BEA and Intel Announce Alliance to Expand
Adoption of BEA WebLogic for
Enterprise Computing on Intel ITANIUM(tm) Architecture
Relationship To Significantly Extend the Reach of Applications Built on
BEA
and Intel-based Servers for the Enterprise
SAN JOSE and SANTA CLARA, Calif. - July 23, 2001 - Intel Corporation and BEA
Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS), one of the world's leading e-business
infrastructure software companies, today announced that the two companies
will work together to jointly optimize BEA WebLogic® software for the
Itanium(tm) Processor Family and IA-32 platforms. The global e-business
alliance addresses customer demand for an increase in choice of platforms
available for enterprise deployment by providing a high-performing and
scalable Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) e-business software platform
running on a choice of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and
Linux.
The companies will collaborate on joint
engineering to optimize BEA products
running on Intel Architecture and will pursue targeted marketing and sales
activities with hardware manufacturers, independent software vendors (ISVs)
and integrators. The alliance is designed to extend the capabilities of
Intel-based servers used in the enterprise for running mission-critical
e-business applications and Web services.
"The collaboration between Intel and BEA will bring the BEA WebLogic
E-Business Platform to market on the highest performing and most
cost-effective computing platforms available," said Paul Otellini,
executive
vice president and general manager, Intel Architecture Group. "The alliance
addresses the demands in today's business environment for the broadest range
of platform choices with no sacrifice in functionality and ability to
rapidly deploy systems across an organization."
"With this relationship with Intel, our goal is to extend our customer
demand for BEA WebLogic on Intel-based platforms for development and
deployment," said Bill Coleman, founder, chairman, and chief executive
officer of BEA Systems. "Together with Intel, we aim to significantly
accelerate the proliferation of BEA WebLogic on Intel servers, as well as
applications built on BEA. The alliance is designed to give customers
greater freedom of choice in production environments and our ISVs increased
distribution and faster performance of their applications running on
Intel-based hardware."
The e-business alliance comprises a number of
programs slated for this year,
including certification and optimization of the BEA WebLogic E-Business
Platform for Intel-based servers, and the establishment of a technology lab
to validate and document performance and scalability of the companies' joint
products. Intel and BEA will also jointly train and provide support
materials to their direct sales and channel sales organizations, and
cooperate to develop service offerings.
A number of leading hardware OEMs worldwide
have already pledged support for
BEA WebLogic optimized for IA, including some existing BEA hardware OEM
partners such as BULL, Compaq Computer Corporation, Dell Computer
Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, NCR Corporation, and Unisys. The two
companies expect to work with numerous additional hardware OEMs, as well as
software vendors and integrators.
"The flexibility to deploy Internet
applications on any platform is critical
to global enterprise customers," said Vignette chairman, president and CEO
Greg Peters. "As an ally to both BEA and Intel, we are very pleased to see
the two companies commit to initiatives that are designed to ensure optimal
performance on current and future generations of Intel architecture
platforms."
Availability
Today's announcement includes the Itanium processor family and future IA-32
products; it bolsters the optimization and marketing efforts for BEA
WebLogic already available on the Intel Xeon(tm) processor family. The goal
of this e-business alliance is to align the two companies' respective
product roadmaps so that BEA WebLogic will be available, optimized and tuned
for future Intel processors as they are introduced.
About BEA
BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) is one of the world's leading e-business
infrastructure software companies, with more than 10,000 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 more than
2,000 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 92 offices in 32 countries and is
on the Web at www.bea.com <http://www.bea.com>.
About Intel
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of
computer, networking and communications products. Additional information
about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom
<http://www.intel.com/pressroom>.
Forward-Looking Statement
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking, including
the statements regarding the completion, implementation, benefits, and
details of the alliance between BEA and Intel; the optimization of BEA
WebLogic software for Intel's products; collaboration on joint engineering,
training and support; pursuing targeted marketing and sales activities;
extending the reach of Intel-based servers; bringing to market BEA's
products on the highest performing and cost-effective platforms; extending
customer demand for BEA WebLogic; accelerating or increasing the
proliferation of BEA WebLogic; benefits to customers and ISVs; various
programs slated for this year; and expected work with numerous additional
hardware OEM and other parties. Actual results could differ materially from
those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties
that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with:
any unforeseen technical difficulties related to the ongoing development and
optimization of BEA WebLogic for Intel products; the timing of additional
investments by Intel in resources for supporting BEA WebLogic; changes in
the marketplace for enterprise-wide software solutions and related hardware
solutions, including the introduction of products competitive with BEA's and
Intel's products, and any software errors or other technical problems
related to BEA's or Intel's products. Readers should also refer to the risk
disclosures set forth in BEA's 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2001, as
filed with the SEC and subsequent reports filed thereafter from time-to-time
with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are
made as of the date hereof, and BEA does not assume any obligation to update
such statements nor the reasons why actual results could differ materially
from those projected in such statements.
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