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                                                     Registration No. 333-________
  
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D. C. 20549
  
                                      FORM S-8
  
               REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                             SILVERSTREAM SOFTWARE, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
  DELAWARE                                                 04-3318325
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of                          (I.R.S. Employer
  Incorporation or Organization)                           Identification Number)
  
  TWO FEDERAL STREET, BILLERICA, MA                          01821
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)
  
  
                            eOBJECT, INC. 2000 STOCK PLAN
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                                  DAVID A. LITWACK
                        PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                             SILVERSTREAM SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 TWO FEDERAL STREET
                                 BILLERICA, MA 01821
                       (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  
                                   (978) 262-3000
            (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  
                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
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                                                    PROPOSED MAXIMUM       PROPOSED MAXIMUM
   TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE      AMOUNT TO BE       OFFERING PRICE       AGGREGATE OFFERING        AMOUNT OF
           REGISTERED              REGISTERED          PER SHARE                PRICE           REGISTRATION FEE
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  <S>                         <C>               <C>                    <C>                  <C>
  
  Common Stock, $.001 par        60,000 shares        $25.40625 (1)         $1,524,375 (1)            $402.44
  value per share
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  </TABLE>
  
  (1)  Computed in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act
       of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the bid and asked price of
       the Common Stock on August 15, 2000.
  
  
  <PAGE>   2
  
  
       This registration statement has been prepared in accordance with the
  requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
  "Securities Act"), to register 60,000 shares of the common stock, $.001 par
  value per share (the "Common Stock"), of SilverStream Software, Inc., a Delaware
  corporation (the "Registrant"), issuable to eligible employees under the
  eObject, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan was assumed by the
  Registrant upon the acquisition by the Registrant of eObject, Inc. pursuant to
  that Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 6, 2000 between the Registrant,
  eObject, Inc. and certain other parties.
  
  PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  
       The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the plan specified on the cover page of this prospectus
  pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
  
  PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
       ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
  
       The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
  of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
  statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
  
            (1) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
       13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or the latest prospectus filed pursuant
       to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial
       statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such
       statements have been filed.
  
            (2) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
       Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
       referred to in (1) above.
  
            (3) The description of the Common Stock contained in a registration
       statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
       filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  
       All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered
  hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then
  remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
  be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
  Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
  other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
  to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  
       ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
  
       Not applicable.
  
  
  
  
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       ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
  
       Not applicable.
  
       ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
  
       The Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  (the "Restated Certificate of Incorporation") provides that no director of the
  Registrant shall be personally liable for any monetary damages for any breach of
  fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the Delaware General
  Corporation Law (the "Law") prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability
  of directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
  
       The Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director or
  officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all
  expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
  settlement incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding
  (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him
  by virtue of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted
  in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
  to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal
  action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
  unlawful and (b) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
  (including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in
  connection with any action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against
  him by virtue of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he
  acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
  opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification
  shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been
  adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that the
  Court of Chancery of Delaware determines that, despite such adjudication but in
  view of all of the circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such
  expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or
  officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without
  limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be
  indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
  incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or
  officer at his request, unless it is determined that he did not act in good
  faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
  best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or
  proceeding had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful,
  provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately
  determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.
  
       As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director or
  officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is
  sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume
  the defense thereof.
  
       The Restated Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the
  indemnification provided therein is not exclusive and that Registrant may enter
  into agreements with officers and directors providing for indemnification rights
  and procedures different from those set forth in the Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation.
  
  
  
  
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       Section 145 of the Law provides that a corporation has the power to
  indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
  other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
  against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or
  proceeding to which he is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of
  such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
  cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions
  brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made
  with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
  be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating
  court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
  
       ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
  
       Not applicable.
  
       ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
  
       The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein
  by reference.
  
       ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
  
       A. The Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
            (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
       made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  
                 (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
            Securities Act;
  
                 (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
            after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
            recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
            aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
            in the Registration Statement; and
  
                 (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
            plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
            Statement or any material change to such information in the
            Registration Statement;
  
       provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
       information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
       paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
       Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
       Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
       Statement.
  
            (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
       Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
       new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
       the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
       initial bona fide offering thereof.
  
