Will Lyons

BEA has begun the rollout of BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1, a new release of BEA's application infrastructure platform product, with powerful new functionality for building and integrating enterprise applications. When BEA introduced WebLogic Platform in 2002, we articulated our vision of an application infrastructure platform that enables developers to build and integrate enterprise applications easily and rapidly, that simplifies the deployment and administration of these applications, and that is inherently extensible, facilitating widespread adoption and market acceptance. WebLogic Platform 8.1, which was available in beta form in March 2003, implements and extends this vision by converging Platform development tools into a unified visual development environment, and by enhancing the ability to integrate WebLogic applications with other enterprise applications. This ... (more)

Getting Started with WebLogic Platform 8.1

BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1, first announced in March 2003, is now generally available. This release provides substantial productivity benefits for developers wishing to build new applications, integrate existing applications, and extend these applications to different groups of end users. This article will encourage you to get started with WebLogic Platform and perform your own evaluation. We begin with a discussion of WebLogic Platform's capabilities and benefits, and follow with an overview of the Platform Tour application that ships with the product. The Platform Tour illustra... (more)

The BEA WebLogic Platform

This spring, BEA will deliver a new, unified application infrastructure platform. The new product name had not been announced as of this writing, so we refer to it here simply as the BEA WebLogic Platform. The new platform represents an integration and extension of the current WebLogic suite of products. Its delivery is an important milestone and opportunity for the WebLogic developer community. This article provides an overview of the release of the BEA WebLogic Platform, describing the process of technology platform innovation and adoption, and the technology disruptions that ... (more)