The combination of BEA WebLogic Server and NEON's Shadow mainframe integration solution is being used to support the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) forthcoming eBusiness Computing Infrastructure (eBCI) project.

The project makes extensive use of applications and data residing on large IBM mainframe environments. The combined technologies from NEON and BEA will help ensure that updates to the mainframe systems are transactionally synchronized with other distributed resource managers. A key element of the solution, which needs to support hundreds of transactions per second, was complete support of two-phase commit. This includes recovery, with full integrity, across a variety of transaction failure scenarios.

Bobby Napiltonia, vice president and general manager, Global Alliances, BEA, said, "Given CRA's specific, mission-critical operational requirements, when the need to transactionally connect BEA WebLogic to the mainframe emerged, we felt that NEON represented a wise choice to help ensure the success of the solution. NEON met our expectations in this respect."

NEON's CEO, Mark Cresswell, offered complimentary statements, "The Canada Revenue Agency ran one of the most thorough software evaluations we have ever encountered. Data integrity is an important issue within any system designed to provide high-value services to such a large constituency. We are delighted that such a prestigious organization as CRA has joined NEON's customer base and this represents yet another joint implementation for NEON and BEA. We are particularly pleased as CRA's decision reinforces the value we place on delivering mainframe integration software that can operate in the most demanding environments."

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) administers tax laws for the Government of Canada and for most of the provinces and territories, as well as various social and economic benefit and incentive programs delivered through the tax system.

NEON's Shadow technology is designed to reduce the complexity of mainframe integration allowing large organizations with significant commitment to mainframe systems to streamline incumbent technologies and lower total cost of ownership.