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Service-Oriented Architecture-Based Platform Cited as Reducing Development Time 40-60 Percent ATLANTA, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Integration World 2005 -- webMethods, Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization software company, today announced that it was ranked as a leader in the recently published market assessment The Forrester WAVE(TM): Enterprise Service Bus, Q4 2005, Evolution of Top Enterprise Service Bus Vendors Across 100 Criteria (Nov. 15, 2005). In its analysis, Forrester Research formally evaluated 10 vendors on the basis of their current offering, corporate strategy and market presence before naming webMethods a leader in the comprehensive ESB suites segment of the report. This category of products combines the traditional benefits of a business integration suite with the additional features of an enterprise service bus (ESB), helping these products address complementary requirements, such as for integrated business process management (BPM) or service lifecycle management, while also working to enable a service-oriented architecture (SOA). By working to mediate between the various services deployed or managed within an enterprise, an ESB is an important component of an overall SOA framework. The Forrester report recognizes the strong ESB capabilities at the core of webMethods Fabric(TM), which combines into a single product suite all of the features of an ESB, a traditional business integration platform and the capabilities necessary for an enterprise-class SOA implementation, including business process orchestration, real-time process monitoring and analytics, user interface composition and Web services management. "Used in conjunction with other technologies, an ESB can play an important role within an enterprise's overall SOA strategy," said Marc Breissinger, vice president and chief architect, webMethods, Inc. "With webMethods' embrace of service orientation since the company's inception and native support for Web services being a long-term, embedded feature, we've long believed that we deliver one of the industry's richest ESB offerings and we're delighted that Forrester has concurred. By offering an ESB as a core component of the webMethods Fabric business integration suite, which was also recognized as a leader in another recent Forrester WAVE, we're able to offer enterprises the most comprehensive approach for fully integrating their businesses." Within the comprehensive ESB suites segment, webMethods earned top -- or was tied for top -- scores within six of 11 categories: * Corporate strategy -- "This vendor ranked well in the areas of executive vision and promotion of SOA" * Product strategy and vision -- "webMethods is one of the earliest innovators in this space and scored well in all areas of this section" * Strategic alliances -- "webMethods has strong strategic relationships with SIs, application providers, and resellers" * Control and change -- "its support for life cycle, security, and monitoring capabilities are excellent" * Solution cost -- "webMethods scored better than most vendors in this evaluation" * Installed base -- "it also has good customer references" webMethods was ranked first with one other vendor for overall strategy in the "Forrester Wave: Enterprise Service Bus, Comprehensive ESB Suites, Q4 05." Forrester also noted in its Enterprise Service Bus Scorecard Summary: webMethods -- Key Findings from "The Forrester WAVE(TM): Enterprise Service Bus, Q4 2005" (Nov. 15, 2005) report that "webMethods Fabric is a proven platform for supporting the creation of composite applications. Forrester has spoken with multiple webMethods customers that are using this environment to significantly improve the ability of their application development organizations to respond much faster to new business requirements. Forrester typically hears of reduced development times in the 40% to 60% range in overall project length with most of the savings coming from a focus on reuse and configuration instead of coding." 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, and webMethods Fabric is a trademark of, webMethods, Inc. All other marks mentioned are trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. DATASOURCE: webMethods, Inc. CONTACT: John Conley, +1-703-980-8259, or Brianna Boyle, +1-703-460-6034, , both of webMethods, Inc. Web site: http://www.webmethods.com/

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