SMARTWORKS.COM SELECTS WEBMETHODS TO EASILY INTEGRATE WITH THE ARIBAB2B COMMERCE PLATFORM AND OTHER TOP B2B EXCHANGES

[Erin Del Llano <edelllano@schwartz-pr.com>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:       
Nicole Keating          Lauren Arnold or John Moran             Kate Unrath
webMethods, Inc.        Schwartz Communications, Inc.   SMARTworks.com, Inc.
703-460-5960            781-684-0770                            937-221-1610

nkeating@webMethods.com
webMethods@schwartz-pr.com       
kate.unrath@stdreg.com


SMARTWORKS.COM SELECTS WEBMETHODS TO EASILY INTEGRATE WITH THE ARIBA B2B
COMMERCE PLATFORM AND OTHER TOP B2B EXCHANGES

webMethods B2B Enables Organizations to Leverage SMARTworks.com’s
Integrated 
Print Management Services and B2B Marketplaces to Realize 20 to 40
Percent Cost 
Savings 

FAIRFAX, Va. and DAYTON, OhioJuly 24, 2000webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: 
WEBM), the leading provider of business-to-business integration (B2Bi)
solutions, and SMARTworks.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Standard Register
(NYSE: SR), today announced that SMARTworks.com, Inc. has selected
webMethods B2B™ to integrate with the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform™ and
other leading B2B exchanges. 

webMethods B2B dramatically expands the trading network connectivity for
SMARTworks®; the $115 billion U.S. printing industry’s leading integrated
print 
management and e-procurement Web application. By leveraging the open
architecture of webMethods B2B, SMARTworks can be seamlessly connected
with a diverse array of marketplaces to deliver customers real-time,
Web-based access to a vast network of new suppliers, partners and
customers. This enables organizations to leverage the Internet to
negotiate better pricing, streamline operations and inventory and improve
the overall management of printed documents for a savings of 20 to 40
percent. 

“Today’s exchanges and marketplaces deliver tremendous access to
suppliers, partners and customers, yet do not have specific expertise or
solutions to handle the complexities of print management,” said Jeff
Allen, vice president, Sales and Marketing for SMARTworks.com, Inc.
“webMethods provides us with a flexible solution that allows us to
quickly and easily integrate the SMARTworks Internet solution with a
variety of B2B exchanges. As a result, we can provide customers who are
using horizontal e-procurement applications with a snap-in solution for
one of the most difficult categories of product to manage 
printing.”

Delivered under an ASP model, SMARTworks provides the only open platform
on the 
market for companies to buy and manage their business printing in a
non-proprietary environment. The complete solution manages all print
procurement processes, including design, production, distribution and
fulfillment. 

“The more marketplaces SMARTworks.com can connect to, the more options it
can 
provide customers for improving print management and cutting costs,” said
Phillip Merrick, president and CEO of webMethods. “webMethods B2B makes
it possible for  industry leading solutions like SMARTworks.com to
easily seize the benefits of multiple marketplaces---without significant
technical integration hassles.”

webMethods provides a comprehensive solution that allows organizations to
effectively realize their B2B e-commerce strategies. Through broad
support of open standards and protocols, such as XML, RosettaNet, ebXML,
FpML, cXML, xCBL, OBI, OAG, ACORD, Microsoft BizTalk and legacy EDI, the
webMethods B2B family of products provides the critical B2B integration
software that enables companies to form powerful trading networks with
customers, suppliers and partners. With webMethods B2B, companies can
conduct business-to-business over the Internet with minimal stress to
corporate resources and existing technology infrastructure.

About webMethods, Inc.

webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM) is the leading provider of software
solutions for business-to-business integration (B2Bi). Leveraging the
open standards of the Internet, the award-winning webMethods B2B™ family
of products provides the B2Bi infrastructure that enables Global 2000
companies and B2B marketplaces to connect customers, suppliers and
partners to form real-time B2B trading networks. webMethods B2B allows
companies to create new revenue opportunities, strengthen relationships
with customers and substantially reduce supply chain 
inefficiencies.

Founded in 1996, webMethods is based in Fairfax, Va., with offices across
the U.S. and Europe. webMethods has more than 160 customers worldwidefrom
Global 2000 leaders such as Dell (Nasdaq: Dell), Eastman Chemical Company
(NYSE:EMN), Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) and Grainger (NYSE: GWW) to
major B2B marketplaces like ChemConnect, e-STEEL and Ventro (Nasdaq:
VNTR). webMethods’ strategic partners include Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA),
Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC), Deloitte Consulting, EDS (NYSE: EDS), i2
Technologies (Nasdaq: ITWO), KPMG Consulting, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:
MSFT), Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), Sterling Commerce and SAP AG (NYSE:
SAP). More information about the company can be found at
www.webMethods.com.

About SMARTworks.com, Inc.

SMARTworks.com, Inc. provides the printing industry’s first
supplier-independent open platform for e-procurement and integrated print
managementfilling a void in the $115 billion U.S. print market.
SMARTworks.com operates as an Application Service Provider (ASP) of
SMARTworks®, which it markets through its network of channel partners. As
an open, hosted Internet service that enables on-line connectivity
between customers and their print providers, SMARTworks® allows
organizations to significantly reduce the overall costs associated with
designing, procuring, distributing, and managing printed and electronic
documents throughout the enterprise. SMARTworks.com, Inc. is a wholly
owned corporate subsidiary of Standard Register (NYSE:SR). For more
information, visit
www.smartworks.com
or www.standardregister.com, or call 1.800.755.6405.


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webMethods and webMethods B2B are trademarks 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’ recent Registration Statement on Form S-4 and the company’s annual report on form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission.

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