webMethods Joins RosettaNet Solution Provider Board

Partner Press Release
webMethods Joins RosettaNet Solution Provider Board

Industry Leaders to Define Strategies for the Rapid Adoption of RosettaNet Standards

For Release June 14, 2001

FAIRFAX --

webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM) the leading provider of integration software solutions, today announced the company has joined RosettaNet's newly formed Solution Provider Board. RosettaNet, high technology's leading e-business process consortium, recently expanded its global organization with the launch of the Solution Provider Board, comprised of industry-leading enterprise application and middleware developers, systems integrators, consultancies, e-service providers and infomediaries. The primary focus of this newly formed board will be to drive critical development and implementation strategies in support of key RosettaNet initiatives.

During the Board's first meeting Kimberly Trudel, webMethods' vice president of industry products, was elected Vice Chairman of the Board and Advisor to the Semiconductor Manufacturing Board.

The Solution Provider Board will work closely with RosettaNet's existing supply chain boards by engaging in ongoing milestone programs and related deployment projects. In addition, the Solution Provider Board will take a leadership role in driving RosettaNet's e-business initiatives such as low-cost, turnkey solutions, next generation architecture and interoperability via RosettaNet's software compliance program.

"webMethods has been involved in RosettaNet since the early days of the organization. Bringing long-time RosettaNet supporters together to form this very important board will serve to further advance the adoption of RosettaNet's e-business process standards," said Jennifer Hamilton, chief executive officer of RosettaNet.

"The webMethods team has enjoyed being involved with RosettaNet from the start of the organization, and we are pleased to extend our participation as members of this esteemed board," said Kimberly Trudel, vice president of industry products for webMethods. "Today, more than 40 industry leaders such as Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola have licensed the webMethods integration platform as the backbone for their RosettaNet solutions."

The webMethods integration platform fully supports the latest RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF 1.1 and 2.0) as well as all published PIPs. Using the webMethods integration platform, high tech customers will be able to scale their implementations to facilitate hundreds of trading partners and millions of transactions. More information about leveraging the webMethods integration platform for managing RosettaNet implementations, include several technical white papers, can be found at www.webMethods.com.

About RosettaNet
RosettaNet is an independent, non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open Internet-based business standards that align processes within the global high-technology trading network.

More than 400 companies representing over $1 trillion in annual information technology (IT), electronic components (EC) and semiconductor manufacturing (SM) revenues currently participate in RosettaNet's standards development, strategy and implementation activities. A complete list of member companies and more information on RosettaNet is available at www.rosettanet.org.

About webMethods, Inc.
webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq:WEBM) is the leading provider of integration software. The webMethods integration platform allows customers to achieve quantifiable R.O.I. by linking business processes, enterprise and legacy applications, databases and workflows both within and across enterprises. By deploying the webMethods integration platform, customers reduce costs, create new revenue opportunities, strengthen relationships with customers, substantially increase supply chain efficiencies and streamline internal business processes.

Founded in 1996, webMethods is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with offices throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. webMethods has more than 625 customers worldwide including Global 2000 leaders such as Citibank, Dell, Eastman Chemical, The Ford Motor Company, Grainger, Motorola and Starbucks. webMethods' strategic partners include Accenture, Ariba, BroadVision, Commerce One, Deloitte Consulting, EDS, Hewlett-Packard, i2 Technologies, J.D. Edwards, KPMG Consulting, Microsoft, Oracle Corp., SAP AG and Siebel Systems. More information about the company can be found at www.webMethods.com.

webMethods is a registered trademark of webMethods, Inc. All other company and product names are property of their respective owners.

This press release contains various remarks about the future expectations, plans and prospects of webMethods that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The actual results of webMethods may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in the Risk Factors section of webMethods' Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000, as amended, and Form S-3, both of which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.