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The Eclipse Foundation, Instantiations and BEA Announce Formation of Eclipse Project to Integrate with Apache Beehive</b></span></b></h1> | |
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<li>New Eclipse Open-Source Project, "Pollinate" to Help Developers More | |
Easily Create and | |
Deploy Service- and J2EE-based Applications </li> | |
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<P>SAN FRANCISCO, JAVAONE 2004 CONFERENCE - June 28, 2004 - The Eclipse | |
Foundation, a community committed to the implementation of a universal | |
platform for tools integration, along with Instantiations, Inc., a leading | |
provider of advanced Java development solutions and BEA Systems (NASDAQ: | |
BEAS), the world's leading application infrastructure software company, | |
today announced the creation of "Pollinate", a new open-source incubator | |
project focused on creating an Eclipse-based development environment and | |
toolset to be named Eclipse Pollinate. Eclipse Pollinate, which will be | |
designed to integrate with Apache Beehive, the industry's first easy-to-use, | |
cross-container, open-source application framework for building service-oriented | |
architectures (SOAs) and enterprise Java applications is being developed | |
to help enable developers to more easily develop and deploy service-based | |
and J2EE-based applications. </p> | |
<P> Introduced and led by Instantiations, Eclipse Pollinate, combined with | |
Apache Beehive, will be designed to provide developers with a comprehensive, | |
flexible solution for building and running services and applications. | |
Eclipse will provide the development environment, and Apache Beehive will | |
provide the underlying application framework and runtime services designed | |
to help enable experienced developers to deliver more sophisticated applications | |
with less work, while helping to make those new to Java more immediately | |
productive. Two additional companies, Soaring Eagle and Genuitec, have | |
also announced plans to join the Eclipse Pollinate project and contribute | |
to the code base.</p> | |
<P>Apache Beehive offers an open-source application framework, or runtime, | |
which can complement integrated development environments (IDEs) like Eclipse. | |
Instantiations, a supporting member of Eclipse, plans to provide the initial | |
code--a broad set of Eclipse plug-ins and user interface components that | |
will be designed to connect Eclipse to Beehive. The Eclipse Pollinate | |
project is being developed to help Eclipse developers easily plug the | |
Pollinate components into Eclipse, which would help to remove much of | |
Java's complexity and can ultimately help enable them to more easily deploy | |
their applications on any application infrastructure that supports Apache | |
Beehive.</p> | |
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"By integrating the Eclipse IDE with Apache Beehive application framework, | |
we want to help developers leverage the strength of both the Eclipse and | |
Apache open-source communities, and help provide free access to leading | |
Java innovations, while helping to ensure investment protection and portability | |
for applications, said Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation. | |
"Combining the knowledge and experience of BEA, Instantiations and | |
Eclipse, the Eclipse Pollinate project can help to dramatically expand | |
the number of developers who can build enterprise scale Java applications." | |
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<P>"We are very excited to provide the key technology to help integrate | |
Eclipse with Apache Beehive," said Mike Taylor, CEO, Instantiations, | |
Inc. "Developers are clamoring for sophisticated, yet easy to use | |
development tools and application frameworks such as we're designing with | |
Pollinate and Apache Beehive, to help make what they do easier and more | |
productive. Eclipse Pollinate will be designed to extend the power of | |
Java, Eclipse, and Beehive deeper into the typical IT development organization." | |
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<P>"We launched Apache Beehive with more than 50 partners who had already | |
supported the framework, many through our Java Control architecture now | |
in Beehive. Bringing Java Controls to the Eclipse developer community | |
is a big win for the Beehive ecosystem," said Scott Dietzen, chief | |
technology officer, BEA Systems. "Controls not only simplify the | |
code needed to access J2EE resources, but they're also IDE-friendly, so | |
defining and configuring access to those resources can now be a wizard-driven | |
process, or be represented using visual design metaphors available in | |
Eclipse".</p> | |
<P><b>About Apache Beehive</b><br> | |
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Apache Beehive is based on award-winning technology found in BEA WebLogic | |
Workshop, including Java annotations, Java Controls, Java Web services | |
and Java Page Flows, designed to drive increased interoperability and | |
developer productivity. Project Beehive leverages WebLogic Workshop Controls, | |
reusable meta-data driven software components based on drag-and-drop technology | |
designed to easily integrate into BEA and other software platforms. In | |
addition, Beehive builds on BEA's innovative Web services programming | |
capabilities-now being standardized in the Java Community Process (JCP) | |
under JSR-181--that can allow for easier consumption and management of | |
services, and page flows, which can help developers quickly and easily, | |
define and view page transitions between applications. Project Beehive | |
can attract new users to a simpler way of building enterprise Java applications, | |
while also attracting experienced Java Web and J2EE programmers with a | |
model that is designed to save them from writing the same Java plumbing | |
code over and over again.<br> | |
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<P><b>Pricing and Availability </b></p> | |
<p>A beta version of Eclipse Pollinate is expected to be available later | |
this year under the Eclipse Public License. For more information on the | |
Eclipse Pollinate project, please visit <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/pollinate/index.html" target="_top">http://www.eclipse.org/pollinate/</a></p> | |
<p>A beta version of Apache Beehive is expected to be available this fall | |
for free under the standard Apache 2.0 license. For more information on | |
Project Beehive, please visit: <a href="http://dev2dev.bea.com/technologies/beehive/index.jsp" target="_blank">http://dev2dev.bea.com/technologies/beehive/index.jsp</a><br> | |
