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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> | |
| <P> | |
| "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." | |
| <br> | |
| </p> | |
| <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." | |
| <br> | |
| </p> | |
| <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> | |
| <br> | |
| 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> | |
| </p> | |
| <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> | |
| </p> | |
| <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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| <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#0080C0"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial,Helvetica">About | |
| 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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| <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#0080C0"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial,Helvetica">About | |
| 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> | |
| <br> | |
| 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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