BEA Expands Ecosystem

PRAGUE -- BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS - News), one of the world's leading application infrastructure software companies, today announced a significant milestone in driving the convergence of IT and the telecom network with the addition of more than 20 new partners to its telecommunications partner ecosystem. BEA already maintains significant IT presence in the telecommunications industry through its BEA WebLogic® and Tuxedo® products, and by working with Intel Corporation and partners HP, Convergys, CSG, elata, EMC, Intec Telecom Systems, Metasolv, MobileAware, TietoEnator and Amdocs. Today's announcement expands the BEA partner ecosystem to include support for the BEA WebLogic Communications Platform(TM) from network and service delivery leaders including Acme Packet, AePONA, AudioCodes, Brooktrout Technology, Convedia, Digital X, Foundry Networks, InCode, Infosys Technologies, Intervoice, IP Unity, ILOG, IONA, Mahindra British Telecom (MBT), MySQL, Net4Call, NetCentrex, SandCherry, Turnberry Solutions, Wily Technology and others.

"A major challenge facing telecom operators is monetization of their infrastructure investments of the last few years, particularly in the face of flat to declining revenues from traditional services," said Rob Rich, executive vice president of Telecom and Networking Research at Yankee Group. "While next generation service delivery architectures hold significant promise, the creation of application and technology vendor ecosystems by leading platform suppliers is critical to the emergence of new revenue generating services, and ultimately to improved financial performance by service providers."

Added Mike McHugh, vice president and general manager, BEA WebLogic Communications Platform, BEA Systems: "Our partners are very important to the success of BEA Telecom offerings in the marketplace -- together we can bring optimal choice and flexibility to our customers. BEA is leveraging its position as the leading supplier to the industry of application server and transaction processing technologies for use in service delivery platforms (SDP), as well as in the operational support system and billing support system (OSS/BSS) domain, to become the leading network services infrastructure vendor. The BEA WebLogic Communications Platform product suite, that includes the BEA WebLogic SIP Server(TM) and the BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper(TM), as well as our WebLogic Service Delivery solution, coupled with the industry leading, carrier class products and services of our partners, present the best solution for communication service providers today."

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