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<p>Developers who want to start working with the Apache Beehive programming | |
model in combination with an IDE immediately can download the free edition | |
of BEA WebLogic Workshop without obligation at <a href="http://commerce.bea.com/index.jsp" target="_blank">http://commerce.bea.com/index.jsp</a> | |
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Eclipse</font></b></td> | |
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<P> Eclipse has established an open-source eco-system of tools providers | |
and consumers by creating technology and an open universal platform | |
for tools integration. The open-source Eclipse community creates | |
royalty-free technology as a platform for tools integration. Eclipse | |
based tools give developers freedom of choice in a multi-language, | |
multi-platform, multi-vendor supported environment. Eclipse delivers | |
a plug-in based framework that makes it easier to create, integrate | |
and use software tools, saving time and money. By collaborating | |
and sharing core integration technology, tool producers can concentrate | |
on their areas of expertise and the creation of new development | |
technology. The Eclipse Platform is written in the Java™ language, | |
and comes with extensive plug-in construction toolkits and examples. | |
It has already been deployed on a range of development workstations | |
including HP-UX®, Solaris®, AIX®, Linux®, MAC OS | |
X®, QNX® and Windows® based systems. Full details of | |
the Eclipse community and white papers documenting the design of | |
the Eclipse Platform are available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org" target="_blank">http://www.eclipse.org</a>.<br> | |
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Instantiations</font></b></td> | |
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<P> Instantiations, Inc. provides leading-edge software products, | |
services and technologies for Java. Through our industry partnerships | |
with IBM, Eclipse and others, Instantiations ensures that its products | |
integrate seamlessly with the latest development environments and | |
platforms. Instantiations is a member of the Eclipse Foundation | |
and offers a line of products for IBM WebSphere Studio and IBM Rational | |
Java development tools. Based in Portland, Ore., Instantiations | |
was founded in 1997 by a team of internationally recognized pioneers | |
in the field of component software technology. <br> | |
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BEA</font></b></td> | |
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<P> BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) is the world's leading application | |
infrastructure software company, providing the enterprise software | |
foundation that allows thousands of companies to benefit from service-oriented | |
architectures. With more than 15,000 customers around the world, | |
including the majority of the Fortune Global 500, BEA and its WebLogic(r) | |
and Tuxedo(r) brands are among the most trusted names in business.</p> | |
<p>Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BEA has 71 offices in 34 countries | |
and is on the Web at <a href="http://www.bea.com" target="_blank">www.bea.com</a>.<br> | |
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<div align="center">Susan Siegel<br> | |
BEA SYSTEMS, INC.<br> | |
+1 408 570 8364<br> | |
susan.siegel@bea.com </div> | |
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<div align="center">Mark Johnson<br> | |
Instantiations, Inc.<br> | |
+1 503 598-4909<br> | |
mark@instantiations.com | |
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<div align="center">Barbara Stewart for Eclipse<br> | |
Patterson & Associates<br> | |
480-488-6909<br> | |
barbara@patterson.com</div> | |
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<P><b>Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</b><br> | |
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Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking, including | |
the statements regarding: the availability, plans, delivery, goals, development, | |
expected features, expected benefits and competitive position of the Eclipse | |
Pollinate, Apache Beehive, Eclipse, and Beehive products and technology | |
(the "Products"); the goals and focus of the Pollinate project; | |
and the plans of Soaring Eagle and Genuitec to join and contribute to | |
the Pollinate project. Actual results could differ materially from those | |
expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that | |
could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with: | |
any unforeseen technical difficulties or software errors related to the | |
final development and launch of any Product; any technological or standards | |
changes in the application infrastructure market which could make Products | |
less competitive, less effective or require feature changes in these products; | |
any slowdown in the adoption by businesses of open source technologies, | |
Internet technologies or related standards; and any changes to the competitive, | |
economic or strategic position of the BEA, Soaring Eagle, Genuitec or | |
other contributors to the Pollinate project that might cause them to delay | |
or curtain investments in this project. Readers should also refer to the | |
risk disclosures set forth in BEA's 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, | |
2004 as filed with the SEC and subsequent reports filed thereafter from | |
time-to-time with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained in | |
this release are made as of the date hereof, and BEA does not assume any | |
obligation to update such statements nor the reasons why actual results | |
could differ materially from those projected in such statements.</P> | |
<P>BEA, Tuxedo, and WebLogic are registered trademarks and BEA WebLogic | |
Enterprise 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 for Mainframe, | |
BEA Liquid Data for WebLogic, BEA eLink, and BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security | |
are trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and product names | |
may be the subject of intellectual property rights reserved by third parties.</P> | |
<P>Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their | |
respective holders. Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks | |
or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States | |
and other countries.<br> | |
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