re: Nokia & BEA & OMAI
<< BEA has won a deal with Nokia where Nokia will be deploying Weblog Enterprise Platform globally as the platform infrastructure for Nokia'a 3-G wireless platform. >>
The Nokia BEA relationship was formrd early in 2002. A few clippings on that are posted below.
In February BEA joined the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative (OMAI) annonced by Nokia at COMDEX last year. IBM also joined at the same time. The OMAI FAQ is here:
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>> BEA and Nokia To Develop Wireless E-Commerce Server
Matthew W. Beale
E-Commerce Times
January 28, 2000
E-commerce solutions provider BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) announced Thursday that it plans to work with Nokia to create a new standards-based solution for building wireless e-commerce applications.
The companies will integrate BEA's WebLogic Server and Nokia's WAP Server 1.0 products. The new solution will enable e-commerce developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) to generate transaction-oriented Web applications for wireless devices -- including Nokia's Internet-ready phones -- that are compliant with the wireless application protocol (WAP).
"The e-generation accessing the wireless Web won't be content with just downloading basic information such as stock quotes and news dispatches," commented Joe Menard, president of BEA's e-commerce server division.
"With BEA WebLogic Server as the engine of their WAP applications, they will have the same high-availability 24x7 access to personalized e-commerce services that they have on their PC browsers."
On-The-Go E-Commerce
The integration of BEA and Nokia technologies will likely cover applications such as banking and financial services, order entry and confirmation, stock trading, and other text-based wireless transactions that can be conducted via a mobile phone or personal digital assistant (PDA).
BEA's WebLogic Server enables developers to build transaction-based e-commerce applications using Java and the standard Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform, including Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) components.
The Nokia WAP Server is an open server platform for mobile applications that lets companies create content that can be accessed by mobile devices that use a WAP browser. The product complies with the WAP 1.1 specification and utilizes the Wireless Transportation Layer Security (WTLS).
"This out-of-the-box integration makes it easy to quickly develop 'on the go' e-commerce applications by eliminating the need to build and debug an equivalent integration from the ground up -- a task that could take weeks," stated Menard. "Instead, developers can now implement the integration in just a few hours in most cases, making it possible for their companies to get to market much faster with applications that deliver a competitive advantage."
WAP is an open, global specification that enables mobile users with wireless devices to instantly access information and services.
>> Nokia And BEA Sign A Worldwide Agreement To Deliver End-To-End Mobile Commerce Solution
May 08, 2000
Nokia PR
Nokia and BEA to market a single, integrated enterprise solution, tailored for scalable banking, financial services and travel applications
BEA Systems, Inc. the E-Commerce Transactions Company™ (Nasdaq:BEAS), and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced a global agreement to bring scalable, end-to-end mobile e-commerce (m-commerce) to the enterprise. Under the terms of the agreement, BEA will integrate, resell and distribute the Nokia WAP Server with the BEA E-Commerce Transaction Platform™. The integrated offering, called BEA WebLogic
M-Commerce Solution™, includes the Nokia WAP Server, the BEA WebLogic application and commerce servers, and targeted services that extend traditional legacy and Internet applications into the hands of mobile business users, who require sophisticated capabilities to perform m-commerce transactions over the wireless Web. BEA and Nokia will also equip developers with a complete end-to-end m-commerce development kit to build and test mobile Internet solutions.
Together, BEA and Nokia are elevating WAP solutions from simple content delivery to transaction-oriented services, enabling enterprises to build corporate mobile services based upon a proven, mission-critical transaction platform.
The BEA and Nokia solution will initially target banking and financial services, online ticketing, and telecommunications applications. The BEA WebLogic M-Commerce Solution, which combines best-of-breed technologies from BEA and Nokia, will set a new performance standard for reliability and scalability in wireless application servers, leveraging BEA’s proven technology used by over 4,000 of the world’s most successful e-businesses.
“Your office is now in your pocket. With more mobile phones in the world today than personal computers, one can easily picture a future where location becomes a matter of choice rather than necessity,” said Alfred Chuang, co-founder, president and chief operating officer of BEA Systems. The ability for customers to extend their existing solutions to a mobile device means that they can be first to market with mobile business solutions,” said Chuang.
“We anticipate organizations will start to provide more and more highly personalized services to individuals on their WAP-enabled devices,” said Greg Shortell, vice president Global Sales, Nokia Internet Communications. “In return, individuals will expect a reliable service, with rapid response and secure, mobile e-commerce transactions. The WAP phone will become their ‘personal trusted device,’ from which they can perform transactions anywhere.”
Earlier this year BEA and Nokia announced the integration of BEA WebLogic Server and the Nokia WAP Server. Today’s expanded integration enables the Nokia WAP server to take advantage of BEA’s high availability and seamless failover, enterprise-class scalability, personalization and security capabilities. This will provide independent software vendors and corporate developers with powerful, off-the-shelf solutions for creating personalized, transaction-oriented applications for any WAP-complaint wireless device, including Nokia’s Internet-ready WAP phones. The BEA WebLogic M-Commerce Solution will be available from BEA in Q2 2000. <<
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