BEA to Resell WebGain Studio

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BEA and WebGain Accelerate Time-to-Market for E-Commerce Solutions with
Integrated E-Commerce Development Environment for BEA WebLogic
BEA Resells New WebGain Studio to Enable Customers to Speed Development
of Java and Web-Based Applications
SAN JOSE, Calif., — March 22, 2000—BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS),
The E-Commerce Transactions Company™, and WebGain, Inc., today announced
that BEA has signed a strategic partnership and distribution agreement
for the new WebGain Studio e-commerce development environment. Under
the agreement, BEA will offer WebGain Studio with the BEA WebLogic®
family of application servers, thereby extending the commanding lead of
the BEA E-Commerce Transaction Platform™ as the industry’s premier
end-to-end solution for creating e-commerce and enterprise
applications. Through this strategic reseller engagement, BEA will sell
and support WebGain Studio through its worldwide sales and support
organizations to customers in more than 50 countries, providing
companies across the globe with a comprehensive suite of tools to speed
and simplify development of Java- and Web-based applications running on
the BEA WebLogic® application server family.
“Companies must be able to keep pace with the e-generation’s
intensifying demands for ‘newer, better, faster’ applications on the
Internet,” said Joe Menard, president of the BEA E-Commerce Server
Division. “By combining WebGain Studio with BEA WebLogic Enterprise and
BEA WebLogic Server, we are providing an advanced best-of-breed
e-commerce development environment that enables businesses large and
small to ramp up fast, and deliver a steady stream of powerful
e-commerce services to the 275-million-strong population of e-generation
customers.”
“The BEA WebLogic family of application servers provides unmatched
support for Java standards and a vast and rapidly growing customer base
of innovative business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce
companies,” said Ted Farrell, Chief Technology Officer for WebGain. “As
the market-leading Java application server, the BEA WebLogic family is
the ideal platform for us to target in our initial product offering.”
The WebGain Studio suite of tools consists of the VisualCafé Enterprise
Edition integrated development environment (IDE) for Java,
StructureBuilder advanced EJB code generation wizard, visual modeling,
and EJB deployment tool, and an advanced Web content development tool.
(For more information see news release, “WebGain, Inc. Launches WebGain
Studio, An Integrated E-Commerce Development Environment.”)
BEA and WebGain have collaborated to integrate these tools with the BEA
WebLogic family of application servers on several levels:
* WebGain Studio has a simple, uniform installation process that allows
developers to easily customize their toolset by installing only the
capabilities they need;
* An integrated, step-by-step tutorial instructs customers on how to use
the WebGain Studio tools to build e-commerce applications on BEA
WebLogic Enterprise and BEA WebLogic Server;
* VisualCafe Enterprise Edition includes integrated tools for starting
up, shutting down and debugging the applications across distributed BEA
WebLogic application servers;
* StructureBuilder includes one-step deployment finalization of EJBs to
the BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Enterprise or standalone EJB 1.1;
* An advanced Web content development tool for BEA WebLogic Server,
extensions provide a unique rendering engine that bolsters the
productivity of developers building Java Server Pages (JSPs);
* A one-connection BEA WebLogic developer license is included in the
bundle.
Availability
The WebGain Studio e-commerce development environment will be available
through the BEA worldwide direct sales organization in April 2000.
WebGain, Inc.
WebGain, Inc, helps IT and business teams gain competitive advantage by
enabling them to rapidly build Java-component-based e-commerce
applications that can be easily deployed across a variety of e-commerce
application servers. WebGain Studio, the company’s flagship product, is
designed to help companies substantially improve programmer productivity
and application completeness and quality, while dramatically reducing
the time required to get e-commerce applications to market. With WebGain
Studio, enterprises, ISVs, system integrators and VARs can go from
e-concept to e-business in Web time. Privately held, WebGain, Inc., is
headquartered in Cupertino, California, and is on the Web at
http://www.webgain.com.
BEA Systems, Inc.
BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) is the E-Commerce Transactions Company™
powering many of the world’s most innovative companies that serve the
“e-generation,” companies such as Amazon.com, Federal Express, E*Trade,
United Airlines, DIRECTV, Qwest, Nokia, and Kaiser-Permanente. The
e-generation relies on the Web to conduct their everyday business,
demanding richer, more personalized experiences and the guarantee that
your Web site is always available – every minute of every day. BEA’s
award-winning e-commerce transaction platform, coupled with BEA
consulting, education, and support services, helps companies launch
reliable e-commerce initiatives quickly. BEA solutions help companies
of all sizes build e-commerce infrastructures that leverage existing
investments and provide the foundation for running a successful
integrated e-business for the e-generation. BEA has more than 50
offices in 24 countries, is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and is on
the Web at www.bea.com.
BEA, BEA Tuxedo, and WebLogic are registered trademarks of BEA Systems,
Inc. The E-Commerce Transactions Company, The BEA E-Commerce
Transaction Platform, BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Commerce Server,
and BEA eLink are trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and
product names may be trademarks of the company with which they are
associated.

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Does someone know when WebGain Studio will be released?I have heard rumors of this summer. But, I would suggest contacting their
organization to see what their schedule is.
And is this product
all that its touted to be?Yes. :-)
Michael Girdley
Product Manager, WebLogic Server & Express
BEA Systems Inc
Raja Vidhun <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:8gmo94$l63$[email protected]..
Does someone know when WebGain Studio will be released? And is thisproduct
all that its touted to be?
Regards
Raja