IXOS SOFTWARE AG, a worldwide leading provider of eBusiness document management solutions in inter-enterprise system environments, today announced the appointment of Simon Karl Khosla (49) as Chief Executive Officer for IXOS SOFTWARE International AG in Biel, Switzerland. He will be reporting to Jürg Wyttenbach, the Head of Global Sales and Marketing at IXOS SOFTWARE AG and become a member of the IXOS senior management team. Simon Khosla will be responsible for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales region of IXOS SOFTWARE AG, which covers sales offices in the UK, Scandinavia, Benelux, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. Simon Khosla brings a multinational background to the IXOS team. He is a citizen of Switzerland and Britain. His educational background includes a Diploma in Marketing and International Strategy from the University in St Gallen, Switzerland and further studies in Business Planning from Babson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Simon Khosla described his plans for his new leadership role, "The responsibility for IXOS' European operations represents a compelling challenge for me. I am excited to join a highly motivated international team. IXOS is well-positioned to expand its customer base and market share in Europe through a truly customer-oriented organization. Customers trust in the IXOS-eCON Solution Suite, which speeds up their business processes and ensure a fast return on their investments." Simon Khosla joins IXOS with 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and General Management. As a Swissair delegate and General Manager for Amadeus Marketing he was actively involved in the building up of Galileo International, a global travel distribution system. He was General Manager of the first international branch office in Germany. He then moved to Amadeus as General Manager of Amadeus in Great Britain and Switzerland. He joins IXOS from Siemens Business Services (SBS) where he has been responsible for the management Line of Business Travel and Tourism within SBS, and more recently was a founding member of a Siemens spin-off company dedicated to Mobile Travel Solutions, as Vide President Business Development and Sales. Jürg Wyttenbach, Head of Sales and Marketing at IXOS SOFTWARE AG, commented, "We are delighted that such an experienced manager as Simon Khosla is heading our European operations. Simon brings a multicultural background and excellent management expertise in the field of international sales, marketing and business development to the IXOS senior management team. His experience in software and solution sales will be instrumental in guiding the IXOS growth in the EMEA region." About IXOS IXOS is a worldwide leading provider of solutions for the management of eBusiness documents in inter-enterprise system environments. IXOS solutions drive the administration of all eBusiness documents and their seamless integration into digital business processes. The modular IXOS-eCON Solution Suite encompasses four products, which are fully compatible, to provide exceptional scalability, performance, security, and availability. The high-performance and scalable IXOS-eCONserver is at the core of data and document archiving. The applications of IXOS-eCONtext built on this server enable access to documents that are generated in leading transaction-based systems and which have been linked to relevant business processes. IXOS-eCONtent for MS Exchange is a document management system for the knowledge worker, who operates in the Microsoft Groupware environment. With the universal document portal, IXOS-eCONcert, users can view all critical business documents, whether from SAP, mySAP.com, mySAP CRM, Siebel or customer-specific applications, from a single source. Leading companies from various industries have selected IXOS SOFTWARE AG to be their strategic partner. IXOS has more than 1,400 installations worldwide, and over 900,000 users already work successfully with the eBusiness document solutions of IXOS. Complementing the product portfolio, IXOS offers a comprehensive range of services including worldwide customer support 24x7 and a global team of highly qualified consultants. Shares of IXOS SOFTWARE AG are traded on the Neuer Markt segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol "XOS" (WKN 506150). In the USA, American Depositary Shares (ADSs) are listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "XOSY". ots Original Text Service: IXOS Software AG Internet: http://recherche.newsaktuell.de You can obtain further information from: IXOS SOFTWARE AG Corp. Communications D-85630 Grasbrunn / München Tel.: +49 89 46 29 2000 Fax: +49 89 46 29 1399 email: pr@ixos.de