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webMethods Inc.
Type Subsidiary of Software AG
Founded 1996
Headquarters Fairfax, VA
Key people David Mitchell, President & CEO
Industry Computer software
Products webMethods Fabric
webMethods Integration Server
webMethods Servicenet
webMethods Glue
webMethods Workflow
webMethods Portal
(see company website)
Revenue US $200.6M (2005)
Parent Software AG
Website www.webmethods.com

webMethods, which was founded in 1996, is a company which provides business process integration software. The company is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, and has offices throughout the United States, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan. On April 5, 2007, Software AG agreed to acquire webMethods, Inc. for $546 million [1] . The acquisition closed on June 1, 2007 and webMethods is no longer traded on the US stock market. Software AG is currently traded on the German Stock Exchange.

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[edit] Partnerships

In 2004, webMethods formed a strategic alliance with GXS offering a best-of-breed combination of integration software and integration services to organizations worldwide. SAP and webMethods partnered in 1999 to release a rebadged version of Integration Server as SAP Business Connector to provide integration abilities with SAP.[2] In 1998 Microsoft and webMethods teamed up to produce XQL, a query language for XML.

[edit] History

  • 2007 June 1 - Closing of the acquisition by Software AG.
  • 2007 April 5 - Software AG to acquire webMethods.[1]
  • 2007 Fabric 7 released,[3] office opened for Middle East/North Africa[4]
  • 2003 Added JBoss to the product suite as a bundled solution for EJB support and released webMethods Portal
  • 2001 First Integration vendor to add EDI support and business process modelling to their platform.
  • 1999 Partnership with SAP to provide integration capabilities for SAP [2] as OEM Product SAP Business Connector
  • 1998 partnership with Microsoft to develop XQL[5]
  • 1996 Company founded by Phillip Merrick[6]

[edit] Acquisitions

  • 2006 Acquired Infravio[7] and products from Cerebra[8]
  • 2003 Acquires The Mind Electric - Products: webMethods ServiceNet (SOA)
  • 2003 Acquires Dante Group - Products: webMethods BAM
  • 2003 Acquires former DataChannel assets from Netegrity[9] - Products: webMethods Portal
  • 2001 Acquired IntelliFrame [10] Products:webmethods Workflow
  • 2000 Acquired Active Software [11] and partnership with J. D. Edwards for OEM Product JDE XPI. Gets EAI/A2A capabilities, Products: webMethods Broker and Adapters
    • Active Software acquired Alier Inc., TransLink Software Inc. and Premier Software Technologies Inc.

[edit] Products/Tools

webMethods Integration Server 4.6 was bundled with SAP as SAP Business Connector before SAP decided to develop their own integration platform.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Software AG acquisition press release
  2. ^ a b webMethods for SAP whitepaper
  3. ^ Fabric 7 press release
  4. ^ press release about middle east/africa office
  5. ^ webMethods and Microsoft XQL Article
  6. ^ business week interview with webMethods CEO, 2000
  7. ^ webMethods to acquire infravio article
  8. ^ eweek article on webMethods acquiring Cerebra
  9. ^ webMethods to acquire technology from Netegrity article
  10. ^ webMethods acquires IntelliFrame
  11. ^ infoworld article about webMethods acquiring Active Software

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