OASIS Member News: WEBMETHODS HOSTS FIRST B2Bi LEADERSHIP FORUM

["Scott McGrath" <scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org>]

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WEBMETHODS HOSTS FIRST B2Bi LEADERSHIP FORUM

Industry Visionaries, from Forrester Research and Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter, Join Global 2000 Customers, such as Dell, Eastman
Chemical Company, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, and W.W.
Grainger to Participate in Industry-Leading Event

SCOTTSDALE, Az.May 15, 2000webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM), the
leading provider of business-to-business integration (B2Bi)
solutions, opened the first day of the company's three-day
customer event, the B2Bi Leadership Forum: B2Bi: Foundation of
the Open Trading Network. Sessions during the event will feature
panels and presentations from webMethods Global 2000 customers
and leading B2B marketplaces. More than 400 customers, partners
and special guests will attend this invitation only event being
held in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Monday will begin with B2Bi Vision for Tomorrow, a keynote
presentation by Phillip Merrick, CEO, president and founder of
webMethods. Additional featured presentations include:

Business in the New Economy, Charles E. Phillips, managing
director, Enterprise Software at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter:
Phillips has been involved in the enterprise software sector
since 1986 and is a leading analyst following the B2B
marketplace. Phillips is ranked the number one industry analyst
in enterprise/server software by Institutional Investor magazine
and has been a member of their All-American research team every
year since 1994.

The Next Level in B2B eCommerce, Ted Schadler, group director of
Forrester Research: Schadler leads Forrester's
business-to-business strategy research as group director for the
eBusiness Trade, eBusiness Organization & Services, eBusiness
Applications and eBusiness Infrastructure Teams.

webMethods customers and partners participating in panels and
joint presentations include ChemConnect, Dell, Eastman Chemical
Company, e-STEEL, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, MicroAge,
Optimum Logistics Limited, Retek, Staples, Ventro and W.W.
Grainger.

Sponsors of the B2Bi Leadership Forum include premiere systems
integrator partners KPMG, EDS, Anderson Consulting, Deloitte
Consulting, Lante Corp and SeraNova.

Participants will discuss best practices in implementing and
leveraging business-to-business integration solutions for their
respective industries. New innovations and applications of B2Bi
will also be a prevalent theme throughout the three days of
speeches, round table discussions and panel presentations.

The customers and partners participating in the B2Bi Leadership
Forum are the leading e-business innovators in their respective
industries,said Phillip Merrick, president and CEO of webMethods.
They comprise the earlier adopters and best-practice implementers
of business-to-business integration solutions. We are extremely
pleased that the participation and enthusiasm for the event has
been so favorable and believe that everyone will benefit greatly
in hearing how B2Bi is leveraged for business advantage.

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 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 160
customers worldwidefrom 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.
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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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