Indian software industry has been witnessing a phenomenal growth for the

last three decades. The software industry is expected to play a vital role in the growth
of Indian Economy. However the ability of the software industry to sustain its
growth will depend upon its ability to integrate needs of its international customers
and aspirations of Indian software professionals. Software professionals from India
aspire for and are capable of being global citizens. Based on in-depth analysis, this
Research explores the human issues being experienced by Indian software
organizations. It also suggests to overcome some of the human challenges to make
this field the safest field.

But at the same time, this field is having much more problems which make
the IT as an unstable one. This is because of lack of planning and not able to fulfil
the expectations and requirements of Human Resource Management.

GROWTH OF INDIA'S IT INDUSTRY

India's IT industry has recorded phenomenal growth over the last decade.
During the period from 1992-2001, the compounded annual growth rate of the Indian
IT services industry has been over 50%. The software sector in India has grown at
almost double the rate of the US software sector.

The statistics of the India's IT industry substantiates the huge momentum

acquired by the IT sector in the recent past. During the financial year 2000-2001, the
software industry in India accounted for $8.26 billion. The corresponding figure was
$100 million 10 years back. The year 2008 was marked by unprecedented global
economic crisis.

The Global economy slipped into severe recession in 2008 inflicted by a

massive financial crisis and acute loss of confidence. This has cast its shadow on the
Indian economy, which is estimated to grow at 6.7 per cent in 2008-09 as compared
to 9.0 per cent in the fiscal year 2007-08. In spite of this uncertain global outlook,
the Indian Information Technology Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO)
industry was able to achieve sustainable growth in the fiscal year 2008-09. The
revenue IIR TECHgregate of IT-BPO industry is expected to grow by over 12 per
cent and reach US $ 71.7 billion in 2008-09 as compared to US $ 64 billion in 2007-
08.

Industry performance was marked by sustained double-digit revenue growth,

steady expansion into newer service lines and increased geographic penetration. The
Indian software and services exports including ITES-BPO exports is estimated at US
$ 47 billion in 2008- 09, as compared to US $ 40.4 billion in 2007-08, an increase
of 16.3 per cent. The IT services exports is estimated to be US $ 26.9 billion in 2008-
09 as compared to US $ 23.1 billion in 2007-08, showing a growth of 16.5 per cent
21 in 2008-09. ITES-BPO exports is estimated to grow from US $ 10.9 billion in
2007-08 to US $ 12.8 billion in 2008-09, a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth of over
17.4 per cent.

It has created immense opportunities for employment and has contributed to

the growth of National Income. It has also spawned the mushrooming of several
ancillary industries such as transportation, real estate, catering and has created a
rising class of young consumers with high disposable incomes, triggered a rise in
direct-tax collections and propelled an increase in consumer spending.

This represents a net addition of 226,000 professionals to the industry

employee base in 2008-09. The indirect employment attributed to the sector is
estimated to be about 8.0 million.

The industry has also set a precedent for talent practices in India. It has created
career opportunities for the youth, provided global exposure and offered extensive
training and development. Furthermore, the industry has been a frontrunner in
diversity at the workplace (over 30 per cent of employees are women; over 60 per
cent of industry players employ differently abled people).

The IT- industrys contribution to the national GDP is estimated to increase

from 5.5 per cent in 2007-08 to 5.8 per cent in 2008-09. The growth of India's IT
sector has brought about many other positive changes in the Indian economy.

HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY:

The following statements characterize the Human Resources in the Software

Industry:

The Human Resource function plays a key and very important role, as it is a
People Centered organization.

Employees are knowledge workers. Majority of them are qualified

professionals and then were toppers in colleges and are very ambitious and so, they
seek a fast track career.

They expect challenges from the start, highly creative, highly sensitive,
motivation is the key for performance.

Prefer informal environment, openness /trust.

About 25 to 30% proceed to United States at the earliest; hence all actions
aimed towards this move. All this is driven by peer pressure, life style, savings and
improvement in their profile.

Basically performance driven organization.

ISSUES IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY

The Indian software industry is currently in a situation where most companies

have more projects than they can handle i.e. they do not have the necessary human
resources to satisfy the potential demand for their services. At the same time, in most
companies it is observed that the capacity utilization of the manpower is not
satisfactory high i.e. there is significant bench-time for a resource.

