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.
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]
- 2006 Acquired Infravio[5] and products from Cerebra[6]
- 2003 Acquires The Mind Electric - foundation of webMethods BAM
- 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.
- 2001 Acquired IntelliFrame [7] Products:webmethods Workflow
- 2000 Acquired Active Software [8] and partnership with J. D. Edwards for OEM Product JDE XPI. Gets EAI/A2A capabilities, Products: webMethods Broker and Adapters
- 1999 Partnership with SAP to provide integration capabilities for SAP [2] as OEM Product SAP Business Connector
- 1998 partnership with Microsoft to develop XQL[9]
- 1996 Company founded by Phillip Merrick[10]
Products/Tools
webMethods Integration Server 4.6 was bundled with SAP as SAP Business Connector before SAP decided to develop their own integration platform.
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