webMethods, which was founded in 1996, is a company which provides business process 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. On April 5, 2007, Software AG agreed to acquire webMethods, Inc. for $546 million [1] . The acquisition closed on June 1, 2007 and webMethods is no longer traded on the US stock market. Software AG is currently traded on the German Stock Exchange.
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| Company type | Subsidiary of Software AG |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Fairfax, VA |
Key people | David Mitchell, President & CEO |
| Products | webMethods Fabric webMethods Integration Server webMethods Servicenet webMethods Glue webMethods Workflow webMethods Portal (see company website) |
| Revenue | US $200.6M (2005) |
| Parent | Software AG |
| Website | www.webmethods.com |
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.[2] In 1998 Microsoft and webMethods teamed up to produce XQL, a query language for XML.
History
- 2007 June 1 - Closing of the acquisition by Software AG.
- 2007 April 5 - Software AG to acquire webMethods.[1]
- 2007 Fabric 7 released,[3] office opened for Middle East/North Africa[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.
- 1999 Partnership with SAP to provide integration capabilities for SAP [2] as OEM Product SAP Business Connector
- 1998 partnership with Microsoft to develop XQL[5]
- 1996 Company founded by Phillip Merrick[6]
Acquisitions
- 2006 Acquired Infravio[7] and products from Cerebra[8]
- 2003 Acquires The Mind Electric - Products: webMethods ServiceNet (SOA)
- 2003 Acquires Dante Group - Products: webMethods BAM
- 2003 Acquires former DataChannel assets from Netegrity[9] - Products: webMethods Portal
- 2001 Acquired IntelliFrame [10] Products:webmethods Workflow
- 2000 Acquired Active Software [11] and partnership with J. D. Edwards for OEM Product JDE XPI. Gets EAI/A2A capabilities, Products: webMethods Broker and Adapters
- Active Software acquired Alier Inc., TransLink Software Inc. and Premier Software Technologies Inc.
Products/Tools
- webMethods Broker
- webMethods Developer
- webMethods Glue
- webMethods Integration Server
- webMethods Manager
- webMethods Master Data 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.
See also
References
- ^ a b Software AG acquisition press release
- ^ a b webMethods for SAP whitepaper
- ^ Fabric 7 press release
- ^ press release about middle east/africa office
- ^ webMethods and Microsoft XQL Article
- ^ business week interview with webMethods CEO, 2000
- ^ webMethods to acquire infravio article
- ^ eweek article on webMethods acquiring Cerebra
- ^ webMethods to acquire technology from Netegrity article
- ^ webMethods acquires IntelliFrame
- ^ infoworld article about webMethods acquiring Active Software