BEA Ships Web Services Release of the World's #1 Java Application Server, BEA WebLogic Server 6.1
Leading E-Business Platform Provides Instant Java-to-Web Service Code Generation, Standard Application Integration and Award-Winning Technology
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug 1, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS chart, msgs), one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, today announced the general availability of BEA WebLogic Server(TM) 6.1, the Web Services release of the world's #1 Java application server. BEA is delivering simple and powerful Web Services to redefine and transform e-business, enabling applications and processes to integrate seamlessly over the Internet, both within and between enterprises.
BEA WebLogic Server 6.1 is the industry's first and only enterprise-class application server that provides automatic code generation of new and existing Java applications into Web Services, with new standards-based application integration capabilities and advanced Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.3 technologies already downloaded for evaluation by more than 11,000 beta users. These new features, combined with BEA's proven technology and market leadership, make the BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform(TM) -- a single solution for enterprise and e-business applications that require commerce, portal, integration and Web Services -- the industry's most powerful platform for fully integrated Web Services.
This latest release of BEA WebLogic Server supports the key Web Services standards, including Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Description Language (WSDL) and Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI). Moreover, BEA WebLogic Server 6.1, the foundation of the BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform, is the only enterprise-class solution available today that seamlessly bridges J2EE and Web Services by enabling developers to automatically deploy Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) as Web Services with no additional programming.
Addressing the acute business need to integrate legacy applications into evolving enterprise IT infrastructures, BEA's support for the J2EE Connector Architecture in BEA WebLogic Server 6.1 provides a standard framework for integrating existing systems with e-business applications running on the WebLogic platform. This enables companies to extend the lives and increase the productivity of legacy applications, while helping to reduce the cost and complexity of integrating ERP, CRM, mainframe and custom applications.
"Clients continue to select BEA WebLogic for its leading adherence to the latest J2EE standards," said Kevin Pollari, partner at Accenture, the world's leading provider of management and technology consulting services and solutions. "With the latest release of BEA WebLogic Server, BEA continues to deliver the cutting-edge standards and technologies that help keep businesses competitive in the fast-paced e-business market."
"The personal television industry is experiencing ever-increasing levels of growth," said John Ghashghai, director of Applications and E-Business at TiVo. "Open standards, integration and the Web Services support in BEA WebLogic Server makes it possible for us to create a new generation of distributed, multi-tiered Web applications that feature a high level of interactivity, dynamic content and access to back-end enterprise systems for both internal users and TiVo subscribers."
"Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), system integrators (SIs) and end-user organizations want to build Web Services on a proven platform with the reliability, scalability and performance that they are accustomed to with their e-business applications," said Al Shipp, president of the E-Commerce Server Division at BEA Systems. "Unlike other offerings in the market, BEA delivers on all these fronts, and provides the platform of choice for building Web Services -- making it even easier to build an open standards community of interconnected data and business processes."
Availability
BEA WebLogic Server 6.1 is available now via download at www.bea.com.
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