Shai Agassi Keynote Touts Innovation and Simplicity as the SAP Ecosystem Moves to Enterprise SOA (SAP)

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - September 12, 2006 - During the opening keynote today at SAP® TechEd ’06, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) president of the Product and Technology Group and executive board member Shai Agassi outlined the changing role of IT in the light of the shift to enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) and how the IT community can accelerate innovation and value for their companies. Speaking to an audience of thousands of members of the technical and business process expert community, Agassi emphasized that developers have the opportunity to create innovation at a pace, level and efficiency never thought possible before by taking a few critical steps. Agassi offered insight into these critical steps and provided a checklist comprised of four calls to action to prepare for the coming enterprise SOA evolution: solidify your foundation, modernize your core, optimize business usage and drive strategic differentiation. The announcement was made at SAP® TechEd ’06, being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sept. 12 – 15.