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==History==
==History==
Bill Coleman, [[Edward W. Scott|Ed Scott]] and [[Alfred Chuang]], all former employees of [[Sun Microsystems]], launched the business in 1995 by acquiring [[Information Management (company)|Information Management]] and [[Independence Technologies]]. These firms were the largest resellers of ''[[Tuxedo (software)|Tuxedo]]'', a distributed transaction management system sold by [[Novell]]. BEA soon acquired the Tuxedo product itself, and went on to acquire other [[middleware]] companies and products, including [[ObjectBroker]] and [[NCR Corporation|NCR]]'s Top End product.
Bill Coleman, [[Edward W. Scott|Ed Scott]] and [[Alfred Chuang]], all former employees of [[Sun Microsystems]], launched the business in 1995 by acquiring [[Information Management (company)|Information Management]] and [[Independence Technologies]]. These firms were the largest resellers of ''[[Tuxedo (software)|Tuxedo]]'', a distributed transaction management system sold by [[Novell]]. BEA soon acquired the Tuxedo product itself<ref name="tuxedo_history">{{cite book | title = The TUXEDO System: Software for Constructing and Managing Distributed Business Applications |
author = Andrade, Juan M. et al |
year = 1996 |
publisher = Addison-Wesley |
isbn = 0201634937 |
pages = pp. xxxiv }}</ref><ref name="tuxedo_pr">{{cite pressrelease |
title = Novell and BEA Systems, Inc. Complete Transition of TUXEDO to BEA |
publisher = BEA Systems, Inc. |
date = 1996-02-28 |
accessdate = 2008-04-07 |
url = http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=pr00002.htm&FP=/content/news_events/press_releases/1996 |
quote = BEA is the exclusive developer and distributor of the TUXEDO System on UNIX, NT, and all non-NetWare platforms, and Novell will develop TUXEDO-based applications for NetWare. In addition, most Novell TUXEDO employees, including development and marketing personnel, have joined BEA, and BEA has assumed all contracts with TUXEDO partners, distributors, and customers. BEA has exclusive rights to the TUXEDO trademark.}}</ref>, and went on to acquire other [[middleware]] companies and products, including [[ObjectBroker]] and [[NCR Corporation|NCR]]'s Top End product.


In 1998, BEA acquired the [[San Francisco]] start-up [[WebLogic]], which was among the first to implement Sun Microsystems' [[J2EE]] specification. WebLogic's re-branded server formed the basis of BEA's WebLogic application server sold today.
In 1998, BEA acquired the [[San Francisco]] start-up [[WebLogic]], which was among the first to implement Sun Microsystems' [[J2EE]] specification. WebLogic's re-branded server formed the basis of BEA's WebLogic application server sold today.
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 07:57, 7 April 2008

BEA Systems, Inc.
Company typePublic (Nasdaq: BEAS)
Founded1995
HeadquartersSan Jose, California, USA
Key people
Alfred Chuang, Founder, Chairman, CEO & President
Mark Dentinger, EVP & CFO
Bill Klein, VP, Business Planning and Development
Mark Carges, EVP, Products & GM, Business Interaction Division
David Gai, EVP, Worldwide Services
Richard Geraffo, EVP, Worldwide Sales
Rosanne Saccone, SVP, CMO
Robert Levy, CTO
ProductsTuxedo, WebLogic, AquaLogic
RevenueIncrease$1.535 billion USD (2008)
Increase$208.2 million USD (2008)
Number of employees
4,275[1]
Websitewww.bea.com

BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) is a software company founded in 1995 and headquartered in San Jose, California with 78 offices worldwide. BEA is one of the major companies developing enterprise infrastructure software or "middleware", products that help software run on top of databases. On January 16 2008, Oracle Corporation announced it was purchasing BEA Systems.[2]

The company's name is an acronym based on the first names of the company's three founders: Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang. Alfred Chuang is still with the company, acting as the chairman and CEO.

History

Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang, all former employees of Sun Microsystems, launched the business in 1995 by acquiring Information Management and Independence Technologies. These firms were the largest resellers of Tuxedo, a distributed transaction management system sold by Novell. BEA soon acquired the Tuxedo product itself[3][4], and went on to acquire other middleware companies and products, including ObjectBroker and NCR's Top End product.

In 1998, BEA acquired the San Francisco start-up WebLogic, which was among the first to implement Sun Microsystems' J2EE specification. WebLogic's re-branded server formed the basis of BEA's WebLogic application server sold today.

In 2005, BEA's launched a new brand identity with the slogan "Think Liquid".[5] BEA also announced a new product line called AquaLogic, which is an infrastructure software family for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

On November 3, 2005 BEA Systems announced the acquisition of SolarMetric, editors of the Kodo persistence engine. The acquisitions continued in 2006 with Plumtree Software, an enterprise portal company; Fuego, a business process management (BPM) software company; and Flashline, a metadata repository company. These acquisitions have since become parts of the AquaLogic SOA product stack.

