InternetOracle Server Rollout Builds on BEA Buy

Server extends hot-pluggable middleware strategy.

Seven months after buying BEA Systems for $8.5 billion, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced the first product incorporating BEA technologies into its own, the Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3. It is the cornerstone of the Oracle WebLogic Suite, which will be a foundation for enterprise applications and service-oriented architecture (SOA) (define), Oracle said. SOA is a software architecture built around business processes offered as services that can be reused throughout an enterprise. "The specific enhancements in this release are in the area of SOA and strengthening WebLogic for SOA," Mike Piech, Oracle's senior director of product marketing applications, told InternetNews.com. Oracle bought BEA to help its drive into SOA. Its first release of its Web and SOA platforms, called 11g, is currently in beta. RELATED ARTICLES Oracle WebLogic Server Rates a 10 for Big Flaw Oracle Patches 45 Vulnerabilities What Lies Ahead for SOA? Oracle Talks Up 11g At OpenWorld Liberty Alliance Unveils Improved SAML Certification For more stories on this topic: The next major upgrade of 11g is scheduled for release by the end of May 2009. It will have "selective cross-pollination of BEA features into the first release of 11g," Forrester analyst John Rymer said in a report. The new release of WebLogic Server (WLS) is the first step in that direction. "We've updated WLS to support all the latest releases of standards... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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