and govern IT elements such as Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , policies, models and metadata in the context of a Service-Oriented Architecture See SOA. (SOA). "In the extremely competitive global transportation industry, the adoption of innovative technologies such as Software AG's CentraSite will, through better control and reusability, enable us to more quickly align ourselves with changing market dynamics and thereby provide the highest level of service to our customers," says Magnus Clarving, Manager, Corporate and Agent systems, SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Airline IT. Because it is based on widely accepted industry standards, CentraSite is able to bring together products and solutions from both small and large technology vendors - as well as "home-grown" applications - under a single management and governance umbrella. This inclusive approach is further supported by the CentraSite Community, which encompasses a diverse group of enterprise technology providers whose solutions are pre-integrated with CentraSite. "As enterprise environments grow more heterogeneous - especially through market consolidations - the need for management and governance becomes increasingly pronounced," said Dr. Peter Kuerpick, Member of the Board, Software AG and responsible for the development of crossvision. "By adopting a managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality approach to IT infrastructure, industry pioneers, such as Scandinavian Airlines, are able to adapt and innovate during even the most turbulent market conditions." About CentraSite Software AG's CentraSite SOA Registry/Repository forms the mission-critical, hot-pluggable backbone of Software AG's crossvision SOA Suite. CentraSite offers the SOA management and governance capabilities required by today's enterprises, ensuring transparency of SOA initiatives and providing full control over loosely coupled See loose coupling. services. Other products and portfolios in the suite include crossvision Legacy Modernization, crossvision Service Orchestrator and crossvision Application Composer. For more information about crossvision visit www.softwareag.com/corporate/products/cv/default.asp. About Software AG, Inc. (North America) Software AG, Inc. is based in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area and provides enterprise-class data management and integration solutions to customers in sectors such as local, state and federal government, insurance and public retirement. Software AG, Inc.'s customers include American Fidelity Assurance Company, National Gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. Company, The California State Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS), American Community Mutual Insurance Company, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Department of Buildings, Export Development Canada Export Development Canada (EDC) is Canada's export credit agency and a Crown corporation that provides financing and risk management services to Canadian exporters and investors in up to 200 markets worldwide. , Tulsa County Government and the US Export-Import Bank Export-import Bank (Ex-IM Bank) The U.S. federal government agency that extends trade credits to U.S. companies to facilitate the financing of U.S. exports. . Software AG, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, provides a full range of products and services to deliver a service-oriented architecture (SOA) IT infrastructure, based on over thirty-five years experience in high-performance databases, application development tools and integration technologies. Its technology offers process driven integration through legacy modernization and SOA based integration. Software AG helps its customers to achieve a competitive advantage through flexible and adaptive business processes based on fast and easy integration of existing IT assets. It supports the mission-critical systems of over 3,000 customers globally. Software AG is represented in around 70 countries with more than 2,700 employees. It is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. (TecDAX, ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. DE 0003304002 / SOW). In 2005 Software AG posted e1/4438 million in total revenue. www.softwareag.com. Software AG and/or all Software AG products are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Software AG. 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