The purpose of the company is the development, operation, maintenance, marketing, distribution and licensing of software, in particular software applications, software platforms and IT infrastructures, consulting and provision of service and management services, in particular in the IT sector, procurement, awarding, preparation, brokerage, transmission and trading of software, IT infrastructures, software platforms, data and goods of all kinds, as well as all activities directly or indirectly related thereto. The company may also acquire, encumber, utilize and sell patents, licenses and participations, and real estate in Switzerland and abroad, participate in companies of all kinds, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold, utilize and sell intellectual property rights, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose.