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webMethods Adds Registry and Governance Leader to Industry-Leading Portfolio of SOA Products FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- webMethods, Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization software company, today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Infravio, Inc., a privately-held provider of service-oriented architecture (SOA) registry and governance solutions, for approximately $38 million in cash. "Our differentiated vision for the SOA market is clearly resonating as the reaction to our recent acquisitions has been overwhelmingly positive," said David Mitchell, president and CEO, webMethods, Inc. "These responses demonstrate that customers, partners and analysts share our vision for how SOA can transform IT operations and improve business performance. These audiences have also applauded our commitment to bring together a best-in-class product portfolio for making this approach a reality at the enterprise-level." According to Enterprise Management Associates [webMethods Executes on Acquisition Strategy, Nabs Infravio (September 2006)], a leading provider of IT industry research and analysis, "webMethods' simultaneous courtships and acquisitions of Cerebra and Infravio indicate clear market vision combined with an intent to pursue the logical outcome of SOA evolution, which will undoubtedly be inter-enterprise services. The U.S. government has already announced its intent to integrate 'everything' and logic dictates that multiple cross-industry integrations won't be far behind. webMethods will be well positioned to address the multiple dimensions of this challenge with Infravio's scalability and Cerebra's asset library. Together, they will significantly enhance webMethods' already robust SOA execution environment and could well be a key differentiator in the marketplace." Infravio's current registry, repository, and governance lifecycle management applications will be offered on a standalone basis beginning immediately. Additional enhancements to the products are expected to be unveiled at this year's Integration World 2006 conference, which is taking place this November in Washington, DC. webMethods expects to also offer these technologies as integrated components of webMethods Fabric(TM) beginning with the product suite's next major release, which is scheduled for this December. webMethods also reaffirmed its support for the SOA Link, which is the SOA governance initiative founded by Infravio as a means for ensuring end-to-end interoperability across multiple vendors supporting the SOA lifecycle. "The proven maturity and interoperability of the Infravio technology means that we can begin to capitalize on these assets immediately," added Mitchell. "We're also excited by the opportunity to build upon the momentum already established by the SOA Link initiative. Having long recognized and embraced the heterogeneity of IT environments, we view the SOA Link as an important channel for accelerating customer success with enterprise SOA." 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 1,400 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. This press release contains various remarks about the future expectations, plans and prospects of webMethods that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. securities laws. In some instances, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "intends," "may," "will" or similar expressions. Specific forward-looking statements relate to future market opportunities for, performance of, and integration of Infravio's technology into, webMethods' products, solutions and services. Actual results of webMethods may differ materially from those indicated by these forward- looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including: the impact of economic conditions, geopolitical factors, seasonal factors, competitive and pricing pressures, terrorism and related uncertainties in the U.S. and abroad on the company's customers and prospects and their IT spending budgets and priorities; variations in the size and timing of customer orders and demand for software offered by webMethods; the impact of rapid technological change; and these and other risks and uncertainties discussed more fully in webMethods' SEC filings, including those discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of webMethods' Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2006, which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and may be accessed at http://www.sec.gov/ or webMethods' investor relations web page at http://www.webmethods.com/investors. webMethods disclaims any obligation to update or correct any forward-looking statements made herein due to the occurrence of events after the issuance of this press release. 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