BEA Guardian Raises Competitive Bar in Application Server Market
December 12 2007 - 3:01AM
PR Newswire (US)
Only Vendor Offering Pre-emptive Support Technology; Guardian Now
Available Free Of Charge SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 12
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BEAWorld -- BEA Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:BEAS), a world leader in enterprise infrastructure
software, today announced that its popular BEA Guardian(TM) 1.0
product is now available free of charge to all BEA customers. The
powerful BEA Guardian technology is designed to scan an environment
and eliminate potential problems or incompatibilities before they
can occur. As the only vendor that offers pre-emptive support for
application servers, BEA has used Guardian to solidify the
company's leadership position and to meet its goal of reliable
uptime for mission-critical systems. BEA Guardian 1.1, which will
launch next spring, will be available free of charge and will be
bundled with upcoming BEA WebLogic Server(R) releases to protect
business continuity in enterprise environments and raise the bar
for comprehensive support. This release removes the financial
deployment barriers for all customers and reflects BEA's commitment
to helping ensure that our customers' most critical applications
and systems are performing at their peak. "BEA recognizes that
pre-emptive support is no longer an option, but a necessity," said
David Gai, executive vice president of worldwide services for BEA
Systems. "Enterprises simply must identify potential problems
because doing so is critical to prevent systems outages from
occurring. As the only application server vendor offering
pre-emptive support technology, BEA remains committed to providing
unprecedented levels of support value and long-term investment
protection for its customers, and that is why we've decided to make
BEA Guardian available to all of our support customers." According
to Forrester Research, the primary causes of downtime are: human
configuration error (40%), software quality (30%) and missing
patches (20%). BEA Guardian excels at preventing these types of
application server problems and pre-empting problems before they
happen. For customers who have already deployed the technology, BEA
Guardian has deflected more than 4,700 potential technical issues
and has helped reduce its users' worldwide average case closure
time by 88 percent. Bundling BEA Guardian 1.1 with future BEA
WebLogic Server releases marks the integration of BEA Guardian into
the foundation of BEA's technology stack. Future bundled releases
will: -- Incorporate the BEA Guardian agent into BEA WebLogic
Server, making it easier to install BEA Guardian into production
environments. -- Allow customers to quickly deploy and enable the
BEA Guardian agent through the BEA WebLogic Server Console. -- Let
users launch BEA Guardian from the BEA WebLogic Server Console so
they can evaluate their domain changes from one administration
screen. -- Integrate BEA Guardian and the BEA Smart Update Tool to
allow customers to apply patches from BEA Guardian. "We believe
bundling BEA Guardian with BEA WebLogic Server will raise the bar
on application server uptime and revolutionize how software support
is delivered," said Terry Clearkin, senior vice president and
general manager of worldwide support for BEA Systems. "Traditional
knowledge management, the type that forces the customer to invest
time, effort and resources in identifying issues their vendor
already knows about, will be replaced. It isn't necessary to invest
that level of management anymore because BEA Guardian can get there
first." Availability BEA Guardian 1.0 is available today for
download. BEA Guardian 1.1 will be available in spring 2008. The
BEA Guardian 1.1 / BEA WebLogic Server bundles will be available
second half of 2008. For more information, please visit
http://www.bea.com/support/guardian. About BEAWorld BEAWorld is the
premier event for SOA thought leadership and takes place in three
strategic world markets spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia. The
conference is designed to provide critical insights, hands-on
instruction, best-practice strategies and opportunities for
interaction with like-minded professionals, industry leaders,
visionaries and expert practitioners. In addition to highlighting
the innovation and tangible business results BEA customers have
achieved, BEAWorld is the place to find the latest information on
BEA infrastructure technologies including BEA Tuxedo(R), BEA
WebLogic(R) and BEA AquaLogic(R). This year's event will also
include a Solutions Showcase, exhibiting the latest and most
innovative developments from the extensive BEA partner community.
The third of three worldwide events is scheduled to be held in
Shanghai (Dec. 12-13). The first event was held in San Francisco
(Sept. 10-12), and the second event was held in Barcelona (Oct.
2-4). About BEA BEA Systems, Inc. is a world leader in enterprise
infrastructure software. Information about how BEA helps customers
build a Liquid Enterprise(TM) that transforms their business can be
found at bea.com. Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking,
including the statements regarding BEA Guardian 1.1, its scheduled
release date, availability at no cost, bundling with other BEA
products and its features and benefits, including providing
unprecedented levels of support value and long-term investment
protection for its customers. Actual results could differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ
materially include risks associated with: any unforeseen changes in
the technology, standards or marketplace for enterprise information
integration software; the timing of a recovery from any economic
and IT industry downturn; any unforeseen technical difficulties
related to the development BEA's solutions; and any software errors
related to BEA's solutions. Readers should also refer to the risk
disclosures set forth in BEA's 10-Q for the quarter ended October
31, 2007 as filed with the SEC and subsequent reports filed
thereafter by BEA from time-to-time with the SEC. The
forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of
the date hereof, and BEA does not assume any obligation to update
such statements nor the reasons why actual results could differ
materially from those projected in such statements. Copyright
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