  
  
  
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            (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
       any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
       termination of the offering.
  
       B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
  Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
  report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
  reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
  Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
  thereof.
  
       C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
  liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
  paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
  has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
  adjudication of such issue.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <PAGE>   6
  
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Billerica, Massachusetts on August 18, 2000.
  
                                             SILVERSTREAM SOFTWARE, INC.
  
  
                                             By: /s/ David A. Litwack
                                                ----------------------------------
                                             David A. Litwack
                                             President and Chief Executive Officer
  
  
                          POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  
       We, the undersigned officers and directors of SilverStream Software, Inc.
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Craig A. Dynes and David A. Litwack, and
  each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
  each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
  below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
  subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
  such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
  to enable SilverStream Software, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
  signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
  Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
  dates indicated.
  
  
  SIGNATURE                 TITLE                                  DATE
  ---------                 -----                                  ----
  
  /s/ David R. Skok         Chairman of the Board of Directors     August 18, 2000
  ----------------------
  David R. Skok
  
  /s/ David A. Litwack      President, Chief Executive             August 18, 2000
  ----------------------    Officer and Director (Principal
  David A. Litwack          Executive Officer)
  
  /s/ Craig A. Dynes        Vice President, Chief Financial        August 18, 2000
  ----------------------    Officer and Treasurer and
  Craig A. Dynes            Secretary (Principal Financial
                            and Accounting Officer)
  
  /s/ Timothy Barrows       Director                               August 18, 2000
  ----------------------
  Timothy Barrows
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  /s/ Richard A. D'Amore    Director                               August 18, 2000
  ----------------------
  Richard A. D'Amore
  
                            Director                               August 18, 2000
  ----------------------
  Paul J. Severino
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
  EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                             DESCRIPTION
  -------                            -----------
  
  4.1 (1)    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
             the Registrant.
  
  4.2 (1)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
  
  4.3 (1)    Specimen Certificate for Common Stock of the Registrant.
  
  5          Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.
  
  23.1       Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
  
  23.2       Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
  
  24         Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this
             Registration Statement).
  
  99.1       eObject, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.
  
  --------------
  (1)  Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's Registration
       Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-80553).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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                                                     Registration No. 333-________
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D. C. 20549
  
                                      FORM S-8
  
               REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                             SILVERSTREAM SOFTWARE, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
  DELAWARE                                                 04-3318325
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of                          (I.R.S. Employer
  Incorporation or Organization)                           Identification Number)
  
  TWO FEDERAL STREET, BILLERICA, MA                          01821
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)
  
                            eOBJECT, INC. 2000 STOCK PLAN
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                                  DAVID A. LITWACK
                        PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                             SILVERSTREAM SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 TWO FEDERAL STREET
                                 BILLERICA, MA 01821
                       (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  
                                   (978) 262-3000
            (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  
                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    PROPOSED MAXIMUM       PROPOSED MAXIMUM
   TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE      AMOUNT TO BE       OFFERING PRICE       AGGREGATE OFFERING        AMOUNT OF
           REGISTERED              REGISTERED          PER SHARE                PRICE           REGISTRATION FEE
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock, $.001 par        60,000 shares        $25.40625 (1)         $1,524,375 (1)            $402.44
  value per share
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (1)  Computed in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act
       of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the bid and asked price of
       the Common Stock on August 15, 2000.
  2
  
       This registration statement has been prepared in accordance with the
  requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
  "Securities Act"), to register 60,000 shares of the common stock, $.001 par
  value per share (the "Common Stock"), of SilverStream Software, Inc., a Delaware
  corporation (the "Registrant"), issuable to eligible employees under the
  eObject, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan was assumed by the
  Registrant upon the acquisition by the Registrant of eObject, Inc. pursuant to
  that Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 6, 2000 between the Registrant,
  eObject, Inc. and certain other parties.
  
  PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  
       The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the plan specified on the cover page of this prospectus
  pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
  
  PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  
       ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
  
       The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
  of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
  statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
  
            (1) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
       13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or the latest prospectus filed pursuant
       to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial
       statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such
       statements have been filed.
  
            (2) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
       Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
       referred to in (1) above.
  
