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'''webMethods''', was founded in [[1996]] and is now the webMethods product suite, offered by [[Software AG]] which acquired the company in 2007 for $546 million. The webMethods suite is [[software]] for process improvement, [[Service-oriented architecture|SOA]] enablement, IT modernization and business and partner integration.
==History==
* 2009 A leader in the [[Forrester]] Wave for [[Enterprise Service Bus]]es, Q1, 2009
* 2008 A leader in the [[Forrester]] Wave for Integration-Centric [[BPM]] Suites, Q4 2008
* 2008 Placed in the [[Gartner]] Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for [[B2B]] Gateway Providers
* 2008 Placed in the [[Gartner]] Leaders Quadrant for the Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for SOA Composite Application Projects
* 2008 Placed in the [[Gartner]] Leaders Quadrant for the Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Back-End Application Integration Projects
* 2008 Placed in the [[Gartner]] Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Business Process Management Suites [[BPM]]
* 2008 Placed in the [[Gartner]] Leaders Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Integrated [[SOA]] Governance Technology Sets
* 2007 webMethods products become the webMethods product suite of [[Software AG]].
* 2007 June 1 - Closing of the acquisition by [[Software AG]].
* 2007 April 5 - [[Software AG]] to acquire webMethods.
* 2007 Fabric 7 released
* 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.
* 1999 Partnership with SAP to provide integration capabilities for SAP as OEM Product SAP Business Connector
* 1998 partnership with Microsoft to develop [[XQL]]<ref name="msPartnershipXQL">[http://xml.coverpages.org/webM981116.html webMethods and Microsoft XQL Article]</ref>
* 1996 Company founded by [[Phillip Merrick]]<ref name="wmCEOInterview">[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_20/b3681088.htm business week interview with webMethods CEO, 2000]</ref>
==Acquisitions==
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