Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) is hosting its Innovation Tour in Chicago, Ill., September 14-15 and in Washington, D.C., November 2-3. The Innovation Tours have become a destination for innovation and technology discovery. They provide an opportunity for technology and business professionals to learn the latest news and best practices for digital transformation from companies leading their field.

Innovation Tour attendees will hear from several enterprises that have put digital transformation into action, including:

  • Walgreens and their best practices for retail transformation;
  • Lessons learned at Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles in developing a mobile driver’s license;
  • Culture as a key part of Duke Energy’s digital transformation;
  • How Southwest Airlines uses business process management to improve customer service and enhance its corporate culture; and,
  • How Stewart Title is making big strides forward in the realty industry through digital transformation.

Additionally, the Innovation Tour includes keynotes from Geoff Colvin (Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune), who will discuss how technology, the economy and the government are changing the way businesses need to operate to be successful; and, John Rossman ( Author, “The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company”), who will examine Amazon’s unique culture and how the company continues to disrupt the retail industry.

The Innovation Tour is an opportunity for technology and business professionals to learn about advances in digital transformation. The conference will educate and inform attendees about how they can transform their businesses to keep up with digital trends, and remain competitive through hands on training, industry breakout sessions and peer networking.

Kevin Niblock, chief operating officer, Software AG North America, noted: “We are proud to have such a strong line up of leaders in their fields joining us at our Innovation Tour. These experts come from diverse industries with one thing in common – transforming their business. Industry thought-leaders and captains of industry will showcase case studies, real-world examples, and critical insights on how they successfully overcame technology challenges and transformed their own organizations.”

Registration for the Innovation Tour is open now at http://www.innovationtour2017.com/.

About Software AG

The digital transformation is changing enterprise IT landscapes from inflexible application silos to modern software platform-driven IT architectures that deliver the openness, speed and agility needed to enable the digital, real-time enterprise.

Software AG offers the first end-to-end Digital Business Platform, based on open standards, with integration, process management, in-memory data, adaptive application development, real-time analytics and enterprise architecture management as core building blocks. The modular platform allows users to develop the next generation of application systems to build their digital future, today.

With over 45 years of customer-centric innovation, Software AG is ranked as a leader in many innovative and digital technology categories. Software AG has more than 4,500 employees, is active in 70 countries and had revenues of €872 million in 2016. Learn more at www.softwareag.com.

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