Wednesday April 11, 11:32 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Reef
Reef Becomes Member of BEA's Star Partner Program
Membership Aligns Reef With Proven Market Leader; Enables Reef and Its Solutions Partners to Generate Business and Increase Profit
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Reef® (www.Reef.com), a leading global provider of Internet software applications for the management of e-business, today announced that it has become a member of BEA Systems' (Nasdaq: BEAS - news) newly launched Star Partner Program. As a result, Reef and BEA will be able to better target and service customers around the world, who will benefit from the combination of Reef's InternetWare® integrated suite of Java-based e-business applications and BEA's WebLogic Application Server(TM).
BEA Systems is regarded as one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies. Widely adopted by leading corporations in all major industries, including financial services, telecommunications, transportation and retail, BEA WebLogic Server offers a comprehensive platform for the most demanding customer-driven internet applications. By coupling Reef's InternetWare with the BEA WebLogic Server, Reef's customers and solutions partners will be able to benefit from the exceptional stability, performance and scalability offered by BEA WebLogic Server, and quickly design and deploy internet-based e-business applications that provide comprehensive -- and above all, dynamic -- content management, community, coordination and commerce functionality.``
Reef's core philosophy is to provide our customers with great Java technology based on the latest open standards so that they, in turn, can create modern, high-performance and flexible solutions to their e-business challenges,`` said Cecile Feront, Reef's vice president of business development and co-founder. ''WebLogic Server 6.0 is an advanced Java application server for building, running, and future-proofing high-volume, mission-critical e-business applications -- so it's a natural complement to Reef InternetWare. We look forward to partnering with BEA Systems around the world to offer customers this exceptional combination of technologies.``
``Our partner initiatives are a critical component of BEA's strategy to ensure that our customers are given the range of choices, consultation and pre-sales and post-sales support they need to stay ahead of their competition,'' said Olivier Huck, international vice president of channels and alliances for BEA. ``We are pleased to welcome Reef and its leading Java-based InternetWare suite of e-business internet applications to BEA's Star Partner Program, and look forward to seeing our mutual customers benefit from the efficiencies and innovations offered by the superb combination of our respective technologies.''
By becoming a member of BEA Systems' Star Partner Program, Reef will benefit from the wide range of tools and information provided by BEA Systems designed to enhance its partners' ability to provide their customers market-leading e-business solutions. Reef will have access to software, technical support, education, as well as instant access to marketing materials and sales support. Today's announcement, together with Reef's recent launch of its Global Business Partner Program, means that Reef's solutions partners -- which include systems integrators, web agencies, value-added resellers and consultants -- will now be even better positioned to cost-effectively deliver advanced solutions and high-margin services to their customers.
About Reef InternetWare
Reef InternetWare is a comprehensive, integrated foundation for managing dynamic e-business. Designed from the ground up to embrace continuous change, Reef has built a comprehensive, integrated Internet application suite that enables decentralized knowledge workers to directly manage dynamic e-business using a simple browser interface.
About BEA Systems
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 89 offices in 30 countries and is on the Web at www.bea.com.
About Reef
Reef is a leading global Internet software company that provides an open, integrated, software-based foundation for managing dynamic e-business. Companies of all sizes use Reef InternetWare® to embrace continuous change and maximize e-business efficiencies by empowering non-technical business professionals to directly manage online content, commerce, community services, and business process coordination using a standard Web browser. TIME Digital Europe recognized president, CEO and co-founder Philippe Brawerman as Europe's most influential high technology entrepreneur of 2000. TIME Magazine also ranked Reef as one of Europe's 50 Hottest Technology Firms. Reef is a privately held company funded by Goldman Sachs, 3i, Cisco Systems, Net Fund Europe, Profrigo, Viventures, and other investors. Led by an experienced management team with proven industry success, the company serves a broad range of industries, including media/entertainment, telecommunications, healthcare, information technology, finance, and retail. With offices in Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America, Reef can be found on the Web at www.reef.com.
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