BEA and Fawcette Technical Publications to Target Java Developers, Architects and Administrators with New Magazine, E-Newsletter and Web Site

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- http://bea.com/more_info.jsp?p=151&r=19.30.31  BEA Systems, Inc. BEAS, the world's leading application infrastructure software company, and Fawcette Technical Publications (FTP), will launch BEA WebLogic Pro magazine, WebLogic Insight e-newsletter and the WebLogicPro.com Web site at this year's BEA eWorld 2004, held in San Francisco, May 24-27. The new development community publication will be targeted toward a technical audience and can provide mission critical solutions for application developers, IT architects and administrators working on the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform(TM).

WebLogic Pro is designed to serve the growing community of BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 users with timely and vital technology and business information. Topics and issues such as J2EE best practices, the impact of new Web services standards, and the future of service oriented architecture (SOA) will be covered in the bi-monthly publication. FTP, which is also the publisher of JavaPro and Enterprise Architect, has more than 12 years of experience creating magazines for the development community, and will publish both the print and online versions of the magazine. Both versions will be available free of charge.

"Since the release of BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1, there has been a swell of enthusiasm from the developer community around our integrated application platform suite approach to development and deployment of applications," said Cornelius Willis, vice president, developer marketing for BEA Systems. "As developers work to create solutions for their existing application infrastructure as well as build new solutions around new frameworks like service oriented architecture, BEA can leverage our experience and knowledge to help keep developers informed around the latest news and trends. With all the new technologies and innovation we're seeing in the space, we look forward to the opportunity to work together with Fawcette to serve the BEA developer community at large."

"The BEA WebLogic customer base is one of the most important and influential groups in IT," said Jim Fawcette, CEO and founder of Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. "We're excited about working with BEA to create a magazine with an associated Web site and e-newsletter to help serve this critical audience. Our reader surveys indicate that the Java community sees BEA as the leading technical innovator in the enterprise space. BEA WebLogic Pro magazine can help support and build the community surrounding this industry-leading platform."

For more information about BEA WebLogic Pro magazine, WebLogic Insight e-newsletter and WebLogicPro.com please register at http://contact2.beasys.com/bea/www/fawcette/maginterest.jsp