AvantGo Joins BEA Star Program to Mobile-enable BEA Weblogic Server.Business/Technology Editors HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2002 AvantGo, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AVGO), the leading provider of mobile enterprise software, today announced that it has joined the Star Partner Program of 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., one of the world's leading application infrastructure software companies. AvantGo also announced that its AvantGo M-Business Server, AvantGo Mobile Delivery(TM) and AvantGo Mobile Sales(TM) applications now support 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. Server(TM), enabling customers to extend their existing web-based enterprise applications to mobile and wireless devices using AvantGo's award-winning enterprise mobile software. As a member of the BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. Star Partner program, AvantGo will participate in a variety of marketing, sales, training, education and technical development initiatives offered by BEA Systems. For enterprises that have already deployed WebLogic and independent software vendors who have embedded WebLogic in their applications, the AvantGo solution provides the lowest total cost of ownership and fastest time-to-market for mobilizing their existing applications. AvantGo solutions support all of Research In Motion's BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds(TM), Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Powered Pocket PCs and Palm OS handheld devices. "By delivering our mobile enterprise software for 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, we are ensuring that BEA's customer applications are mobile-enabled. This is especially important for cost-conscious customers because they reduce their total cost of ownership by taking advantage of existing web technologies and leveraging them to jump-start their enterprise mobile initiatives," said Richard Owen, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AvantGo. About AvantGo AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVGO) is the leading provider of mobile enterprise software. AvantGo solutions automate business processes and improve the exchange of information between companies and their employees and customers, resulting in improved business efficiencies and more effective customer interactions. AvantGo solutions include the best-of-breed mobile software platform for creating and deploying enterprise applications, proven customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), supply chain management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ) and personal information management (PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated ) mobile business applications, and professional services to assist in the strategy, design and delivery of end-to-end mobile solutions. AvantGo's customers, which include 28 of the Fortune 100 and over 2500 companies in 50 countries, include McKesson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Scottish Power, The US Senate, Tyco, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , American Express, The World Economic Forum, BG Group, plc., Genencor and Alcatel. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com. Cautionary Statement Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the ability of the parties to experience the anticipated benefits, such as lowest total cost of ownership and fastest time-to-market deployment. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the company's business refer to the company's reports filed with the SEC. Note to Editors: AvantGo, AvantGo Enterprise, AvantGo Mobile Engine, AvantGo Mobile Sales, AvantGo Mobile Delivery, Dynamic Mobility Model and the AvantGo logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of AvantGo in the United States and/or other countries. BEA and WebLogic are registered trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform, BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Commerce Server, BEA WebLogic Personalization Server, BEA WebLogic Collaborate, and BEA WebLogic Business Process Integrator are trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. 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