BEA Enhances Certification Program
(San Jose, CA) - As part of its ongoing commitment to the IT community, BEA Systems, Inc., the world's leading application infrastructure software company, has introduced six new levels of role-based technical certifications, as well as significant enhancements to the BEA Certification Program.

Through the BEA Certification Program, candidates can achieve certification as a Certified Specialist, Certified Administrator, or Certified Architect on the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform, including BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA WebLogic Integration, and Tuxedo. BEA Education Services offers training through traditional and innovative methods including on-site and public instructor-led classroom training, blended/e-Learning, self-study, and newly launched Web-based training offerings.

For more detailed certification program requirements or instructions on how to register for courses, please visit http://education.bea.com/education/ certification_program.jsp.

PerformaSure 1.7 Extends Reach to WebLogic Enterprise Platform 7.0
(Toronto) - Quest Software Inc., a provider of application management solutions, has announced the release of Quest's PerformaSure 1.7, a transaction-centric performance diagnosis tool for analyzing distributed J2EE applications, with greatly expanded platform and application server support.

Companies using BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform 7.0 can use PerformaSure to detect and diagnose performance problems in their J2EE applications. It provides J2EE performance teams with critical investigative insight into how J2EE applications, application servers, and JDBC calls interact to serve end-user requests in distributed transactional systems.

PerformaSure 1.7 also adds new data export features and performance enhancements. Any metrics data can be exported to a formatted text file, enabling users to compare key metrics over time using data analysis tools such as Excel. www.sitraka.com/performasure/media.
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BEA WebLogic Server Earns COE Certification
(San Jose, CA) - BEA Systems has announced that BEA WebLogic Server has earned Common Operating Environment (COE) certification from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

COE is a technology framework used by the Department of Defense (DoD) to ensure that command-and-control systems throughout the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy integrate in a seamless, reliable, and secure manner. It has become the de facto standard framework for strategic DoD computing systems.

BEA WebLogic Server underwent a comprehensive review by DISA and earned the elite certification after it was able to demonstrate that the software met or exceeded hundreds of technical requirements covering encryption, interoperability, performance, reliability, scalability, and security. www.bea.com

BT Selects BEA Systems as Its Technology Standard
(San Jose, CA) - British Telecommunications plc (BT) has chosen BEA WebLogic Platform 7.0 as its technology standard throughout the entire BT Group.

BT, one of the world's leading providers of telecommunications services and one of the largest private sector companies in Europe, will integrate the company's systems and applications on BEA WebLogic Platform, enabling BT to improve response times, reduce support costs, leverage shared resources, and continue to utilize valuable legacy systems.

BEA WebLogic Platform will also be used within BT for internal Web services projects designed to integrate legacy data with front office applications, and enable BT to realize a greater return on investment from existing implementations. www.btplc.com

Cardiff Software Develops LiquidOffice v2.1 for WebLogic
(San Diego, CA) - Cardiff Software Inc., a leading provider of business process-automation solutions, has joined the Star Partner Program of BEA Systems, Inc., as a One Star member. In addition, Cardiff has developed its LiquidOffice eForm automation solution to run on BEA WebLogic, providing large enterprises with a BEA-ready solution for creating, deploying, and automatically managing the routing, tracking, and approval processes for electronic forms.

Leveraging LiquidOffice's eForm technology, businesses operating in form-driven environments can reduce the costs associated with the manual processing and routing of forms. Designed for medium- and large-sized enterprises, LiquidOffice is optimized for enterprise connectivity and can easily scale to meet organizational requirements. www.cardiff.com

BEA to Run Germany's Telephone Directory System
(San Jose, CA) - Deutsche Telekom has selected BEA WebLogic Server as the application infrastructure for the German telephone directory system. The system, named Datenredaktion (DaRed), guarantees that the names, addresses, and phone numbers of more than 50 million German telephone subscribers, including mobile subscribers, are up-to-date and correct in all relevant German telecommunication directories.

Core DaRed applications will be built on BEA WebLogic Server with Linux S390 on an IBM mainframe. This system was implemented by T-Systems, the IT systems division of the Deutsche Telekom Group. www.t-systems.com.