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Breaking News - Platforms:
Oki, BEA Deliver Converged IT, Telecommunications Platform
Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd and BEA Systems Inc announced the general
availability of SipAs on WebLogic, the world's first product that is designed
to converge IT and telecommunications on a single, unified technology
platform. Leveraging the award-winning J2EE-based BEA WebLogic Server8.1,
SipAs on WebLogic can help make it easier for customers to integrate
enterprise applications and communications technologies, in order to more
quickly bring new communications services to market. This product marks an
important strategic milestone of the Oki Electric/BEA Systems alliance, which
was formally announced in December 2003. As part of this global strategic
alliance agreement, BEA and Oki plan to cooperate on joint sales and marketing
activities for the new business application platform.
As the leading supplier of Internet Protocol (IP) phones in the Japanese
market, Oki Electric has developed "AP@PLAT," a technology platform combining
IT and telecommunications designed to create new value in business for
customers. BEA Systems, also a leader within the telecommunications industry,
has a rich heritage of building and deploying application infrastructure
software used by thousands of customers worldwide. Together, Oki Electric and
BEA Systems have collaborated in the area of Web solutions and jointly
delivered a number of mission-critical IT solutions to the Japanese market. It
is that solid collaboration, coupled with the companies' strength in
Telecommunications and IT that has enabled the joint development of the
world's first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) application server on J2EE.
"The convergence of IT and Telephony is top of mind for telecommunications
customers today," said Tod Nielsen, executive vice president of products
organization at BEA Systems. "With the release of SipAs on WebLogic, customers
now have a scalable, reliable, 'carrier-class' technology platform upon which
to build and deploy a new generation of services to help drive top-line
revenue."
"With our strengths and abundant experience in telecommunications, we pride
ourselves on bringing innovative communications solutions to the market," said
Toshinao Takeuchi, president of NetBusiness Solutions Company at Oki Electric.
"Through our partnership with BEA Systems, we can empower our customers to use
IT as a competitive differentiator and help enable them to build a collection
of innovative products and services that can be delivered more quickly to the
market."
SipAs on WebLogic is the world's first SIP application server operating on an
enterprise-class J2EE server. It combines Oki Electric's IP communications
technology with BEA WebLogic Server 8.1. It is designed to enable users to
build SIP-compatible communicating applications in the J2EE realm as a
platform that can deliver service oriented architecture (SOA) in
broadband/ubiquitous environments. Leveraging the properties of BEA WebLogic,
with its proven track record as an enterprise-class J2EE server, SipAs on
WebLogic will be the first Japanese product that supports "BEA WebLogic
Workshop Control Validation Program.
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