Aug 4, 2003
FatWire Software Announces Support for BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1
FatWire Software Named BEA Three-Star Partner

MINEOLA, N.Y., -- FatWire Software, a leading provider of dynamic content management software, today announced support for the new version of the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform(TM), along with being named a BEA Systems Three-Star partner. Today's announcement supports the recent availability of BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1(TM), an integration software platform that provides superior business integration through the convergence of application development and integration, from BEA Systems, Inc.

FatWire Software has been named a Three-Star partner in the BEA Star Partner Program. BEA Systems provides application infrastructure software to build, integrate and extend enterprise applications, such as FatWire Spark portal Content Management. In order to reach the 3-Star partner level, companies must meet education and certification requirements and have completed numerous successful BEA client engagements.

FatWire has developed several products fully integrated with BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform, most notably, Spark portal Content Management (pCM). Spark pCM is designed to offer a low-cost, high-value, fully integrated content management solution for the BEA WebLogic Portal. Spark provides a focused set of functionality for creating, editing, publishing and managing new content in the WebLogic Portal.

"FatWire is pleased to support BEA's latest announcement," noted James Rothstein, FatWire's vice president of strategic alliances. "With the advanced status in the FatWire/BEA relationship, we are encouraged to continue building significant capabilities with BEA."

"FatWire's Java architecture is a strong complement to BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1," said Robert Duffner, senior director of product marketing, BEA WebLogic Portal. "The combination enables customers to build highly-efficient, content-centric Web sites and Web applications that uniquely leverage the strengths of BEA and FatWire."

FatWire Software provides Global 2000 companies with market-leading dynamic content management software, Content Server and UpdateEngine enterprise content management suites. Together, FatWire and BEA provide customers with a premier solution to offer dynamic content management software with the enterprise platform that is highly recommended for implementations with substantial integration requirements.

About FatWire Software
 FatWire Software is a leading provider of dynamic enterprise content management software. FatWire's powerful content management software is a leading choice for portal content management, content centric applications and Global 2000 Web sites. Founded in 1996, FatWire Software is headquartered in New York and operates offices throughout the world.


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