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Avnet, Johnson & Johnson, and Motorola Recognized for Exemplary Market Growth, Operational Performance, and Customer Service Excellence FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Integration World 2005 -- webMethods, Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization software company, today announced the winners of its 2005 Customer Innovation Awards, which recognize the impact of IT on business operations. This year's winners, Avnet, Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Motorola, Inc. were honored yesterday at webMethods' customer conference, Integration World 2005, in Atlanta. The distinguished panel of judges for this year's awards included Eric Austvold, research director, AMR Research; Gary Beach, group publisher, CXO Media; and John Schmidt, president, the Integration Consortium. After reviewing each submission, the judges met in-person to evaluate and discuss their merits with the final decision following one-on-one interviews with the eventual winners. Avnet, Johnson & Johnson and Motorola were respectively recognized for their outstanding achievements in using webMethods' technology to deliver substantial market share growth, significant operational process improvements and customer service excellence. "Our customers consistently impress us with their innovative uses of our technology to create outstanding business value, which makes it difficult to only recognize a few customers. This year, Avnet, Johnson & Johnson, and Motorola stood out as deserving special recognition," said David Mitchell, president and CEO, webMethods, Inc. "Industry leaders such as these recognize and embrace the fundamental role that business processes play in defining the enterprise. By doing so, they're able to integrate all of the components of their businesses together as one so that they can operate with the most efficiency, effectiveness and responsiveness possible. We're proud and honored to have a significant role in these initiatives." Avnet, a Fortune 500 distributor of electronic components and computer products, faced a challenge when several VARs needed to quickly select a new distribution partner for order fulfillment. Leveraging its existing webMethods' infrastructure, Avnet was able to sync up opposite ends of the supply chain and keep the business moving. Additionally, webMethods enabled Avnet to set up a user-friendly, self-service interface for customers to place and manage their own orders. This interface removes the need for human intervention on the order-taking side, thus enhancing the accuracy and speed around ordering. "Avnet has long recognized the strategic value of its webMethods-based business integration platform, which provides the company with the ability to respond to market opportunities with unmatched speed, agility and precision," said Gary Beach, group publisher, CXO Media. "In this example, they were able to quickly seize upon a recent change in the marketplace with this initiative credited for adding hundreds of millions of dollars in additional business." Johnson & Johnson, the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, is a highly decentralized organization with numerous operating companies. Each operating company has its own processes, applications and data, limiting collaboration and knowledge exchange across operating companies. Johnson & Johnson's Integration Services group turned to webMethods to integrate the myriad of business processes and applications shared between each operating company, which allowed Johnson & Johnson to operate more holistically and efficiently as a result. "Johnson & Johnson launched a major initiative using its Total Business Integration methodology to bring together its operating companies and partners," said John Schmidt, president, the Integration Consortium. "This endeavor could not have succeeded without webMethods Fabric(TM), which is the integration platform that enabled Johnson & Johnson to share information and streamline business processes. Aligning the business processes of its many operating companies as one has made a significant impact on Johnson & Johnson's bottom line." Motorola, a Fortune 100 global communications leader, was in need of a solution that would support a fulfillment partner's assembly and distribution of mobile phones while ensuring that customer service levels were consistently maintained. Through the use of webMethods Fabric, Motorola was able to meet this challenge while increasing the efficiency and flexibility of their supply chain. This solution allows fulfillment partners to participate as if they are part of Motorola -- a great advantage for customers. Additionally, the process has proven scaleable to other partners in Motorola's distribution network. "Many enterprises are confronted today with the need to fully leverage extended partnerships for fulfillment while continuing to deliver best-in- class customer service," said Eric Austvold, research director, AMR Research. "Through its use of webMethods' technology, Motorola has found an innovative way to transfer control of these key processes to third-party providers while maintaining needed real-time visibility into these operations. By doing so, these local affiliates are able to serve as a highly-valued extension of Motorola across a number of markets." 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 of webMethods, +1-703-460-5996, Web site: http://www.webmethods.com/

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