Software AG, an international leader in company processes, combination and huge information, revealed the winners of this year's Software AG Customer and Partner Awards held throughout its recently concluded first-of-its-kind Innovation Day at the Conrad Hotel in Dubai. Heike Jope, Deputy Consul General of the German Consulate in Dubai, handed over the awards to the company's customers and partners who have utilized its options to support the deployment of digital methods in their company operations.

6 awards from various categories were offered for the 2015 competition, namely the Digital Innovation Partner of the Year; Digital Transformation Award; Emerging Partner of the Year; Smart Government Partner of the Year; Digital Banking Partner of the Year; and Digital Transformation Leadership in Telecoms Award.

Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD) bagged the Excellence in Enterprise Architecture award for its innovative business architecture job carried out making use of Software AG options. Noura Al-Meraikhi, Senior Officer-- IT Service Contract Management, received the honor on behalf of HAAD. The Digital Transformation Award went to Technology Strategies Middle East (TSME) for developing a service enhancement approach utilizing the ARIS Business Process Analysis (BPA) at the General Secretariat of the Executive Council in Abu Dhabi. TSME Operations Manager Firas Saifan accepted the recognition.

Venkatraman. A, Vice President for Enterprise Content Management of Finesse, received the Emerging Partner of the Year prize gave to Finesse for its effective application of Software AG's Terracota at Al Ain Municipality to enhance service delivery. The Smart Government Partner of the Year was granted to InfoSys for its Government Services Bus at the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA), which demonstrates advanced nationwide strategic engagement to enhance the government-to-citizen experience. The prize was received by Infosys Director Sushil Jethliya.

Cognizant Technology Solutions was called this year's Digital Banking Partner of the Year for establishing 'Intraday Liquidity Monitoring' (ILM) for the banking market using Software AG options. ILM provides real-time international entity and currency visibility to multinational banks along with other BASEL 3 compliance tools. The recognition was gotten by the group of Cognizant which includes Shishir, Rama, Ashok, Anan Kumar & Millind. Lastly, the 2015 Digital Transformation Leadership in Telecoms Award went to Saudi Telecom Co. in recognition of its digital improvement task using Software AG technology. Saudi Telecom's Yasser Al-Rowys and Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Sultan accepted the reward.

Ghassan Darri, Channel and Alliance Director, Middle East & Turkey-- Software AG, stated: "At Software AG, we aim to preserve our strong relations with our customers and partners in recognition of their substantial contributions and their pivotal function in the success of our operations. The Software AG Customer and Partner Awards shows our appreciation for their ongoing trust and confidence in our innovative solutions in their bid to successfully deploy modern-day digital techniques. Additionally, our partnerships reflect our common vision of supporting the ongoing 'wise' initiatives of various government entities across the area as part of their basic growth objectives.".

The pioneering Innovation Day in Dubai was part of Software AG's EMEA Regional Innovation Day series. Considered as the very first of its kind in the UAE, the occasion highlighted why companies are developing a digital method and integrating digitization into all elements of their businesses.