On October 12, 2007, Oracle announced their intent to buy BEA Systems for $6.7 billion.[6] As a result of the offer, BEA's stock price rose over five dollars upon the opening of trading for the day.[7] BEA turned the offer down the same day, saying that the company is "worth substantially more".[8] On January 16, 2008 Oracle signed a definite agreement to buy BEA for $8.5 billion. It is believed that Carl Icahn, one of the company's most prominent shareholders, was the main reason that the deal happened.[9]

Financial results

In January 2008, BEA Systems closed out its fiscal year 2008 with $1.535bn in revenues, 10% higher than the previous year. GAAP net income was $208.2 million.[10]

Products

BEA has three major product lines:

  1. Tuxedo - transaction oriented middleware platform
  2. WebLogic - J2EE enterprise infrastructure platform
  3. AquaLogic - Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) platform

BEA started out with the Tuxedo software product, but currently the products they are best known for in the computer industry are the BEA WebLogic product family, which consists of WebLogic Server, WebLogic Workshop, WebLogic Portal, WebLogic Integration and JRockit. In 2005, BEA launched a new product family called AquaLogic for service-oriented architecture deployment. They have also entered the telecommunications field with their WebLogic Communications Platform, which includes WebLogic SIP Server and WebLogic Network Gatekeeper. BEA also has a product offering for the RFID market called the BEA WebLogic RFID Product Family.

AquaLogic

AquaLogic is a software suite from BEA Systems for managing service-oriented architecture (SOA). It includes following products:

  • BEA AquaLogic BPM suite is a set of business process management (BPM) tools. It combines workflow and process technology with enterprise application integration functionality. The suite consists of tools aimed for line of business personnel for creating business process models (AquaLogic BPM Designer), as well as tools for IT personnel to create actual business process applications directly from said models (AquaLogic BPM Studio). The completed business process applications are deployed on a production server (AquaLogic BPM Enterprise Server), from which they integrate to backend applications and generate portal views for human interactions in the process. It also comes with a customizable tools for live business activity monitoring (BAM).
  • BEA AquaLogic User Interaction is a set of tools used to create portals, collaborative communities composite applications and other applications that use service architecture. These technologies work cross-platform. This technology came to BEA Systems from its acquisition of Plumtree Software.
  • BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Repository, a vital element of effective Service-oriented architecture life cycle governance, manages the metadata for any type of software asset, from business processes and Web Services to patterns, frameworks, applications, and components. It maps the relationships and interdependencies that connect these assets to improve impact analysis, promote and systematize software reuse, and measure the impact on the bottom line.
  • BEA AquaLogic Service Bus is an enterprise service bus (ESB) with operational service-management that allows the interaction between services, routing relationships, transformations, and policies.
  • BEA AquaLogic Service Registry is a UDDI v3 registry with an embedded governance framework. It provides a repository where services can be registered and reused for developing or modifying applications.
  • BEA AquaLogic Data Services Platform (previously known as Liquid Data) provides tools for creating and managing different data services. It uses the XQuery language for data composition and transformation for a variety of data sources, including relational databases and web services.
  • BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security is a security infrastructure application for distributed authentication, fine-grained entitlements and other security services. Features include allowing users to define access rules for applications without modifying the software itself, including JSP pages, EJBs and portlets.

References

  1. ^ BEA Corporate Information At-a-Glance
  2. ^ Oracle To Buy BEA Systems For About $8.5 Bln.
  3. ^ Andrade, Juan M.; et al. (1996). The TUXEDO System: Software for Constructing and Managing Distributed Business Applications. Addison-Wesley. pp. pp. xxxiv. ISBN 0201634937. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
  4. ^ "Novell and BEA Systems, Inc. Complete Transition of TUXEDO to BEA" (Press release). BEA Systems, Inc. 1996-02-28. Retrieved 2008-04-07. BEA is the exclusive developer and distributor of the TUXEDO System on UNIX, NT, and all non-NetWare platforms, and Novell will develop TUXEDO-based applications for NetWare. In addition, most Novell TUXEDO employees, including development and marketing personnel, have joined BEA, and BEA has assumed all contracts with TUXEDO partners, distributors, and customers. BEA has exclusive rights to the TUXEDO trademark.
  5. ^ "BEA Systems Launches New Brand Identity, Challenges IT Industry to "Think liquid."". Lexdon Business Library. 2005-06-09. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  6. ^ "Oracle offers $6.7 billion for BEA Systems". Associated Press. KING-TV. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-10-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "BEA Systems, Inc. stock price". Google Finance. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-10-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Finkle, Jim (2007-10-12). "BEA rejects $6.7 billion Oracle offer". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2007-10-15. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ Turton, Stuart (2008-01-16). "Oracle finally bags BEA". PC Pro. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  10. ^ "BEA Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results; AquaLogic Grows to 27% of Fourth Quarter License Revenue, Driven by Customer Adoption of Service-Oriented Architecture" (Press release). BEA Systems, Inc. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-03-25. For the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2008, BEA reported total revenues of $1,535.8 million, a 10% increase over the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2007.
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