This paradox has persisted because of lopsided manpower planning, hiring

and staffing practices. Seen in the frame work of 28 the newsboy problem, the cost
of overstocking of human resources is not high enough compared to the cost of under
stocking, which leads to the phenomenon of companies recruiting people for a
project much before they have contracted that project.

This is further compounded by the severe attrition problem that piIIR

TECHues the Indian software industry it is not possible to predict the attrition
levels and at the same time there is a shortIIR TECHe of high-skilled professionals
in the competitive labour market, so this causes a problem with the both the
efficiency (high bench-time) as well as the effectiveness (low acceptance to offer
ratios) of recruiting and staffing activities.

Moreover if the software industry is to be successful in the longer term, it is

imperative that companies move up to IT value chain from activities such as
maintenance, offshore development and sub-contracting to systems integration,
process improvement and strategic IT consulting.
 In order to accomplish this, they need access to a manpower base, which is
skilled not only in technology but also has thorough knowledge of business and
Management processes and practices.

This manpower base is still underdeveloped in India and unless there are
initiatives taken by all the major players, including the Government, the industry
will fail to exploit the growth potential.

Within the HR planning function, there is the issue of classifying resources in

order to enable efficient project staffing. Due to the explosion of technologies in the
information space, it has become increasingly difficult for companies to translate
project requirements into manpower requirements and consequently skill
requirements and at the same time organize complementary skills into sets, which
can then be treated as resource competencies.
SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS:

SOME COMMON CHARACTERISTICS

Based on the survey conducted with software professionals and the way they
were described by senior manIIR TECHers, project manIIR TECHers and HR
professionals in software organizations, other employees of the different I.T.
workers and some common characteristics of Indian software professions have
emerged and these characteristics are: o Software professionals invest substantial
time, efforts and resources to acquire relevant and valid knowledge. Over time the
knowledge acquired by them becomes their self-concept.

Software professionals look forward to use their knowledge and acquire new
knowledge on a continuous basis. This is significant for software professions to
experience a sense of growth and nurture their concept of growth.

Software Professionals tend to be highly analytical and hence they expect

rationale for every activity. They expect that they should be involved in defining and
planning every organizational change affecting them.

Software professionals tend to be high achievers and hence they expect

periodical and tangible feedback and recognition for performance. Since reward
system is perceived, as a part of the feedback system, linking performance with
reward and experiencing equity in reward becomes very important issues with them.

Software professionals want to work on new technologies, new platforms and

with new organizations to improve their learning and curriculum vitae. o Software
professionals are more committed to their profession than the organization they work
for.

Due to existing demand on supply situation, software professionals are able

to move from their existing organizations to new organizations in India or abroad
rather fast.

Software professionals value autonomy, professionalism and innovativeness.

HISTORY OF THE IIR TECHNOLOGIES

On May 13 at the annual meeting, new representatives of the shareholders

were elected to the Supervisory Board. Previously on May 7, employee
representatives were decided by the employees of Software IIR TECH.

In April, Software IIR TECH was able to welcome Evalueserve in its partner
ecosystem. In this context Evalueserve is acting as a consultant and value-added
reseller for advice and solutions around the analysis of large data streams.

In March, Software IIR TECH announced its initiative "Transformation to the

Cloud", which helps companies determine optimal strategies for cloud adoption and
implementation.

In January, Software IIR TECH and AG Ltd. established a common streaming

analytics solution platform that provides real-time information for the market of the
Internet of Things (IoT).

2014

In October at the annual international customer conference Innovation World,

Software IIR TECH presented the advancement of its BPE product portfolio and
introduced the first Digital Business Platform.

In August, Software IIR TECH announced the expansion of the Management

Board by a new member with global responsibility for sales, marketing and services.
 In the first quarter Software IIR TECH announced the sale of its SAP
consulting business to the Scheer Group GmbH and completed the transaction on
May 31.

At the end of May, Software IIR TECH celebrated its 45th anniversary.
Software IIR TECH is the oldest global software company in Europe.

In April, Software IIR TECH announced that JackBe, a real-time visual

analytics and intelligence software provider acquired by Software IIR TECH, was
recognized by the Association for Corporate Growth as the Strategic M&A deal of
the Year within the $100M category.

In March at CeBIT, Hanover, Germany, Software IIR TECH unveiled its

Intelligent Business Operations Platform to address the business challenges posed
by the explosive growth in the number of interconnected personal devices and digital
sensors.

