WebMethods
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: WEBM) |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Fairfax, VA |
| Key people | David Mitchell, President & CEO |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Products | webMethods Fabric webMethods Integration Server webMethods Servicenet webMethods Glue webMethods Workflow webMethods Portal (see company website) |
| Revenue | US $200.6M (2005) |
| Slogan | Get There Faster(R) |
| Website | www.webmethods.com |
webMethods NASDAQ: WEBM, which was founded in 1996, is a company that provides business integration software. The company is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, and has offices throughout the United States, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan.
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[edit] Partnerships
In 2004, webMethods formed a strategic alliance with GXS offering a best-of-breed combination of integration software and integration services to organizations worldwide. SAP and webMethods partnered in 1999 to release a rebadged version of Integration Server as SAP Business Connector to provide integration abilities with SAP. In 1998 Microsoft and webMethods teamed up to produce XQL, a query language for XML.
[edit] History
- 2007 Fabric 7 released[1], office opened for Middle East/North Africa[2]
- 2006 Acquired Infravio[3] and products from Cerebra[4]
- 2003 Added JBoss to the product suite as a bundled solution for EJB support and released webMethods Portal
- 2001 First Integration vendor to add EDI support and business process modelling to their platform.
- 1998 partnership with microsoft to develop XQL
- 1996 Company founded by Phillip Merrick [5]
[edit] Products/Tools
- webMethods Broker
- webMethods Developer
- webMethods Glue
- webMethods Integration Server
- webMethods Manager
- webMethods Modeler
- webMethods Optimize
- webMethods Portal
- webMethods ServiceNet
- webMethods Trading Networks
- webMethods Workflow
- webMethods Designer
webMethods Integration Server 4.6 was bundled with SAP as SAP Business Connector before SAP decided to develop their own integration platform.
[edit] See also
- Enterprise application integration
- Business Process Management
- Business activity monitoring
- Middleware
[edit] References
- ^ Fabric 7 press release
- ^ press release about middle east/africa office
- ^ webMethods to aquire infravio article
- ^ eweek article on webMethods acquiring Cerebra
- ^ business week interview with webMethods CEO, 2000
[edit] External links
- Company website
- partner for integration - nterra
- webMethods partner GXS
- WMUsers - Independent webMethods User Community
- WMUsers webMethods Jobs
- Company Profile from Reuters
