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Connect2U Selects webMethods for E-marketplace Integration
webMethods B2B to Provide Integration Platform for WHSmith`s Net Market for Retailers
READING, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001--webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM - news), the leading provider of business-to-business integration (B2Bi) solutions, today announced that it has been selected as the integration backbone for Connect2U - the B2B marketplace for independent retailers. Connect2U, a joint venture by WHSmith and e-business consultancy, Axon, will provide independent retailers in the UK with a platform to transact business electronically with wholesalers and distributors.

Connect2U is initially focusing on the UK newsprint market, which consists of 50,000 independent news agents. This sector offers the ideal dynamics for an Internet marketplace as all news agents are required to communicate with their distributors on a daily basis for orders, returns and invoice queries. As the largest regional newsprint operator with approximately 40 percent market share, WHSmith`s News Division is the first company to integrate to the marketplace enabling its 26,000 news agents to automate transactions with its 50 regional warehouses every day.

Using webMethods B2B(TM), WHSmith was able to integrate its SAP system directly with the Connect2U trading platform in three weeks, automating communications between news agents. Connect2U now plans to use webMethods to integrate the remaining newsprint suppliers and wholesalers in the UK with the exchange. The company`s long-term plan is to open the exchange to independent retailers outside of the newsprint arena.

``We had the interesting challenge of creating a marketplace without knowing which companies Connect2U will ultimately be targeting and in turn what technology will need to be integrated,`` explains Don Kirkwood, COO of Axon and non-executive director of Connect2U. ``For this reason we needed to create a generic platform with a wide breadth of tools and standards to prepare for all future integration eventualities.``

``webMethods was the only real choice to provide the integration behind Connect2U. As the leader in B2Bi, webMethods gives us integration credibility that is crucial to the success of the marketplace,`` said Kirkwood.

``B2B marketplaces are now open for business across all industries, however integration can be the hurdle to broad adoption,`` commented Steve Donald, UK sales director, for webMethods. ``webMethods works with many B2B exchanges, like Connect2U, to provide a quick integration on-ramp for suppliers and buyers to sign up and reap the advantages of trading electronically.``

The Connect2U marketplace went live in August this year and aims to integrate eight thousand retailers by the end of 2001.

About webMethods, Inc.

webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM - news) is the leading provider of software solutions for business-to-business integration (B2Bi). As the only company providing seamless B2Bi across the Internet and throughout the extended enterprise, webMethods provides Global 2000 companies and B2B marketplaces with a complete, end-to-end solution for integrating customers, suppliers and partners into real-time B2B trading networks, while also increasing internal operational efficiencies. The webMethods product family allows companies to create new revenue opportunities, strengthen relationships with customers, substantially reduce supply chain inefficiencies and streamline internal business processes.

Founded in 1996, webMethods is based in Fairfax, Va., with offices across the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. With an emphasis on key vertical markets such as chemicals, financial services, high-tech manufacturing and telecommunications, webMethods has more than 500 customers worldwide--from Global 2000 leaders such as Citibank, Dell, Eastman Chemical Company, Fidelity Investments, Grainger, Motorola and Starbucks to major B2B marketplaces like ChemConnect, e-STEEL and PetroCosm. webMethods` strategic partners include Ariba, Commerce One, Deloitte Consulting, EDS, i2 Technologies, J.D. Edwards, KPMG, Microsoft, Oracle Corp., SAP AG and Siebel. More information about the company can be found at www.webMethods.com.

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 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



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