BEA and Bowstreet Form Global Strategic Alliance to Accelerate the Development of E-Business Solutions Based on Web Services
Industry Leaders Present Customers With Powerful Combination for Creating, Assembling and Deploying Platform-Neutral Application Components
LYNNFIELD, Mass. and SAN JOSE, Calif., Jun 5, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Bowstreet (www.bowstreet.com), a pioneer in Web Services automation, and BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS chart, msgs), one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, today announced a global strategic alliance to accelerate their customers' ability to create, assemble and deploy integrated e-business solutions based on Web Services. The two companies will collaborate on the development, co-marketing and selling of solutions that combine their market-leading products.
Web Services is the new computing model being embraced by leading global companies and technology visionaries because of its ability to bypass technological roadblocks caused by proprietary systems. As platform neutral, Internet resident application components, Web Services enable trading partners to directly exchange services and information online. Using the award-winning BEA WebLogic(R) E-Business Platform -- including BEA WebLogic Server(TM), BEA WebLogic Personalization Server(TM), BEA WebLogic Commerce Server(TM), BEA WebLogic Integration(TM), and the BEA Portal Framework(TM) -- together with the Bowstreet(TM) Business Web Factory product line, BEA and Bowstreet will deliver a rapidly deployable, flexible solution for the delivery of Web Services. Using this combined solution, customers will be able to quickly develop, assemble and deploy dynamic, reliable, Web Services-based applications, and extend these collaborative Web Services to their partners.
The BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform(TM) provides a robust, scalable foundation for the creation and deployment of dynamic Web Services assembled on the fly with the Bowstreet Business Web Factory. The result is thousands of unique e-business applications on demand.
Bowstreet also announced today the immediate availability of a version of the Business Web Factory specifically designed to execute on the BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform. This tighter integration allows customers' Web Services-based applications, dynamically assembled on the Factory, to easily take advantage of the performance, scalability, and reliability of BEA's industry-leading application server. In addition, the open standards used by BEA WebLogic Integration and its build-to-integrate design combine to eliminate the cost and complexity associated with existing proprietary integration technologies, so that customers can publish their business processes and partner interactions as Web Services. Today, Bowstreet customers already benefit from leveraging their Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) and JavaServer Pages (JSPs) that run on BEA WebLogic Server.
"Bowstreet and BEA are working together to provide an integrated solution for delivering Web Services, which complements the Sun Open Net Environment (ONE) architecture," said Doug Kaewert, vice president, Sun Developer Network group. "Utilizing standards-based J2EE(TM) and XML technologies running on Sun's reliable, scalable platform, the BEA and Bowstreet solution helps enterprises create, assemble and deploy next generation dynamic Web Services."
Bowstreet customers can benefit from the flexible and reusable functionality delivered by the BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform -- from easily modifiable partner interactions and business processes delivered through BEA WebLogic Integration, to pre-built portal functions delivered through the BEA Portal Framework included with BEA WebLogic Personalization Server.
BEA customers will benefit from the ability to deliver highly focused, customized web applications, managed by non-technical business people. With the Business Web Factory, and the dynamic portal solutions that run on it, BEA customers can quickly assemble their custom portlets, commerce components, EJB architecture and Web Services into dynamic applications that take advantage of the entire investment in the BEA E-Business Platform.
The BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform runs on the world's #1 Java application server, BEA WebLogic Server, an open, J2EE-compliant platform powering the most demanding web and mobile e-commerce applications. BEA WebLogic Server is the proven market leader with the most customers in large mission-critical e-commerce deployments.
"Web Services will drive the next generation of Internet applications, and will enable the integration of e-business applications across the enterprise and between business partners," said Scott Dietzen, chief technology officer for BEA's E-Commerce Server Division. "We expect this alliance, along with other investments BEA is making in the Web Services arena, will accelerate the adoption of Web Services-based applications."
Bowstreet Vice President of Business Development Kristen Brown said that the BEA/Bowstreet combination will further solidify Web Services as a cornerstone of 21st century business. "BEA sets the standard in application server features: scalability, performance, reliability and rapid deployment. And, because of the combination with Bowstreet, companies will find that they can create, assemble and run more powerful, customized and reliable e-business applications than they ever imagined."
About Bowstreet
Bowstreet, a recognized leader in web services, enables businesses to transform themselves from hard-wired enterprises into agile, spontaneous "business webs." Bowstreet introduces a new dynamic assembly layer on top of middleware called "webware." Using the Bowstreet Business Web Factory -- enterprise components and web services are assembled on-the-fly into mass-customized composite web services. Leveraging the Factory, the Business Web Portal Solution converges separate portal initiatives (including enterprise information sharing, eCRM, syndicated storefronts, corporate intranets, partner extranets and supply chain collaboration), into a single, reusable platform, enabling new revenue streams and reducing portal costs by as much as 80 percent, while allowing business people to customize and manage employee, partner and customer portals. More information may be found at www.bowstreet.com or by calling 781-586-7100.
About BEA
BEA Systems, Inc. is one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, with more than 10,000 customers around the world including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. BEA and its WebLogic(R) brand are among the most trusted names in e-business. Businesses built on the award-winning BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform(TM) are reliable, highly scalable, and poised to bring new services to market quickly. BEA's e-business platform is the de facto standard for more than 1,900 systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and application service providers (ASPs) to provide complete solutions that fast-track and future-proof e-businesses for high growth and profitability. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BEA has 92 offices in 32 countries and is on the Web at www.bea.com.
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