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webMethods Wins ebizQ Buyers' Choice Award for Enterprise Application Integration Technical Excellence, Flexibility, Ease-of-Use and ROI Among Qualities Cited by End Users FAIRFAX, Va., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- webMethods Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization software company, today was named the ebizQ Buyers' Choice Award Winner for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). The award was presented by ebizQ, a leading publisher of print and online publications serving the business integration market, following competition that evaluated the leading EAI vendors against specific business and IT requirements that ebizQ audiences had previously identified of greatest strategic importance to their companies. Based on the voting of these registered end-users against a number of criteria, including technical excellence, flexibility, ease-of-use and return on investment (ROI), webMethods was recognized as the inaugural winner of the award. "One of the key areas webMethods scored highly on was ROI. In fact, this is an area of particular focus for them," said Beth Gold-Bernstein, vice president of strategic products and services for ebizQ. "It is clear that companies cannot get value from a system if it is never deployed. webMethods tracks the number of implementations by their customers very closely as a key corporate metric, and awards employee incentives based on successful deployments. This focus is somewhat unique among integration vendors, and is clearly translating into demonstrable ROI for their customers." The award's recognition of webMethods' strengths in helping customers achieve quantifiable ROI reinforces earlier research that indicated these customers on average did so in just ten months. One of the reasons that webMethods' customers routinely enjoy such success is the speed and ease of implementing the company's technology. webMethods further demonstrates its focus on making its customers successful by documenting an average of two projects that go into production somewhere around the world on any given business day. "This award is a particular honor for webMethods as it reflects the personal experiences of end-users from the business integration community," said Deborah Rosen, executive vice president, Worldwide Marketing, webMethods Inc. "One of the most important findings of the ebizQ integration survey was the critical role that ROI plays in both purchasing decisions and overall satisfaction. Therefore, it was especially gratifying to see users single us out and recognize the focus that we place on customer success." On June 29th, at noon, EDT, ebizQ will be hosting a webinar to present the formal results of the Buyers' Choice Awards. Avnet, Inc., a webMethods customer, will be featured along with Rich Chiarello, webMethods' executive vice president of Worldwide Operations, who will be discussing how the company partners with customers to determine ROI criteria and measurement standards. For more information, please visit: http://www.ebizq.net/to/eaiaward. About ebizQ ebizQ is the definitive venue for business and IT professionals, vendors and industry analysts with the need to exchange information on business integration technologies, problems and solutions. eBizQ is singularly focused on business integration, providing the most comprehensive and timely information available on vendors, products, market directions, best practices, and any other industry element that comes into play. ebizQ communicates with its audience through the ebizQ web site, the Virtual Integration Conference, and the Integration Insider magazine. All of ebizQ's content through each of its channels is freely available to subscribers. For more information, visit http://www.ebizq.net/. About webMethods, Inc. webMethods (NASDAQ:WEBM) provides business integration software to integrate, assemble and optimize available IT assets to drive business process productivity. webMethods delivers an innovative, enterprise-class business integration platform that incorporates proven integration technology with next generation capabilities into one interoperable set of tools that delivers a unique combination of efficiency, agility and control. webMethods combines industry leadership with a zealous commitment to customers to deliver tangible business value to more than 1,300 global customers. webMethods is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan. More information about the company can be found at http://www.webmethods.com/. The webMethods name and logo are registered trademarks of webMethods, Inc. All other marks mentioned are trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. DATASOURCE: webMethods, Inc. CONTACT: Brenda Hansen of webMethods, Inc., +1-703-460-5847, or Web site: http://www.webmethods.com/

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