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Diamond Sponsor Tata Consultancy Services Leads the List of Nearly 25 Industry Sponsors; webMethods to Host Partner Forum in Conjunction with Fifth Annual Global Customer Conference FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- webMethods, Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization software company, today announced that twenty-four of the company's partners will serve as industry sponsors for Integration World 2006. Leading the record-setting list of sponsors as the event's exclusive Diamond sponsor is Tata Consultancy Services with Fair Isaac Corporation, GXS, Satyam Computer Services, and Wipro Technologies participating as Gold sponsors. webMethods also announced that it will be hosting a Partner Forum in conjunction with the conference on Monday, November 6th. webMethods' fifth annual global customer conference takes place November 6-8, 2006 at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. "As demonstrated by their unprecedented support for this year's Integration World conference, our partners are realizing significant value from their webMethods relationships," said Gary Bachelor, vice president for Partner Strategy and Alliances, webMethods, Inc. "We've made ensuring this success an overriding objective of our partner program. As a result, we're excited to share with our customers the diversity of ways in which we're working with these industry leaders to maximize their webMethods' investment. Looking ahead to the coming year, we're equally delighted to host our exclusive partner forum as a means for ensuring that our partners are well- positioned to capitalize on our forthcoming release of webMethods Fabric 7 as well as our recent acquisition of Infravio." In addition to the previously-named Diamond and Gold sponsors, the following industry leaders are supporting the conference as Silver-level sponsors: BearingPoint, CrossVista, Data Direct Technologies, Deloitte Consulting LLP, FCS Business Solutions, GT Software, HCL Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, IBM Systems, Informatica, iTKO, Layer 7 Technologies, Liaison Technologies, Perficient, Seagull Software and Solstice Software. Additional industry sponsors include Lawson Software, Logimethods and Xavient Information Systems. Media sponsors for the conference include the BrainStorm Group, the Business Integration Journal, ebizQ, the Integration Consortium, and wMUsers.com. Each of these industry sponsors will be showcased within Integration World's Solutions Hall, which is a series of Industry Villages highlighting unique solutions for a number of industries, including financial services, government, manufacturing, and utilities and telecommunications. As part of their additional leadership of the event, executives from Tata Consultancy Services, Fair Isaac, GXS, Satyam, and Wipro are also serving as featured presenters during the program. The webMethods Partner Forum will provide industry partners with valuable insight for realizing the full potential of their webMethods relationship. During this one-day program, webMethods executives will share additional insight into the company's strategy and product roadmap for the forthcoming year as well as best practices secured from joint engagements. Systems integrators, Value-Added Resellers, and OEM partners will also be briefed on a number of new products, including webMethods' solutions for SOA governance, which were recently-acquired from Infravio. Meanwhile, independent software vendors and other solutions providers will enjoy the chance to hear how they can partner with webMethods to develop unique solutions targeting distinct customer needs. Additional information on Integration World 2006, including registration, can be found online at http://www.integrationworld2006.com/. Current and prospective partners interested in attending the exclusive webMethods Partner Forum may visit http://www.webmethods.com/partnerforum for additional information. 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. DATASOURCE: webMethods, Inc. CONTACT: Media: John Conley of webMethods, Inc., +1-703-460-5996, or Web site: http://www.webmethods.com/ http://www.integrationworld2006.com/ http://www.webmethods.com/partnerforum

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