The Register: HP Embraces and Extends with BEA

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 2003

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

Hewlett-Packard has extended a deal with BEA Systems that
provides a free trial version of BEA’s WebLogic Server with its
Unix hardware to the rest of its server line. Users can try out
BEA’s application server on HP’s Intel-based ProLiant servers
running Linux and AlphaServers running OpenVMS. Come June, NonStop
server users will be able to do the same.

“HP wanted to make sure it had a common Java application
environment for its entire server line said, Mike Wardley,
worldwide marketing director for HP-UX…

“BEA’s software is usually found running on a Unix server, but
HP thinks highly of the potential market for WebLogic on
Linux…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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