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In January, 2001, webMethods acquired IntelliFrame Corporation, which had been part of Computer Network Technology Corporation, for about $31 million.<ref>{{Cite news |title= WebMethods Acquires IntelliFrame |url= https://www.clickz.com/webmethods-acquires-intelliframe/70368/ |work= ClickZ |date= January 26, 2001 |author= Roy Mark |access-date= November 21, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB980541400551853026 |work= Wall Street Journal |date= January 26, 2001 |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB980541400551853026 }}</ref>
 
In October, 2003, the company announced it acquired three smaller companies in the integration market, for a combined edtimated value of $32 million.
In 2003 [[Deloitte]] estimated webMethods was the fourth fastest growing technology company in North America, on the [[Deloitte Fast 500]].<ref name="deloitte">{{Cite news |title= High-tech growth ranked |url= https://www.deseret.com/2003/10/20/19790740/high-tech-growth-ranked |date= October 20, 2003 |work= Deseret News |access-date= November 17, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |work= Network World |date= October 13, 2003 |url= https://www.networkworld.com/article/2337603/two-service-providers-rank-among-fastest-growing-tech-companies.html |title= Two service providers rank among fastest-growing tech companies |access-date= November 17, 2021 }}</ref>
The Mind Electric developed a technology called GLUE, and its founder Graham Glass became the webMethods chief technical officer.<ref>{{Cite news |title= webMethods grabs The Mind Electric, two other firms |author= Will Kilburn |date= October 15, 2003 |url= https://adtmag.com/articles/2003/10/15/webmethods-grabs-the-mind-electric-two-other-firms.aspx |work= ADT Magazine |access-date= November 22, 2201 }}</ref>
The Dante Group developed software for [[business activity monitoring]] (BAM).
* 2003 AcquiresThe former DataChannel assets from Netegrity were used in a portal.<ref name="wmDataChannelAcquireArticle">[http://news.cnet.com/WebMethods-buys-a-new-direction/2100-7345_3-5090102.html webMethods to acquire technology from Netegrity article]</ref> - Products: webMethods Portal
 
In 2003 [[Deloitte]] estimated webMethods was the fourth fastest growing technology company in North America in 2003, on the [[Deloitte Fast 500]].<ref name="deloitte">{{Cite news |title= High-tech growth ranked |url= https://www.deseret.com/2003/10/20/19790740/high-tech-growth-ranked |date= October 20, 2003 |work= Deseret News |access-date= November 17, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |work= Network World |date= October 13, 2003 |url= https://www.networkworld.com/article/2337603/two-service-providers-rank-among-fastest-growing-tech-companies.html |title= Two service providers rank among fastest-growing tech companies |access-date= November 17, 2021 }}</ref>
In August, 2006, webMethods acquired Cerebra, a privately held company that developed metadata management software.<ref>{{Cite news |work= eWeek |author= Renee Boucher Ferguso |date= August 21, 2006 |url= https://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/webmethods-acquires-cerebra/ |title= WebMethods Acquires Cerebra |access-date= November 17, 2021}}</ref>
In September, 2006, webMethods acquired Infravio (which developed a software registry) for $38 million.<ref>{{Cite news |work= CNet |author= Martin LeManoica |date= September 11, 2006 |url= https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/webmethods-to-buy-governance-guru-infravio/ |title= WebMethods to buy governance guru Infravio: Integration software company WebMethods builds out its SOA product line with Infravio's registry |access-date= November 17, 2021}}</ref>
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[[Software AG]] acquired webMethods in 2007 for $546 million<ref name="acquires">[http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/04/software-ag-webmethods "SoftwareAG Acquires webMethods"]</ref> and announced that the brand webMethods will be retained, effectively making webMethods its flagship product line. WebMethods version 8.0 was released in 2009, supplemented with other Software AG products such as Centrasite, Tamino and [[EntireX]]. In 2010, the webMethods division of Software AG, known as business processes excellence (BPE) recorded $668 million (499 million Euros) in revenues and was a major contributor to company net income.<ref name="revenues" />
 
==Acquisitions==
* 2003 Acquires The Mind Electric - Products: webMethods ServiceNet (SOA)
* 2003 Acquires Dante Group - Products: webMethods BAM
* 2003 Acquires former DataChannel assets from Netegrity<ref name="wmDataChannelAcquireArticle">[http://news.cnet.com/WebMethods-buys-a-new-direction/2100-7345_3-5090102.html webMethods to acquire technology from Netegrity article]</ref> - Products: webMethods Portal
 
==See also==