BEA Systems announced that it would start shipping its WebLogic Server Virtual Edition software at the beginning of June. The company also stated that it would follow that up with a release of WebLogic Liquid Operations Control in the third quarter of this year. BEA is said to be responding to consumer perceptions that their customers need to get better server utilization, and that Java currently doesn't work we BEA Systems announced that it would start shipping its WebLogic Server Virtual Edition software at the beginning of June. The company also stated that it would follow that up with a release of WebLogic Liquid Operations Control in the third quarter of this year.BEA is said to be responding to consumer perceptions that their customers need to get better server utilization, and that Java currently doesn’t work well enough in a virtualized world. BEA and other SOA vendors are increasingly emphasizing virtualization, saying the two technologies are a match made in heaven. However, BEA argues that the two technologies currently lack proper integration which leads to poor server utilization.In the first version of WebLogic Server Virtual Edition, the virtual system will make use of VMware’s virtualization platform. And it will offer a lightweight custom-built operating system that is tailored to running a Java Virtual Machine. Since it will be tailored to running Java applications, it operates with about 20-30 percent fewer resources than a standard Linux operating system. A second phase will attempt to increase power gains to 50 percent, which should help double the number of services that can run on a single machine. BEA plans to release a preview version of the WebLogic Server Virtual Edition for the Xen platform by the end of 2007, and a preview version for Microsoft’s Viridian sometime early in 2008. Software Development