Contivo Provides Automated Data Integration Technology for BEA WebLogic Integration 7.0.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Contivo, Inc., the leading provider of automated data integration, today announced that Contivo Analyst(TM), the front end to Contivo's Enterprise Integration Modeling Solution, will be bundled into BEA WebLogic Integration 7.0(TM), a comprehensive integration solution. With Contivo Analyst, BEA customers will be able to access an intuitive and easy-to-use graphical interface designed to achieve rapid and reusable data integration between their enterprise and B2B applications. BEA WebLogic Integration 7.0, part of BEA WebLogic Platform 7.0(TM), helps unify, simplify and extend enterprise application development and integration, and provide a common platform to easily build and deploy Web services.

The Contivo Analyst has been part of both the trial and production copies of BEA WebLogic Integration, and will continue to be integrated in BEA WebLogic Integration 7.0. With its Java-based graphical user interface (GUI), the Contivo Analyst can create semantic and structural models of integration data allowing BEA customers to automatically build and manage XML maps that link data between enterprise and B2B applications. Users import, export and manage XML documents, including Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and schemas, within a software infrastructure platform. With Contivo's technology, the data in documents and forms from external sources can easily be shared by all applications linked to BEA WebLogic Integration.

"Contivo's relationship with BEA helps joint customers automate and simplify their integration efforts," said Paul Koenig, vice president of marketing and alliances. "Our partnership breaks down one of the key roadblocks to successful integration -- the data."

Contivo's complete Enterprise Integration Modeling (EIM) Solution is composed of the Contivo Analyst and the Contivo EIM Server(TM), which provides a centrally managed repository that introduces model reuse and collaboration to a previous one-off and manual process. The EIM Solution analyzes and models the relationships between enterprise applications, automatically configuring integration run-time code. Using Contivo, enterprises reduce the time and costs associated with data integration.

About Contivo

Contivo provides product solutions that enable enterprises to dramatically reduce the time, effort, and dollars spent to design and maintain software integration efforts. The Contivo approach provides integration architects with a centrally-managed repository that introduces reuse and collaboration to a previously one-off and manual task. Contivo introduced the concept of Enterprise Integration Modeling (EIM), a framework on which companies can create, leverage, and manage their knowledgebase of data integration efforts.

Contivo was founded in 1998 and has forged significant relationships with strategic partners and customers, including BEA Systems, webMethods, Agilent Technologies, Hitachi America, Viacore, and TIBCO Software. Corporate investors include industry leaders BEA Systems, TIBCO Software, and webMethods. Venture capital investors include Bank of America Ventures, MSD (Michael S. Dell) Capital LP, and Voyager Capital. Contivo is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, CA. More information about the company can be found at http://www.contivo.com/.