OASIS MEMBER NEWS_ Phillip Merrick Receives KPMG Entrepreneur Award

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PHILLIP MERRICK RECEIVES KPMG LLP GREATER WASHINGTON REGION HIGH
TECH ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

webMethods President and CEO Honored at 13th Annual Greater
Washington Region High Tech Awards Banquet

FAIRFAX, Va.--May 3, 2000- webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM), the
leading provider of business-to-business integration (B2Bi)
solutions, today announced Phillip Merrick, the company's
Foundert Founder and CEO, has received the KPMG LLP Greater
Washington Region High Tech Entrepreneur Award. KPMG presented
the award Tuesday evening May 2 as part of the 13th Annual
Greater Washington Region High Tech Awards Banquet. Each year,
KPMG honors individuals who have made significant contributions
to the advancement of technology in the region.

"It is a thrill to be part of the growing technology community in
the Washington area; and it is an honor to be selected for this
prestigious award," said Phillip Merrick, president and CEO of
webMethods, Inc. "The region has provided an excellentthe
foundation for building webMethods from a basementsmall start-up,
to the leading provider of B2Bi solutions, to one of the most
successful IPOs in history. As webMethods continues to grow, we
will build our future her in the Washington area."The Washington
area leads the country in Internet infrastructure and software
and webMethods is proud to be part of it."

Phillip Merrick is a 15-year software industry veteran and the
original architect of webMethods B2B. Since the company's
foundingfounding the company in 1996, Mr. Merrick has provided
both thought leadership and product leadership-defining and
delivering business solutions for Global 2000 companies to do
business-to-business over the Internet. Mr. Merrick has
established webMethods as the leading vendor of open solutions
for B2Bi, earning widespread recognition among analysts, media
and investors. The cornerstone of the company's success has been
its ability to win the confidence of on-going relationships with
Global 2000 customers and partners such as Dell, SAP, FedEx,
Eastman Chemical, Lucent, Bell Atlantic and W.W. Grainger. Mr.
Merrick is responsible for steering webMethods' corporate
strategy and, in March of 2000, he led the company to the fourth
most successful first-day gain for an IPO.

Prior to founding webMethods, Mr. Merrick served as Vice
President of Engineering at Open Software Associates (OSA), an
international Internet and GUI tools company formed through a
staff buyout of a division of Hewlett-Packard. At OSA, Mr.
Merrick led the development of netDeploy, OSA's acclaimed Web
development and deployment product. Prior to OSA, Mr. Merrick was
Director of Development at Magna Software Corporation, where he
managed the MAGNA X application development tool.

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(tm) family of products provide the B2Bi
infrastructure enabling 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 130
160 customers worldwide-from Global 2000 leaders such as Dell,
Eastman Chemical Company, Lucent, Bell Atlantic and W.W. Grainger
to major B2B marketplaces like ChemConnect, e-STEEL and Ventro.
webMethods' strategic partners include Ariba, Commerce One,
Deloitte Consulting, EDS, KPMG, Microsoft, Sterling Commerce and
SAP AG. More information about the company can be found at
www.webMethods.com.

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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-1, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.



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