flagship product line, immediately doubling Software AG revenues in North America. WebMethods version 8.0 was released in 2009, supplemented with other Software AG products such as Centrasite, Tamino and EntireX. In 2010, the webMethods division of Software AG, known as business processes excellence (BPE) recorded $668 million (499 million Euros) in revenues and was a major contributor to company net income. In 2011, Caren Merrick ran as a Republican for the Virginia state senate, saying her history with webMethods made her a "jobs creator", but was defeated by Barbara Favola. See also Middleware (distributed applications) References External links webMethods product page webMethods Community - part of Software AG's Tech Community Defunct software companies of the United States Software companies established in 1996 Software AG 2000 initial public offerings 2007 mergers and acquisitions Companies based in Reston, Virginia