BEA Systems has certified its upcoming WebLogic Server 10 Java application server as being compliant with the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5) specification. BEA said its application server is the first to achieve this milestone. The company has subjected the application server to a compatibility test suite provided by Sun Microsystems, which founded Java. A highlight of Java EE 5 is support for E BEA Systems has certified its upcoming WebLogic Server 10 Java application server as being compliant with the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5) specification. BEA said its application server is the first to achieve this milestone. The company has subjected the application server to a compatibility test suite provided by Sun Microsystems, which founded Java. A highlight of Java EE 5 is support for Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 technology for simplified persistence of data to databases. Web services capabilities also have been enhanced to improve development of services. WebLogic Server 10, available in a preview release here, features ease of development, Web services capabilities for SOA, high availability and tooling based on the open source Eclipse platform. General lease of verson 10 is planned for March.BEA also has worked with Microsoft on interoperability with Microsoft’s Weindows Communication Foundation technology for Web services. Technology Industry