To: RR who wrote (31482 ) 2/21/2001 6:21:20 AM From: Sully- Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 65232 BEA Announces Support for LoudCloud's Opsware Version 2 Loudcloud Extends Opsware to BEA WebLogic Commerce Server and BEA WebLogic Personalization Server SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS - news), one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, today announced its support for the latest version of Loudcloud's Opsware(TM) automation technology, Opsware Version 2. Opsware Version 2 can provide customers with greater flexibility by supporting a wider range of technologies, including BEA WebLogic® Server, BEA WebLogic Personalization Server(TM) and BEA WebLogic Commerce Server(TM). By teaming their respective technologies and expertise to accelerate e-businesses for companies, BEA and Loudcloud have realized several successful customer solutions based on Opsware and BEA WebLogic Server(TM), including implementations at Fannie Mae, Britannica.com, and Juniper Financial, among others. Opsware is Loudcloud's automation technology that captures and manages the thousands of pieces of information, decisions, and processes required to successfully deploy, manage and grow an Internet infrastructure. This technology automates and streamlines formerly manual tasks, offering Loudcloud customers improved quality, scale and speed in their Internet operations. Joint BEA WebLogic ServerTM and Opsware customers can benefit from shorter deployment times and improved Web site performance. ``By providing the fundamental e-business infrastructure, BEA enables its customers to focus on their core business. Opsware Version 2 extends this benefit even further by automating critical Internet operations, performing previously manual tasks more reliably and in a fraction of the time. Together BEA and Opsware can help free a customer's scarce engineering resources to work on value-creating activities and get to market faster,'' said Rauline Ochs, vice president of worldwide partner programs for BEA. About BEA BEA Systems, Inc. is one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, with over 8,000 customers around the world, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. BEA and its WebLogic® 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 over 1,200 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 90 offices in 30 countries and is on the Web at www.bea.com. NOTE: BEA and BEA Tuxedo are registered trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Commerce Server, BEA WebLogic Enterprise, BEA eLink, The E-Commerce Transactions Company, and The BEA E-Commerce Transaction Platform are trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the company with which they are associated. Loudcloud, Smart Cloud, and Opsware are service marks and trademarks of Loudcloud, Inc. All other trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. biz.yahoo.com Ö¿Ö