BEA to Detail Strategy and Product Developments Designed to Significantly Change the Economics of Enterprise Computing

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- http://bea.com/more_info.jsp?p=154&r=15.19.31 BEA Systems, Inc. BEAS, the world's leading application infrastructure software company, today announced its ninth annual BEA eWorld conference, scheduled to be held May 24-27 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. At this year's BEA eWorld conference, with the theme Deploy SOA. Now., attendees can gain an in-depth understanding of service-oriented architecture (SOA), the industry movement designed to make IT more efficient and more responsive to the needs of business. Through hands-on technology demonstrations, interactive discussions and conference keynotes, industry speakers will examine SOA and detail why they believe this technology blueprint will be guiding enterprise technology in 2004 and well beyond.

In addition to keynotes and seminars from BEA executives and industry experts, BEA eWorld 2004 is scheduled to feature the unveiling of significant strategy and product developments from BEA. Building on its heritage of leading innovation in the enterprise software market, BEA will discuss significant new ways it can help customers reduce the overall cost of enterprise computing by making IT easier, more flexible, and highly adaptable.

At BEA eWorld 2004, attendees can also gain access to more than 100 breakout sessions covering twelve different tracks, for both new and experienced developers, as well as executive business sessions for CIOs and line of business managers. Conference highlights include scheduled keynotes by Alfred Chuang, BEA founder, chairman and CEO; Shane Robison, HP executive vice president and chief strategy and technology officer; Deborah Conrad, Intel vice president, sales and marketing group and general manager, solutions market development group; Adam Bosworth, BEA chief architect and senior vice president of advanced development; Scott Dietzen, Java technology expert and BEA chief technology officer; and Tim O'Reilly, founder and president, O'Reilly & Associates. Between sessions, attendees can tour the Exhibit Hall, filled with the latest innovations, technologies and services from more than 100 BEA partners.

For more information on BEA eWorld 2004, please visit www.bea.com/eworld