In February, Software IIR TECH announced the publication of The Digital

Enterprise: The Moves and Motives of the Digital Leaders, a tour-de-force
introduction to CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich's vision of the impact digital
transformation is having across all industries, supported by more than 20 examples
from companies around the globe.

2013

On August 22, Software IIR TECH announced the acquisition of JackBe

Corporation, a privately-held company with headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland
(USA) and a provider of real-time visual analytics and intelligence software.

On June 13, Software IIR TECH announced that it has purchased the Apama
Complex Event Processing Platform of Progress Software. The platform provides an
environment for the design and operation of CEP applications providing tools and
graphical analysis and test capabilities for analysts, developers and administrators.

On June 3 2013, Software IIR TECH acquired alfabet IIR TECH. Alfabet is a
leading software provider in the areas of "Enterprise Architecture" and "IT Portfolio
Management" focusing on the planning and optimization of IT landscapes.

In April 2013, Software IIR TECH bought the US cloud platform provider
Long Jump. The Platform as a Service offers a range of ready-made modules and
templates for building and running business applications in the public or private
cloud settings.

In March 2013, Software IIR TECH invested in Berlin-based company meta

quark, which is specialized in mobile solutions. The aim is to jointly develop the
web Methods Mobile Suite of Software IIR TECH. This allowed the company to
access especially to the innovative know-how of meta quark.

2012

In October, Software IIR TECH unveils a major update to its web Methods
product suite. Extending its fully independent integration layer, web Methods 9.0
focuses on uniting the management of Big Data from any source with automated
business processes and applications deployed in the cloud, on mobile devices or in-
house.

Also in October, Software IIR TECH launches a major update to its ARIS
product suite, combining new Cloud, Mobile, Social and Analytic technologies, at
its Process World event in the USA today. ARIS 9.0 focuses on accelerating process
improvement by allowing a significantly broader set of corporate skills and
experiences to contribute to process design and testing.
 In April, Software IIR TECH acquires the company my-Channels for
Universal Messaging Technology. With it, Software IIR TECH customers have a
single, universal messaging middleware platform across the enterprise, across the
cloud and to mobile apps.

In early March at CeBIT, Software IIR TECH announces its strategy for the
in-memory management of Big Data, up to 1,000 times faster than current
technologies.

2011

At the end of the year, Software IIR TECH wins the European Business
Award for its international growth strategy.

In November, Software IIR TECH presents Software IIR TECH Cloud Ready,
the latest solution in the companys cloud strategy.

In late May, Software IIR TECH acquires UK-based Metismo Ltd.,

Hampshire. Metismo provides an extremely flexible and multi-functional platform
for the development of applications and automatic transformation into different
mobile device formats.

In early May, Software IIR TECH acquires Terracotta Inc., the US based
leader in in-memory and cloud enabling technology. This acquisition allows
Software IIR TECH to provide innovative cloud solutions and dramatically increase
the performance and scalability of its Business Process Excellence platform.
Terracottas in-memory processing will provide the foundation technology for
Software IIR TECHs cloud and Big Data offerings.
 In March at CeBIT, Software IIR TECH presents its new positioning, which
will focus on software and solutions for enterprise business process management.
This cutting-edge concept, based on independent process and integration platforms,
enables businesses to overcome the limitations of conventional software
applications. Software IIR TECH is also demonstrating its fully integrated product
portfolio, for the first time since its acquisition of IDS Scheer, under the name
Enterprise BPM and is establishing itself as the world's largest provider of this
innovative platform technology. In addition, new products for master data
management (web Methods One Data) and complex event processing (web Methods
Business Events) are being presented at CeBIT.

In February, Software IIR TECH announces its Cloud strategy Software IIR
TECH Cloud Ready. Software IIR TECH fully supports the vision of extreme
collaboration with cloud enabling technology to facilitate faster change and process
improvement with greater participation from all key stakeholders. Software IIR
TECH Cloud Ready includes modeling, process management, Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA) and cloud integration offerings. It is designed to bring business
and technical stakeholders together to collaborate on process transformation quickly,
and at a lower cost.

In February, Software IIR TECH ranked # 7 in Bloomberg Businessweek's

Hot Tech 50, making us one of the worlds fastest growing technology companies.

In January Software IIR TECH reported that Group revenues in fiscal year
2010 hit a record high of 1.12 billion (2009: 847.4 million), exceeding the target
set in 2007 and a year earlier than originally planned.

