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COVAD STANDARDIZES ON BEA WebLogic
PLATFORM 8.1
BEA Systems Inc, a leading application infrastructure software company,
announced that Covad Communications Group Inc, a leading national broadband
service provider, has signed an enterprise license agreement with BEA and
plans to migrate its information technology (IT) infrastructure to BEA
WebLogic Platform 8.1.
Covad, whose broadband network passes 45 million homes and businesses, has
been a long-time BEA customer, and has previous versions of BEA WebLogic
Server running on more than 120 processors. Applications that are in
production on BEA WebLogic Server include order management, order fulfillment
and provisioning, inventory management, and trouble ticketing. Covad expects
to go live with its first applications on BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 in the
first half of 2004.
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"We've been using WebLogic since 1998," said Paul Grantham, vice president
of
software and information systems at Covad. "We've had a great experience with
it, and we're excited to take the next step by adopting an end-to-end BEA
infrastructure. It's time for us to standardize on one platform. We have
multiple versions of WebLogic Server, including some that are six years old.
By migrating onto BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1, we expect to improve change
management, simplify operations, accelerate deployment and integration
projects, and reduce our software licensing costs."
Covad is currently developing a number of solutions on several components
of
BEA's platform. BEA WebLogic Integration is replacing a previous integration
software vendor and provides business process management (BPM) and e-bonding
functionality. BEA WebLogic Portal is the foundation of a reseller portal
under development. Covad is also adding Intel-based servers running the Linux
operating system to its data center. Covad is using BEA WebLogic JRockit Java
virtual machine (JVM) to optimize the performance and reliability of
applications running on the Intel servers.
"Our vision for IT is to have an infrastructure that is based entirely on
adaptable, open technology," said Grantham. "We want complete freedom to do
what we need to do for the business. We believe that BEA, Intel and Linux can
help take us in that direction. There are inherent cost savings with this
approach and, more importantly, it makes us more agile and protects the
investments we make today well into the future. The fact that we still have
applications running fine on WebLogic Server 4.0 is proof that open solutions
work for the long haul."
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