Alphablox Extends BEA Weblogic Platform 7.0 With Full Suite of Business Analytic Services.Business/Technology Editors Companies Team to Deliver Unified Software Platform that Supports Integration of Customized Business Analytics Into Enterprise Applications Alphablox Corporation, a leading provider of business analytic software and services, announced today that it leverages BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. Systems' (Nasdaq:BEAS) BEA WebLogic A software suite from BEA Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (www.beasys.com) that is used to deploy Web and SOA applications. The core product is BEA WebLogic Server, a J2EE application server. Platform 7.0(TM) to rapidly develop and broadly deploy critical business analytic solutions designed to improve operational business performance. Today's announcement supports the general availability of the BEA WebLogic Platform 7.0(TM), the industry's first unified application infrastructure platform. "We are committed to extending BEA's vision for a unified software platform which will enable the next generation of rich e-business and portal applications," said Polly Sumner, president and chief executive officer of Alphablox. "BEA and Alphablox recognize the power and necessity of seamlessly integrated business analytics that are highly scalable, extensible, and easy-to-use, enabling companies to make real-time decisions, optimize efficiency, and benefit from enhanced bottom-line results." Together, BEA and Alphablox now offer a comprehensive solution that tightly integrates Alphablox 4 with BEA WebLogic. For the first time, customers can leverage the power of the analytics by integrating personalized information and analytics directly into the business applications powered by BEA. Alphablox and BEA joint solutions -- broadly deployed inside the enterprise via intranets, and outside the company via extranet applications -- enable global organizations to optimize business performance by delivering relevant business information to the right people at critical points of decision. Alphablox provides a completely open, extensible, and integrated J2EE-based platform that fully exploits and extends the native services in the BEA WebLogic Enterprise The previous name for BEA's CORBA ORB, which later became part of the BEA Tuxedo platform. For a while, WebLogic Enterprise was the name of the entire product suite, but Enterprise was later dropped. See BEA Tuxedo. Platform. Traditional business intelligence tools provide limited access to application server and portal functionality, requiring the maintenance of separate administration and security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the and support of a proprietary tool or API interface. In contrast, Alphablox solutions natively exploit foundation application services See ASP and Web services. , enabling the delivery of highly scalable and functionally rich, personalized analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. with much lower total cost of ownership. "This joint effort illustrates the commitment of Alphablox and BEA to provide innovative, rich solutions for e-business initiatives," said Scott Edgington, vice president and general manager, global software partners, BEA Systems BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) is one of the major companies developing enterprise infrastructure software. BEA makes middleware, products that help software run on top of databases. , Inc. "Alphablox provides a truly unique approach to exploiting the power of the BEA Weblogic Platform to enable customers to quickly extend their application infrastructure to deliver relevant and personalized intelligence within their own customized applications." As a BEA Star Partner and BEA Portal Star Solution, Alphablox has a strong partnership with BEA. The companies are working together to promote their joint solutions in the marketplace. About Alphablox Alphablox Corporation provides enterprise infrastructure software and services for rapidly assembling and broadly deploying customized analytic applications. Alphablox-based solutions help Global 2000 organizations gain improved visibility into business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and optimize business performance by maximizing the value of their corporate information assets. Alphablox 4, the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , extends commercially available application servers with components and services required to deliver robust, easy-to-use analytic solutions. Based on industry standards, the Alphablox platform seamlessly integrates with existing IT infrastructure, offers unlimited flexibility, and scales from small workgroups to thousands of users. Market leaders in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications, manufacturing, and energy rely on Alphablox to meet the analytic needs of their employees, customers, partners, and suppliers. Customers include: ABN Amro, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Cingular Wireless, Deutsche Bank, GE, Harley-Davidson, Merck, Royal Bank of Canada Bank of Canada Canada's central bank, established under the Bank of Canada Act (1934). It was founded during the Great Depression to regulate credit and currency. The Bank acts as the Canadian government's fiscal agent and has the sole right to issue paper money. , SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications, Telstra, and Xerox. Founded in 1996, Alphablox is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and has offices throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and in Australia. Alphablox is a recognized innovator and was selected by Computerworld Magazine as a "Top Emerging Company for 2002"; by Intelligent Enterprise Magazine as "A Company to Watch in 2002"; by Upside Magazine as "A Hot 100"; and by Technologic Partners as one of the top ten "Investors Choice for 2002". Additional information on Alphablox and its products can be obtained by calling 888/256-9669 or via the company's Web site at www.alphablox.com. Note to Editors: BEA, BEA Tuxedo, BEA WebLogic, BEA WebLogic Enterprise, BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform, BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Integration, BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA WebLogic Workshop, and BEA WebLogic Platform are trademarks or registered 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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