Macromedia ColdFusion MX for WebLogic Released
(San Francisco) - Macromedia, Inc., has announced the availability of Macromedia ColdFusion MX for BEA WebLogic Server. This rapid server scripting environment for creating Internet application brings the ease of use and productivity of ColdFusion to the standards-based Java technology architecture offered by BEA Systems.

Macromedia ColdFusion MX for BEA WebLogic Server is part of the ColdFusion MX for J2EE Application Servers product line. Designed to enable developers to construct rich Internet and Web services applications using high-level scripting, it can increase development productivity and lower costs across IT organizations. A trial download of Macromedia ColdFusion MX for BEA WebLogic Server is available at www.macromedia.com/go/cfmx - www.macromedia.com.

NetIQ Announces WebTrends for BEA Solutions
(San Jose, CA) - NetIQ Corporation, a leading provider of systems management, security management, and Web analytics solutions, has announced two WebTrends solutions: WebTrends for BEA WebLogic Server and WebTrends for BEA WebLogic Portal, designed to enable BEA customers to take advantage of WebTrends Web analytics.

WebTrends for BEA WebLogic Server provides complete translation of BEA parameters, including all of the visitor activity data required for Web analysis. WebTrends for BEA WebLogic Portal is designed to analyze BEA behavior tracking data, including information on user interaction within the portal. www.netiq.com

Momentum in Europe Demonstrates Success of BEA Platform Vision
(San Jose, CA)- BEA Systems, Inc., the world's leading application infrastructure software company, has announced activities with 382 new customers in Europe and signed over 70 new partners during its third fiscal quarter, ending Oct. 31, 2002.

Across the globe, 78% of all deals over $500,000 U.S. were multiproduct deals, demonstrating the success BEA has had in building on the functionality of BEA WebLogic Server by adding integration, portal, and application development tools.

BEA also established new partnerships in Europe with 30 additional systems integrators and 41 independent software vendors. www.bea.com

Sun Microsystems and BEA Increase Customer Choice, Reduce Costs
(San Jose and Santa Clara, CA) - BEA Systems, Inc., and Sun Microsystems have agreed to distribute an evaluation version of BEA WebLogic Server with the Solaris 9 Operating Environment System Administrator's Kit. The agreement is intended to maximize customer choice for J2EE application servers for enterprise and Web services, and provide customers with a trial license of BEA WebLogic Server 7.0. Beginning with the January release of Solaris 9, BEA offered a six-month trial license with each BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 distributed via the Solaris 9 System Adminstrator's Kit.

Solaris 9 is a key component of Sun ONE, an open, integratable product portfolio designed to enable the development and delivery of Java Web services. The combined products provide significant advantages to customers, including speed of deployment, solution flexibility, interoperability, profitability, and 24/7 operations. http://sun.com, www.bea.com

BEA Systems and ComponentSource Form Strategic Alliance
(San Jose, CA and Atlanta, GA) - BEA Systems, Inc., and ComponentSource, the world's largest marketplace and community for reusable software components, have formed an alliance to increase Java developer productivity by expanding the range of third-party components and tools available. Both companies will work with the global ISV community to create new reusable components, including Web services and tools for the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform and other Java platforms.

Now available are two new ComponentSource-hosted marketplaces. The BEA WebLogic Galleries are community-based marketplaces populated with tools and reusable components (http://dev2dev.bea.com/code/components.jsp). ComponentSource has also launched a dedicated BEA WebLogic Store on its own public marketplace, www.componentsource.com/bea, that will target its developer consumer base in over100 countries. www.componentsource.com

FileNET and BEA Systems Form Strategic Technology Alliance
(Costa Mesa, CA) - FileNET Corporation, provider of enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, has formed a technology alliance with BEA Systems, Inc., to develop and market integrated content and process management solutions designed for use with BEA's WebLogic Platform 7.0, which features a J2EE application server combined with development, portal, and integration frameworks.

FileNET will deploy and use BEA WebLogic Server as its premier development, test, and demonstration platform. FileNET's Web Content Management capability currently integrates with BEA WebLogic Server. Under the new agreement, FileNET will expand its relationship with BEA to integrate the entire FileNET ECM suite with the BEA WebLogic Platform. The combined solution will be designed to automate the delivery of enterprise content to applications built on BEA WebLogic Platform, and to provide a unified framework for creating, managing, and approving content accessed via enterprise portals. www.FileNET.com