In January Software IIR TECH introduces Process Intelligence for

webMethods BPMS customers. The process intelligence product adds strategic and
tactical capabilities to webMethods BPMS. It includes business dashboards,
historical process discovery, interactive analytics, process benchmarking, and
organizational analysis.

2010

In December the legal integration of Software IIR TECH and IDS Scheer IIR
TECH has been completed with the registration of the merger in Germany. The
fusion of both companies into one legal entity has established a new global player
offering software and services for Business Process Excellence.

In October Software IIR TECH acquires New Jersey-based Data Foundations,

a leading provider of Master Data Management (MDM) software. Linking Business
Process Management and MDM will reduce complexity, deliver accurate data and
maximize process quality

In September Software IIR TECH delivers a new generation of Business

Mashups with ARIS MashZone 2.0. With the Enterprise Edition, the product
addresses large companies as well.

In August Software IIR TECH is named a Leader in Business Process

Management Suites by the independent research form Forrester Research, Inc.
Software IIR TECH receives its top scores in services as well as process modeling
and collaborative design

In August the Software IIR TECH Supervisory Board establishes a new

company governing body: the Group Executive Board (GEB). The GEB consists of
four members from the current Management board plus four divisional directors
representing the operational Management areas.
 In July IDS Scheer IIR TECHs annual general meeting approved the merger
Agreement with Software IIR TECH by a majority of 92,03 % of the share capital
on July 8, 2010. This is another important step in the integration of Software IIR
TECH and IDS Scheer IIR TECH.

In June Software IIR TECH and IDS Scheer demonstrate how business
process excellence technology helps organizations to return to economic growth at
Process World in Berlin. Over 800 participants from around the globe attend.

In May Software IIR TECH is ranked as leader in delivering service-oriented

architecture (SOA) Governance technologies to the marketplace by Gartner, Inc., a
leading industry analyst firm. The ranking, based on total software revenue in 2009,
represents the second consecutive year in which Software IIR TECH is listed as the
global market leader in SOA Governance.

In March ARI Salign, the first joint product of Software IIR TECH and IDS
Scheer, is presented at CeBIT 2010.

In February Software IIR TECH announces that it has registered the

domination and profit transfer Agreement between SIIR TECH Beteiligungs GmbH
and IDS Scheer on the commercial register at the Saarbrucken District Court. As a
result of the registration, the integration of the operational processes of both begins.
The two companies are under common leadership.

In February Software IIR TECH announces general availability of

webMethods 8, the latest release of Software IIR TECHs flagship webMethods
platform.

In January Europe's largest software cluster, Software Innovation for the

Digital Enterprise, is among the winners of the Excellence Cluster Competition of
the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. This cluster is considered the
Silicon Valley of Europe, spanning centers located in Darmstadt, Kaiserslautern,
Karlsruhe, Saarbrcken and Walldorf. Software IIR TECH is part of it.

2009

The document for a voluntary public tender offer made to shareholders of IDS
Scheer IIR TECH is published on August 17th. Software IIR TECH tenders 15 per
share in cash.

Software IIR TECH announces its takeover offer for IDS Scheer IIR TECH
on July 13th. The strengths of Software IIR TECH: technology leadership in
middleware software, financial strength and a global presence will complement IDS
Scheers strengths: the modelling, implementation and controlling of business
processes, a strong partner network and a large service presence in their approx.
7,500 customer base.

At the beginning of July, Software IIR TECH acquires Teconomic IIR TECH
in an all cash deal. Based in Freienbach, near Zrich, Switzerland, Teconomic
provides comprehensive IT consulting services and solutions to the European
financial sector focusing on SWIFT Services.

In June, Software IIR TECH announces the latest release of its flagship
webMethods platform, webMethods 8.0. The release enhances the ability of
companies to capitalize on both open architecture and existing infrastructure
investments, reduces the time and cost to improve processes and integrate systems,
and enables dramatic end-user productivity through tighter collaboration between IT
and the business.

Software IIR TECH celebrates its 40th anniversary on May 30th. The
company was founded in 1969 in Darmstadt as Europes first software company.
The company is entering its fifth decade of developing innovative technology as
independent market leader in business process software.

With its new product, AlignSpace, Software IIR TECH creates the largest
social network of BPM professionals. The new product is a platform that offers
collaboration between all project participants in a Business Process environment.
Data, documents and services produced within this environment are made available
and reusable within or across company borders. Leading social networks can also be
easily plugged-in.

