software ag on friday lowered bookings guidance for the year but maintained outlook for revenue growth on the back of mixed secondquarter results the german software company booked quarterly operating earnings before interest taxes and amortization of eur54 million 541 million on revenue that grew slightly to eur2199 million for the quarter according to preliminary results for the comparable period last year the company reported operating ebita of eur608 million on revenue of eur2182 million the company said its performance was weighed by shifting market conditions affecting its clients and its digitalbusiness bookings which grew by 7 in the second quarter or 27 including newlyacquired business streamsets while the overall demand environment remains robust the group anticipates this change in decisionmaking behavior will extend into the second half of the year increasing the possibility of delays in the closing of deals the company said as a result it has revised its fullyear guidance for its digital bookings unit to a growth range of 12 to 18 from 1525 previously but maintains all other expectations for the year it also maintains its ambition of eur1 billion in revenue by 2023 the company also set out changes to its management board joshua husk has been appointed as chief revenue officer and benno quade as the chief operations officer shares in the company fell after the results and update guidance at 1058 gmt shares in software ag were down 20 to eur2572