Covalent Technologies Joins Forces With BEA Systems to Deliver Web Application Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2003 Covalent co·va·lent adj. Of or relating to a chemical bond characterized by one or more pairs of shared electrons. Technologies announced the immediate support of 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(TM) in Covalent Application Manager (CAM). This support can deliver the first open standards-based Web application management solution for WebLogic Platform, enabling IT operations to improve the service quality and reduce the costs of their Web applications. Covalent and 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. (Nasdaq:BEAS) have been working together to optimize optimize - optimisation the integration between CAM and WebLogic Platform so that applications are ready for production when they come out of development. "We're pleased to see Covalent supporting BEA WebLogic Platform in their Web application management solution," said Scott Edgington, vice president and general manager, BEA Systems. "Our customers depend on WebLogic Platform to support their business applications. As a result, they need a management solution that is focused on applications, and Covalent has developed a product that can fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. that need. The combination of BEA WebLogic and Covalent Application Manager can enable our customers to develop and maintain service level-compliant Web applications." Instead of managing servers, CAM's application model can allow IT operations to manage their Web infrastructure within the context of the applications that support the business. Further streamlining management efforts, CAM is designed to combine all the core operational activities involved in managing applications. With CAM, users can map, measure, control and analyze their applications and the supporting resources. Used by development groups worldwide, BEA WebLogic Platform is the industry standard for application development. Covalent is widely recognized as the operations expert for large scale Web environments and has built CAM from the ground up as an operations-targeted solution. The combination of BEA's development expertise with Covalent's command of IT operations can ensure that Web applications built on BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. are as easy to manage as they are to develop. "Our Fortune 1000 customers turn to BEA WebLogic Platform for their mission critical business applications," said John M. Jack, chief executive officer of Covalent. "The support of BEA in Covalent Application Manager can enable IT operations to manage applications, not servers, and in the process improve the service quality of their Web applications without increasing costs." About Covalent Covalent Technologies is a leader in Web application management. Currently in use by many of the world's largest IT Operations groups, Covalent software manages many of the world's largest Web infrastructures, including several Fortune 100 companies. Founders of Covalent helped develop the Apache Web server See Apache. -- the most widely used Web server in the world. Based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Covalent has a proven track record of solving complex Web application problems. More information about the company can be found at www.covalent.net. Note to Editors: All Covalent product names are trademarks of Covalent Technologies, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. BEA, Tuxedo, and WebLogic are registered trademarks and 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, BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Integration, BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA WebLogic JRockit, BEA WebLogic Platform, BEA WebLogic Express, BEA WebLogic Workshop, BEA WebLogic Java Adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. for Mainframe, BEA Liquid Data for WebLogic and BEA eLink are trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and product names may be the subject of intellectual property rights reserved by third parties. |
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