Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Oracle to talk about BEA on July 1

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Jun 6, 20081 min

High-ranking executives to talk about how the BEA acquisition affects the Oracle Fusion Middleware platform

Questions about the fate of BEA Systems products now that the company has been acquired by Oracle could be answered on July 1.

Oracle President Charles Phillips and Oracle Senior Vice President Thomas Kurian plan to hold a Webcast that day to “explore how the addition of BEA products to Oracle Fusion Middleware creates a best-in-class combination,” according to the meeting invitation.

The Webcast is intended to provide insight into the strategic direction of Fusion Middlware as well as additional perspective into the BEA acquisition.

The combined company advances a “common vision” and reinforces Oracle’s strategy to provide a comprehensive portfolio of world-class middleware products, pre-integrated solutions leveraging open standards and hot-pluggable middleware for heterogeneous IT environments, the invitation said.

Oracle has declined to be interviewed lately pertaining to its BEA acquisition. A person employed by BEA just prior to the closing of the deal said the BEA WebLogic Server Java application server would be an obvious choice to continue on after the merger.

BEA was acquired for $8.5  billion, with the deal closing earlier this spring.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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