            (3) The description of the Common Stock contained in a registration
       statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
       filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  
       All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered
  hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then
  remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
  be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
  Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
  other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
  modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
  to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  
       ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
  
       Not applicable.
  
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  3
  
       ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
  
       Not applicable.
  
       ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
  
       The Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
  (the "Restated Certificate of Incorporation") provides that no director of the
  Registrant shall be personally liable for any monetary damages for any breach of
  fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the Delaware General
  Corporation Law (the "Law") prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability
  of directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
  
       The Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director or
  officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all
  expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
  settlement incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding
  (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him
  by virtue of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted
  in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
  to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal
  action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
  unlawful and (b) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
  (including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in
  connection with any action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against
  him by virtue of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he
  acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
  opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification
  shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been
  adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that the
  Court of Chancery of Delaware determines that, despite such adjudication but in
  view of all of the circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such
  expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or
  officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without
  limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be
  indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
  incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or
  officer at his request, unless it is determined that he did not act in good
  faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
  best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or
  proceeding had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful,
  provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately
  determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.
  
       As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director or
  officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is
  sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume
  the defense thereof.
  
       The Restated Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the
  indemnification provided therein is not exclusive and that Registrant may enter
  into agreements with officers and directors providing for indemnification rights
  and procedures different from those set forth in the Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation.
  
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  4
  
       Section 145 of the Law provides that a corporation has the power to
  indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
  other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
  against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or
  proceeding to which he is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of
  such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
  cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions
  brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made
  with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
  be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating
  court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
  
       ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
  
       Not applicable.
  
       ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
  
       The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein
  by reference.
  
       ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
  
       A. The Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
            (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
       made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  
                 (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
            Securities Act;
  
                 (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
            after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
            recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
            aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
            in the Registration Statement; and
  
                 (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
            plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
            Statement or any material change to such information in the
            Registration Statement;
  
       provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
       information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
       paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
       Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
       Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
       Statement.
  
            (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
       Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
       new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
       the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
       initial bona fide offering thereof.
  
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  5
  
            (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
       any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
       termination of the offering.
  
       B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
  Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
  report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
  reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
  Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
  thereof.
  
       C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
  liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
  paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
  has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
  policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
  adjudication of such issue.
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Billerica, Massachusetts on August 18, 2000.
  
                                             SILVERSTREAM SOFTWARE, INC.
  
                                             By: /s/ David A. Litwack
                                                ----------------------------------
                                             David A. Litwack
                                             President and Chief Executive Officer
  
                          POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  
       We, the undersigned officers and directors of SilverStream Software, Inc.
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Craig A. Dynes and David A. Litwack, and
  each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
  each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
  below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
  subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
  such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
  to enable SilverStream Software, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
  signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
  Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
  dates indicated.
  
  SIGNATURE                 TITLE                                  DATE
  ---------                 -----                                  ----
  
  /s/ David R. Skok         Chairman of the Board of Directors     August 18, 2000
  ----------------------
  David R. Skok
  
  /s/ David A. Litwack      President, Chief Executive             August 18, 2000
  ----------------------    Officer and Director (Principal
  David A. Litwack          Executive Officer)
  
  /s/ Craig A. Dynes        Vice President, Chief Financial        August 18, 2000
  ----------------------    Officer and Treasurer and
  Craig A. Dynes            Secretary (Principal Financial
                            and Accounting Officer)
  
  /s/ Timothy Barrows       Director                               August 18, 2000
  ----------------------
  Timothy Barrows
  
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  /s/ Richard A. D'Amore    Director                               August 18, 2000
  ----------------------
  Richard A. D'Amore
  
                            Director                               August 18, 2000
  ----------------------
  Paul J. Severino
  
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                             DESCRIPTION
  -------                            -----------
  
  4.1 (1)    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
             the Registrant.
  
  4.2 (1)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
  
  4.3 (1)    Specimen Certificate for Common Stock of the Registrant.
  
  5          Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.
  
  23.1       Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
  
  23.2       Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
  
  24         Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this
             Registration Statement).
  
  99.1       eObject, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.
  
  --------------
  (1)  Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's Registration
       Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-80553).
  
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