BEA Delivers Mission-Critical Application Virtualisation

BEA Systems has announced the delivery of BEA Virtualisation 2.0 – the completion of BEA’s Java application virtualisation offering.

BEA Virtualisation 2.0 includes WebLogic Server Virtual Edition (WLS VE) and is designed to allow enterprise Java applications to run as self-contained software appliances on hypervisor-based virtualisation platforms, and WebLogic Operations Control (WLOC), which is designed to address the key challenges involved in application virtualisation by providing policy-based monitoring of application service level agreements (SLAs) and automating dynamic deployment and provisioning of application resources to help ensure service-level objectives are met.

With the release of BEA Virtualisation 2.0, BEA is also extending support to include WebLogic Server 10.0 and BEA’s WebLogic Portal product bringing Java virtualisation to a larger group of potential users.

“BEA has historically been on the cutting edge of application infrastructure and we recognise enterprise application virtualisation is a key objective for many of our customers,” said Guy Churchward, Vice President, Java Runtime Products, BEA Systems. “If SOA is about making IT more responsive to the business, then virtualisation can make IT more flexible and cost-effective, and our keen focus is on how customers can manage virtualised applications in the virtual datacentre of the future.”