Software IIR TECH takes a 51 percent shareholding in Leipzig-based

software company it Campus, as of April 1, 2009. By joining forces with itCampus,
Software IIR TECH expands its German research and development capacity in the
realm of process automation.

Software IIR TECH appoints Ivo To tev to the Executive Board with
responsibility for Professional Services worldwide.

2008

Various independent market research firms have designated Software IIR

TECH a leader in the SOA

and BPM sectors, demonstrating the successful integration of the

webMethods product line into the overall product portfolio.

The acquisition of Jacada (Israel) strengthens Software IIR TECHs position

in the application modernization market: Jacada counts more than 200 customers in
the integration business. Furthermore, the acquisition expands Software IIR TECHs
product portfolio with additional products for modernizing the user interfaces of
applications that run on mainframes and medium-sized computers.
 Software IIR TECH is strengthening its Professional Services in response to
an increased demand for consulting services relating to strategic SOA and BPM
projectscreating a new position for professional services on the board, occupied
by the distinguished Holger Friedrich.

In April, Software IIR TECH pays shareholders dividends of 1.00 per share.

2007

Software IIR TECH successfully acquires webMethods, Inc. (NASDAQ:

WEBM) a leading business integration and optimization software company. With a
deal value of $546 million, this merger was one of the largest pure software deals in
the history of the European IT industry. The combination creates a new global leader
in business infrastructure software with over 4,000 enterprise customers worldwide
and is one of the largest independent vendors in the rapidly growing Service-
Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM) markets.

Again Software IIR TECH achieves best financial results in the companys
history: Operating revenues improve by 36% (at constant currency rates), Licensing
revenues grow by 53% (at constant currency rates), EBIT rises by 23%, Free cash
flow increases by 46%, EBIT margin guidance for 2008 revised upward to 24%.

2006

Software IIR TECH announces Adabas 2006 and Natural 2006. The new
releases offer support for Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), Eclipse open
source, cross platform initiatives, and AJAX-based rich internet applications to meet
todays business and IT requirements of customers.

Launch of crossvision the new suite for SOA in February 2006.

In May Software IIR TECH pays a dividend of 0.80 per share.

 Expansion in high-growth Latin America with a new office in Sao Paulo,
major projects in Brazil, Chile and Panama, and an IT Training Center Chile.

Software IIR TECH and Fujitsu earn Intelligent Enterprise Magazines

Editors' Choice Award for SOA and BPM Solutions - SOA, ESB, BPM products
and expertise makes the Software IIR TECH and Fujitsu partnership a "Global Force
in BPM".

Launch of the CentraSite Community: the first standards-based SOA Forum

Partner Alliance and interactive forum unite independent software vendors and
system integrators to deliver interoperable SOA solutions to customers.

Expansion in Japan: in December Software IIR TECH officially opens its

office in Tokyo. The new office will directly serve the companys well established
Japanese customer base of over two hundred enterprises.

The best financial results in company history: for fiscal 2006, Software IIR
TECH reports revenue growth of 10% to 483.0 million. At constant currency rates,
this represents an 11% rise and exceeds the companys target. In the same period,
EBIT increased by 15% to 111.2 million.

2005

With total revenues of 438 million and an operating income of 96.4 million
Software IIR TECH reported record operating results for fiscal 2005.

Driven by the positive earnings trend Software IIR TECH paid a dividend of
0.75 Euro for the business year 2004 - the first dividend since 2002.

Software IIR TECH formed strategic alliances with Fujitsu as well as IDS
Scheer. Together with Fujitsu the company delivered a joint integration offering for
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). With IDS Scheer Software IIR TECH
widened their SOA product portfolio to include the design and monitoring of
business processes.

Software IIR TECH released certified adapters for the integration of

mainframes into the SAP R3 and Netweaver landscape. The company became a
service partner of SAP Germany.

By acquiring the software specialists Sabratec (modernisation of mainframes)

and Casabac (development software for enterprise wide web applications) Software
IIR TECH further enhanced its XMLi-portfolio. The organic growth of Software IIR
TECH is strengthened by the acquisitions of technology and sales competence:
through the acquisition of APS Venezuela and five sister companies in Panama,
Costa Rica and Puerto Rico the company further expanded its market presence in
Central America and the Caribbean.

