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webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization software company, today highlighted continued momentum for the webMethods Partner Program. New systems integration and value-added reseller (VAR) partners joining the program include Asset Control, Logimethods, Torry Harris Business Solutions and Xpediant Solutions. These partners are leveraging the market-leading completeness and ease-of-use1 offered by webMethods Fabric�, webMethods� flagship product suite, to create customer-based solutions to critical business process integration challenges. The webMethods Partner Program provides select partners with certified training, direct engagement support and other dedicated resources. By doing so, partners can bolster the speed, efficiency, and effectiveness by which solutions can be implemented. �Enterprises count upon webMethods to deliver a best-in-class customer experience. As a result, our partner program is limited to those organizations that have demonstrated specific proficiencies in the use of our technology as well as the required domain knowledge for maximizing its value,� said Deborah Rosen, executive vice president, Marketing, Industry Solutions and Business Development, webMethods, Inc. �We�re excited to welcome Asset Control, Logimethods, Torry Harris Business Solutions and Xpediant Solutions to the webMethods Partner Program. Each of these partners extends our capabilities in important ways, allowing us to better serve our global customer base.� Asset Control is a leading provider of Centralized Data Management (CDM) solutions to the financial services industry. With operations in the United States and throughout Europe, Asset Control helps these organizations address the data management requirements associated with risk management and analysis, automated trading and straight-through processing, and compliance with such regulatory mandates as BASEL II and MiFID. In doing so, Asset Control clients can take advantage of the myriad of capabilities offered by webMethods Fabric, including master data synchronization, single customer view, and real-time reporting and assurance. webMethods is also formalizing its long-term relationship with Logimethods as a means to further expand its presence and capabilities within the Canadian market. More specifically, Logimethods will provide webMethods� customers with access to dedicated resources for project management, enterprise architecture, system implementation and offshore development. The two companies have already worked together to implement solutions for business integration, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and business process management (BPM) throughout Canada. Specific industries being supported by the partnership include financial services, healthcare, media, telecommunications and transportation. Torry Harris Business Solutions maintains a global delivery footprint with headquarters in the United States and significant development facilities in India and China. The consultancy focuses on the development and management of mission-critical IT systems and has been a major proponent of the use of SOA to improve business agility and reduce operating costs. The company�s partnership with webMethods is designed to help enterprises more quickly create and implement high volume transactional systems that offer high reliability and assurance. With operations in Houston and New York, Xpediant Solutions is a leading developer of customized, Web-based solutions with specific expertise around portal, collaboration, content management and business process management applications. Xpediant will be working with webMethods to capitalize on the industry-leading capabilities for composite application development offered by webMethods Fabric v. 7.0. �As we build out the webMethods Partner Program, we�re 100% focused on aligning ourselves with firms that augment our in-house capabilities with additional best-in-class expertise. This allows us to provide our global customer base with maximum value,� said Arnold Huffman, senior vice president, Industry Solutions and Business Development, webMethods, Inc. �This is clearly evident in the caliber of partners that have recently joined the program. By doing so, they can take advantage of the rich feature set offered by webMethods Fabric as well as the unmatched time-to-value that it delivers to further differentiate and enhance their businesses.� Building upon webMethods� long-term strength in business integration, key capabilities of webMethods Fabric include: The creation, management and governance of reusable services within a service-oriented architecture; the management and automation of business processes, human workflow and transactional systems; the codeless development of composite applications, customized business processes and user dashboards from reusable components; and the integrated monitoring and real-time analysis of business, process, and operational performance. By bringing these functions together within a single product suite, targeted solutions for business process integration, management and improvement can be more quickly and efficiently developed. At the same time, webMethods Fabric also facilitates the reuse of core IT assets and intellectual property across multiple engagements. 1 In a recent Forrester WAVE analysis of the Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites (IC-BPMS) market in which webMethods was named a leader, Forrester Research noted that the �vendor has expanded its scope to include enterprise application integration (EAI), electronic data interchange (EDI), and, most recently, business process management (BPM), giving it the most comprehensive and easy-to-use integration suite on the market.� [src: webMethods Captures The Lead In The Latest ICBPMS Product Evaluation - The Forrester Wave� Vendor Summary, Q4 2006 by Ken Vollmer and Henry Peyret with Mike Gilpin and Megan Daniels (December 20, 2006)] 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 1,500 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 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.