BEA Standards-Based Integration Approach Gets Backing From PeopleSoft(TM)
PeopleSoft Signs Up for BEA Adapter Development Kit Beta Program
SAN FRANCISCO, JavaOne(SM) Developer Conference, Jun 6, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS chart, msgs), one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, and PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: PSFT chart, msgs), a leader in providing e-business applications, today announced that they are collaborating to create open standards integration for PeopleSoft customers. PeopleSoft is the first pure Internet application provider to participate in the beta program for the BEA WebLogic(R) Integration Adapter Development Kit (ADK). Based on the Java(TM) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition Connector Architecture (J2EE(TM) CA) industry standard, the ADK is designed to enable rapid creation, development and testing of an adapter that would allow PeopleTools 8 to integrate with other enterprise applications running on BEA WebLogic Integration, also announced today. (Please see related news announcement issued on June 4, 2001, "BEA Announces BEA WebLogic Integration for Dramatically Simplified Enterprise Integration.")
"BEA's innovative open standards solution meets a growing need in the Fortune 1000 customer base served by BEA and PeopleSoft," said Peter Gassner, general manager of PeopleTools Technology at PeopleSoft. "PeopleSoft embraces the enhancements to the J2EE architecture for ease of interoperability."
"Integration based on open standards benefits developers, systems integrators and end-users by eliminating short-term, proprietary and often costly work-arounds," said Ivan Koon, president of the BEA E-Commerce Integration Division. "We are extremely pleased to see a market leader such as PeopleSoft endorsing our J2EE standard approach to integration."
BEA WebLogic Integration is a standards-based solution built on the world's #1 Java application server, BEA WebLogic Server(TM), designed to enable customers to rapidly develop and deploy "build-to-integrate" applications. BEA WebLogic Integration is one of the only integration solutions to combine the application development and deployment capabilities of the application server with comprehensive, standards-based application integration, business process management and B2B integration capabilities. It was designed to speed the development and deployment of new applications, minimize the pain of integration, and reduce the total cost of ownership for IT initiatives. |