2004

Software IIR TECH celebrates two anniversaries in 2004: the 35th year since
its foundation and the 5th year since its stock market quotation.

2003

In a strategic realignment implemented in 2003, Software IIR TECH focuses

its development work and offering on the ETS and XML Business Integration
business lines.

In conjunction with iGATE, Software IIR TECH establishes Software IIR

TECH India in the Indian city of Pune. Software IIR TECH has a majority share in
the new company.

In October Karl-Heinz Streibich becomes the new CEO.

 The executive board is given an international focus in spring 2003 with three
new regional board members.

Software IIR TECH is listed on the TecDAX index at the beginning of the
year.

2002

Dr. Erwin Knigs steps down from the executive board. Karl Heinz Achinger,
deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board, takes over as CEO on an interim basis.

German President Johannes Rau presents Peter Schnell with the Gold Medal
of the Federal Association of Foundations in Germany for his foundation work. The
Software IIR TECH Foundation is one of Germanys ten largest foundations and
disburses financial support amounting to around 25 million euro annually.

Software IIR TECH announces record sales of over 588 million euro for 2001.

2001

Software IIR TECH continues to develop its products: Natural 5 for Windows
can process XML documents and access the Web directly via HTTP; development
of EntireX results in a complete solution for integration of platforms and applications
within and between organizations, and enhancements to Tamino XML Server makes
it easier for users to handle XML data. Tamino XML Servers open architecture
guarantees customers smooth linkage to and communication with existing IT
infrastructure.

Takeover of SIIR TECHA Systems, Inc., USA. After the takeover, around
35% of Software IIR TECH sales are accounted for by the American market.

2000
 At the end of the year, Software IIR TECH introduces the Tamino XML
Platform the worlds first product platform entirely based on XML.

The arrival of the new millennium presents no problems for Software IIR
TECH or its customers.

1999

Software IIR TECH is listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange on April 26 in

what was at the time the worlds biggest ever software industry IPO. The total issue
volume is over DM 850 million. After only 6 months, Software IIR TECHs shares
are included in the MDAX stock index.

At CeBIT, Software IIR TECH unveils its Tamino Information Server to the
general public for the first time. Tamino is a completely new information server for
the Internet comprising a database system based on the new Web standard XML
(eXtensible Markup Language). Tamino is especially designed for the storage,
Management and transfer of structured and unstructured data.

1998

Software IIR TECH introduces Bolero, a software platform based on Java

technology.

1997

The investment firm Thayers Capital acquires all the shares of Software IIR
TECH North America, which subsequently trades under the name SIIR TECH
Americas (SIIR TECHA).

Software IIR TECH and SAP IIR TECH jointly establish the subsidiary SAP
Systems Integration GmbH in Alsbach-Hhnlein near Darmstadt, in which Software
IIR TECH has a 40% interest. SAP SI focuses on introducing the SAP R/3
application system in selected market segments.

EntireX is introduced. With the extension of Entire to include DCOM,

EntireX provides a basis for distributing and integrating applications over complex
and heterogeneous IT structures and allows the applications to communicate with
each other either locally or via networks.

In a technology partnership with Microsoft, Software IIR TECH ports DCOM

(Distributed Component Object Model) to the main computer platforms available on
the commercial market. Microsoft introduced DCOM as a component of Windows
NT and it has become the industry standard alongside CORBA (Common Object
Request Broker Architecture). Since Windows NT is being installed on more and
more computers, the integration of the Microsoft technology with existing
applications on mainframes and UNIX systems becomes ever more important.

1996

Company founder Peter Schnell hands over company Management to Dr.

Erwin Knigs in order to devote himself fully to Foundation development work.

1994

After negotiations with Siemens Nixdorf IIR TECH, Software IIR TECH
takes over SQL-Datenbanksysteme GmbH in Berlin, so gaining full access to the
Adabas D technology.

Software IIR TECH opens an office in Moscow and establishes a subsidiary

in Taipei, Taiwan.

1992

First Eastern Europe subsidiary is founded in Prague.

 Announcement of cooperation with SAP IIR TECH. This collaboration opens
up new opportunities for solutions: the SQL-DB database system gives users of
SAPs R/3 application system a more efficient and cost-effective solution.

Launch of Entire integration tools. Entire lets users safeguard existing

investments as they gradually build up a client-server environment in which systems
from different manufacturers are integrated.