BEA eWorld China 2004 Premieres in Shanghai

BEA eWorld China 2004 Premieres in Shanghai

BEA CEO Alfred Chuang and Industry Luminaries from HP, Intel, Others, Keynote on Opening Day

SHANGHAI, BEA eWORLD CHINA, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- http://bea.com/more_info.jsp?p=264&r=2.10.15 BEA Systems, (NASDAQ:BEAS), a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, announced that the first ever BEA eWorld China 2004 conference opened today at the Shanghai International Convention Center. The theme of this year's conference is "Forward Looking Technology Building the Framework for the Future." During the two-day conference, BEA is demonstrating some of the newest global technology and applications through a series of presentations, technology demonstrations and focused events like the CEO Forum and Developers Day. More than 3,000 industry professionals from all over the world are scheduled to participate in BEA eWorld China 2004.

The convention opened with a keynote address by Mr. Marcus Tsoi, BEA general manager, who was followed throughout the day by several government officials, BEA executives including CEO Alfred Chuang and executive vice president of products, Wai Wong, a host of BEA partners including HP and Intel and key BEA customers including Federal Express.

Alfred Chuang, founder, chairman and CEO of BEA delivered a keynote entitled "BEA and SOA: Boosting innovation in China's new economic environment." Mr. Chuang praised the achievements made by BEA China during the past seven years and proposed that enterprises operating in China's new economic environment build IT systems based on SOA architecture to help increase their competitiveness and productivity and to help them further integrate into the global economy.

In addition to executives and technical experts from both BEA headquarters and BEA China, a broad range of customers and partners including HP, Intel, China Ping An Insurance, Neu-Soft and Digital China are scheduled to deliver presentations throughout BEA eWorld China 2004. Topics will focus on strategic industry trends and include discussions and demonstrations on how to realize technical innovation and integration, the application and enablement of SOA in China and the role that SOA technology can have in driving business innovation.

Mr. Yang Chunfu, Vice President of HP China, and General Manager of the TSG Consultation Division, is scheduled to discuss how to enhance efficiency and competition through the integration of enterprise IT systems. Mr. Lin Shengcong, General Manager of Intel Microelectronics Asia Internet Division, is scheduled to discuss how the BEA WebLogic Platform(TM) and Intel architecture are designed to help customers realize seamless integration and technical innovation. Key BEA customers FedEx, Ping An Insurance Ltd. and others are also scheduled to discuss how the BEA WebLogic Platform helped change their business.

More than 60 technology seminars for customers, partners and developers are planned by BEA to introduce the newest technology, solutions and relationship programs focused in industries such as telecommunications, finance, government and public utilities. Participants are scheduled to discuss development and management issues and solutions with a focus on BEA WebLogic Platform and BEA Tuxedo(TM) technology.

"Developers Day" activities and technology sessions are scheduled on December 16 and 17 to share the latest information in standards and open- source technology relative to BEA WebLogic products.

"China's position in the world economy is becoming increasingly more important," said Alfred Chuang, CEO, BEA Systems. "The country's rapid development has created an important market for BEA products and solutions, helping to make BEA China a more significant part of BEA's global operations."

This is the first time BEA has brought together so many customers and partners in China. BEA eWorld China 2004 was the first BEA conference organized in China in recent years that focused on software development professionals.

To learn more about BEA eWorld China 2004, please visit the conference web site: http://www.bea.com.cn/eworld/Eindex.htm. For additional information, visit www.bea.com or call the BEA China public relations hotline at +86-1-8528 1188.

About BEA

BEA Systems, Inc. is a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, helping enable companies to improve business responsiveness through service- oriented architecture (SOA), a software design approach that more closely aligns IT with business objectives. With 15,000 customers worldwide including the majority of the Fortune Global 500, BEA and its WebLogic(R) and Tuxedo(R) brands are among the most trusted names in business technology. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BEA is a billion-dollar company with 75 offices in 36 countries. More information on BEA products and services is available at www.bea.com.

BEA, Tuxedo, BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic are registered trademarks and BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform, BEA WebLogic Integration, BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA WebLogic JRockit, BEA WebLogic Platform, BEA WebLogic Express, BEA WebLogic Workshop, BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe, BEA Liquid Data for WebLogic, BEA eLink and BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security are trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and product names may be the subject of intellectual property rights reserved by third parties.


Source: BEA Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Helen Wu, + 86-1-8528 1188 or hwu@bea.com, or Susan Siegel,
+1-415-844-8264 or susans@bea.com, both of BEA Systems, Inc.

Web site: http://www.bea.com/


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