Cohera Announces Partnership With webMethods to Integrate SAP Applications and Web-Based Documents.

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1999--

Partnership Enables Cohera to Deliver Data Integration Capabilities

Inside and Outside of Corporate Firewalls

Cohera Corporation, the leading provider of Federation Systems (FS) for e-business, today announced a partnership and product licensing agreement with webMethods, Inc., the leading provider of open solutions for business community integration, to deliver the integration of key data sources inside and outside of corporate firewalls.

By incorporating webMethods B2B(TM) server into its Federation System, Cohera adds the ability to dynamically integrate corporate SAP applications and web-based XML and HTML documents with other corporate data sources such as Oracle databases and mainframe-based VSAM or DB2 sources. As a result, Cohera is the only solution for creating real-time unified views of critical business data, both inside and outside of the enterprise. Cohera enables unification of data in separately-owned systems by transforming dissimilar data into a common format and by hiding data location and structure from end-users.

webMethods provides an open solution for managing business community integration between companies, partners, customers and suppliers. Based on XML technology, webMethods B2B is an enterprise-strength product suite that safely and reliably integrates diverse business communities over the Internet in real time. webMethods B2B provides the widest support of open Internet and proprietary standards and initiatives, including XML, RosettaNet, FpML (financial industry), cXML, OBI, OAG, Accord (insurance), Microsoft BizTalk and legacy EDI.

"webMethods is a leader in managing business events across multiple companies via XML," stated Mi information may reside in multiple systems, somMethods. "Through this relationship with Cohera, customers can perform real-time analysis of a customer's history and selling opportunity, regardless of where the informars, and promise an accurate shipment date to prderation System can access inside and outside thprise-wide information with the web -- in real time. Cohera is backed by top-tier investors including Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Sippl-Macdonald Ventures and Merrill Lynch. Cohera's customer advisory board includes senior IT executives from Federal Express (NYSE: FDX), Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), TRW (NYSE: TRW), and Deloitte Consulting.

Cohera can be reached at 510/780-1700 or visit Cohera at www.cohera.com.

About webMethods

webMethods is the leading provider of open solutions for business community integration. As one of the first products to deliver XML-based e-commerce solutions, the webMethods B2B(TM) product suite leverages a variety of open Internet standards to automatically link business processes with those of key partners -- without the time or expense of altering existing legacy, proprietary or ERP applications.

Founded in 1996, webMethods is based in Fairfax, Va., with offices nationwide. Early investors include Goldman Sachs, the Mayfield Fund and FBR Technology Venture Partners. More than 100 top companies worldwide ranging from DHL to Cisco to Dun & Bradstreet rely on webMethods B2B. The company is a strategic partner of Microsoft, SAP AG, Sterling Commerce, Ariba, Intelisys Electronic Commerce, PSDI and MRO.com. webMethods continues to receive recognition as a leader in business-to-business e-commerce solutions. Recent accolades include Red Herring's Top 50 Private Companies for two consecutive years (1999 and 1998) and the 1999 Upside Hot 100.

For more information, contact webMethods, Inc., by phone at 703/460-2500, via e-mail at [e-mail], or on the Web at http://www.webMethods.com.