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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 1, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 35

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BEA PARTNERS WITH ALTOVA

BEA Systems Inc, a leading application infrastructure software company, and Altova Inc, the producer of XMLSPY 5, a leading XML development environment, announced a new partnership to integrate XMLSPY 5 with BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1. By combining the best-of-breed XML development tool with the award-winning J2EE development environment, developers now have access to one of the industry's most comprehensive solutions for building XML-based applications and enterprise class Web services.

With this partnership, developers can now seamlessly integrate the XMLSPY5 environment with BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1, an integrated development environment that makes it easier for all classes of developers -- even those new to Java or J2EE -- to build enterprise-class applications with dramatically higher levels of productivity. Developers can use XMLSPY 5 to edit XML files and define XML schema definitions for use in BEA WebLogic Workshop. Combined with WebLogic Workshop's XMLBeans technology, developers can now easily define the format of their XML data using XMLSPY and leverage it within any BEA WebLogic Platform application. The new offering represents BEA and Altova's continued commitment to drive the adoption of XML-based technologies, open standards and service-oriented development with both XMLSPY5 and the BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1. It also makes BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 and XMLSPY5 more easily available to BEA and Altova's combined developer community -- offering increased choice to developers and enterprise customers alike.

"We partnered with Altova in our WebLogic Workshop product offering to simplify the development of XML and Web services-based applications, helping to speed their development and overall industry adoption," said Byron Sebastian, vice president and general manager of BEA WebLogic Workshop and BEA WebLogic Portal for BEA Systems. "The integration of our respective tools solidifies the BEA position as one of the most developer-friendly Web services platform available."

"BEA and Altova share a common goal of empowering developers across the board to build Web service applications without the complexities, headaches and high costs traditionally associated with such advanced development projects," said Altova President and CEO Alexander Falk. "The integration of our respective industry leading tools and server products greatly enhances developer productivity, helping enable organizations to realize the benefits of integrated business systems."

To educate developers on how to harness the power of XMLSPY 5 and BEA WebLogic Workshop, the companies are sponsoring a free, online Webinar from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesday. This technical session will cover an overview of the XMLSPY 5 development environment, including a hands-on demonstration on how to edit XML Schema and WSDL files for use in conjunction with BEA WebLogic Workshop and BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 to help enable enterprise-class applications. For more information or to register for the Webinar, go to http://dev2dev.bea.com/trainingevents/webinars/index.jsp .

The joint BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 with XMLSPY 5 solution is available today. Developers can download a free developer license of WebLogic Workshop 8.1 with a free copy of XMLSPY5 WebLogic Edition, including a 30 day evaluation license for XMLSPY 5 Enterprise Edition. To get started with BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1, including XMLSPY 5, log on to co mmerce.bea.com/showproduct.jsp?family=WLW&major=8.1&minor=0.

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