BEA Announces WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe 4.1

BEA Systems Inc, one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, announced the general availability of BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe 4.1. An enterprise application integration (EAI) solution, BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe enables businesses built on BEA WebLogic Server, the market-leading Java application server, to quickly and easily integrate existing mainframe application functionality and data into Java and Web-based computing environments.

Over the last three decades, companies worldwide have invested trillions of dollars to develop mainframe-based applications that remain critical to their business operations. BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe extends and connects their legacy applications and data to the Web, making them accessible to customers, partners and suppliers. Such integration is an essential component of a "future-proof" business -- one that is not only agile and adaptable, but also can prevent operational disruptions by leveraging its technology investments for their maximum value.

"Businesses are recognizing that real-time, high performance Web-to-host and host-to-Web transactions can provide significant business performance and competitive advantages," said Barbara Britton, president of the BEA E-Commerce Integration Division. "With BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe 4.1, companies can seamlessly meet today's demands for fast and flawless execution of business transactions across mainframe and Java environments, whether accessing existing legacy data directly from a Web site or exchanging information with a partner's mainframe applications."

Designed to Accelerate Time to Web

BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe 4.1 shrinks the time needed to develop Java-based applications that interact with mainframe programs. BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe 4.1 provides an environment familiar to both Java application developers and mainframe programmers, so no special skills are needed to develop cooperative applications.

New with BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe 4.1 is a configuration option that supports a Distributed Communications Resource Manager. This option enhances overall performance and optimizes workload distribution between BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe's gateway and the mainframe itself.

Including the Mainframe as an Integral Component of Advanced E-Business Solutions

A new addition to the BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform, BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe also integrates directly with BEA WebLogic Process Integrator, a powerful J2EE e-business process integration and workflow engine. This solution helps companies include their legacy systems as part of a comprehensive e-business infrastructure that leverages valuable data and logic whether it resides on the mainframe or on BEA WebLogic Server, to seamlessly manage e-business processes. These BEA WebLogic technologies enable companies to create and manage multi-party trading exchanges, Internet e-markets and supply chain or other enterprise processes that depend on mainframe systems.

The advanced clustering capabilities of BEA WebLogic Server provide mission-critical reliability and scalability for the BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe, handling the complexities of replication, load balancing and failover for Java application to mainframe integration. BEA also provides capabilities for real-time interoperability among IBM mainframe applications and the complete BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform -- including BEA WebLogic Commerce Server, BEA WebLogic Personalization Server, BEA Tuxedo, and BEA WebLogic Enterprise -- as well as BEA WebLogic Server.

Availability

BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe 4.1 supports BEA WebLogic Server 5.1. It is available immediately and runs on a variety of Unix and NT platforms as well as OS390 Version 2 Release 8 and Release 9. For additional information, please go to: www.bea.com and/or contact your BEA sales representative.

About BEA

BEA Systems Inc is one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, with over 6,500 customers around the world including the majority of the Fortune Global 100. 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 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 1,000 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 89 offices in 30 countries and is on the Web at www.bea.com.

Contact Diana Ehrhardt of BEA Systems Inc, 408-570-8081, diana.ehrhardt@bea.com.