BEA Aims to Boost WebLogic Business.

The article reports that BEA Systems Inc. is planning to boost its Weblogic business. BEA Systems Inc. is looking to broaden its middleware business, last week took the wraps off a solutions framework that can help Weblogic Platform users build service-oriented architectures (SOA) for tackling common enterprise pain points like boosting customer service. The move marks BEA's entry into the bundled technology solutions arena, traditionally a stronghold for rival IBM, and it is supported by several major software suppliers. The framework is part BEA's Liquid Computing initiative, unveiled at its user conference last spring. The bundled offering will use BEA's Weblogic Platform, through its portlets and reusable service-oriented integration components called controls to build SOA for five common enterprise goals: customer service, employee service, service delivery platforms, trade processing and radio frequency identification capability. BEA plans to provide frameworks for four vertical markets: telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing and government.