Software AG and Semio Announce Alliance for XML-Based Enterprise Search and Retrieval.

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

RESTON, Va. and SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2002

The Integration of SemioTagger Categorization Software with

Software AG's Tamino XML Server Enables Enterprise Customers To

Search for Relevant Data With Greater

Software AG, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Software AG, Europe's largest software provider and a pioneer in XML technologies, and Semio, the leading provider of categorization and indexing software, today announced a strategic alliance that will enable customers to discover and manage both structured and unstructured data across the enterprise using XML technology.

The alliance calls for Semio's flagship categorization engine, SemioTagger, to be used with the Software AG's Tamino server to dynamically categorize and store unstructured and structured data contained within multiple data sources.

Together, these two products will provide customers with a centralized and highly leveraged means of storing and retrieving both structured and unstructured data enterprise-wide.

"The Tamino server, using Semio technology, offers customers an extremely powerful means of organizing and accessing corporate information at the individual level," said Roger Phillip, vice president of business development for Semio. "The combination of SemioTagger and the Tamino XML server creates an information discovery and management solution with unsurpassed performance, scalability and accuracy. We are very pleased that Software AG selected Semio as their categorization technology partner for their widely used Internet database management offering."

"Together with Semio, we are adding value to Tamino users' experience," said Lori Williams-Peters, Software AG, Inc.'s Vice President of Sales. "This partnership will enable Tamino and its users to decrease time to market by working with organizations familiar with large scale implementations and on time delivery."

Semio's patented technology identifies and extracts key concepts contained within vast amounts of unstructured text and links them to subjects, categories and subcategories, based on a business's unique requirements. Semio represents this data as XML tags with associated metadata, which is stored in the Tamino server for simplified, consistent, search and retrieval.

Because the data can be crawled dynamically and immediately matched against a set of standard taxonomies, Semio technology offers a unique and extremely fast and scalable means of organizing large amounts of data into an unlimited number of categories.

Tamino XML Server Features

Tamino is the first native XML server for Internet database management capable of storing XML documents natively, without transformation to other formats. Used by more than 500 private and public organizations worldwide, including DaimlerChrysler, Virginia Tech University and the California Board of Equalization, Tamino facilitates the fast and efficient storage, retrieval and management of data critical to eBusiness.

Three of the largest web application server providers, IBM, BEA, and HP have all selected Tamino as their default XML server. For more information on this 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, Inc.

Based in Reston, Va., Software AG, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Software AG, Europe's largest system software provider and a major global player offering cutting-edge technology for data management and electronic business. Since 1998, the company has focused its development activities on XML products for the Internet.

With about 3,300 employees and representatives in over 70 countries, Software AG had revenue of 589 million euros in 2001. Its distribution and technology partners include market leaders such as IBM, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard as well as innovative IT solutions providers like Tridion and Stellent.

Software AG's products control the central IT processes of thousands of renowned companies worldwide to include Lufthansa, Siemens, Citibank, Merck, DaimlerChrysler, Sony, BP and Telefonica. Software AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (MDAX, Security identification number 724264 / SOWGn.F). For additional information, go to http://www.softwareagusa.com.

About Semio

Semio Corporation is the leading provider of content categorization and indexing technology used in portals, document management systems and knowledge management applications. Semio's customers include DuPont, Stanford HighWire Press, Eli Lilly, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Procter & Gamble and the United States Postal Service.

Semio has partnerships with major portal vendors such as Epicentric, Plumtree, InfoImage and Citrix. Semio is a venture-backed, privately held corporation based in San Mateo, California, with offices in the U.K. and worldwide distribution. For more information, visit www.semio.com or send email to info@semio.com.

(c)2001 Semio Corporation. All rights reserved. Semio and SemioMap are registered trademarks and the Semio logo, SemioTagger, SemioTaxonomy, and SemioSkyline are trademarks of Semio Corporation. All other trademarks and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Software AG, Tamino, and EntireX are trademarks of Software AG. All other product, service or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.