Software AG is one of the largest software companies in Germany, founded in 1969 and headquartered in Darmstadt, providing business process management software and services for companies.

CeBIT (Centrum für Büroautomation, Informationstechnologie und Telekommunikation) is the world's leading ICT industry fair, which has been held in Hanover every spring since 1986. It is one of the largest information and communication engineering exhibitions in the world.