General Availability of BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 2.2 Designed to
Enhance Network Access Control and Extend Telecom Web Services with
Additional Application Interfaces
CHICAGO, GLOBALCOMM, Booth #51048, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Demonstrating continued leadership in next-generation communications
infrastructure software, BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS), today announced
the general availability of BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper(TM) 2.2.
BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper is the telecommunications industry's
only carrier-grade, standards-based platform designed to integrate policy
enforcement, Telecom Web Services, and third party partner management. BEA
WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 2.2 is designed to deliver new Telecom Web
Services and native network application interfaces that can help network
operators increase revenue from new, third-party services. It is also
designed to provide enhanced network access control capabilities for better
network protection.
With the addition of new Telecom Web Services, native network protocol
interfaces, as well as enhanced charging and billing capabilities, BEA
WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 2.2 is designed to extend BEA's leadership role
in the Service Delivery Platform (SDP) and fast-growing network protection
and access control market commonly referred to as the Service Access
Gateway. With this product, BEA can help network operators safely expose
their network assets to developers through an SOA-based architecture, using
Telecom Web Services that can implement a range of capabilities such as
call routing, text messaging, and billing. This network access, in turn,
can help operators increase revenue from both new messaging and
location-based services, as well as services from existing legacy networks.
"BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper has experienced strong market traction
to date, but as our customers face increased market consolidation and tough
revenue pressures, they are looking for new and innovative technologies
that can help them maintain their competitive edge," said Mike McHugh, vice
president and general manager, BEA WebLogic Communications Platform, BEA
Systems. "BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 2.2 is designed to address one of
their most important challenges right now -- quickly developing, deploying
and managing next-generation services in a Services-Oriented Architecture
(SOA)."
BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 2.2 Helps Enable New Business
Opportunities and Strong Network Protection for Network Operators
BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 2.2 is a unique product that is
designed to offer operators much more flexibility and security as they
expose and evolve their existing network assets, such as Service Delivery
Platforms and legacy Intelligent Network (IN) architectures into
next-generation SDPs. For example, using BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper, a
service provider can introduce a new policy-enabled telecom web services
layer for network access while continuing to support existing content
providers via native interfaces in a single platform. Leveraging existing
assets to create new services requires increased developer support. BEA
WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 2.2 is designed to deliver extensions to
existing BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper developer tools to help allow for
the creation of services based on new native and Telecom Web Service
application interfaces. Additionally, BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 2.2
is contributing to the implementation of SOA in telecom networks by helping
proliferate new messaging and location-based services using widely adopted,
industry standard Web Services interfaces such as WSDL and SOAP.
From the product's inception, policy enforcement, Telecom Web Services
and third party partner relationship management capabilities have been the
foundation of BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper. Policy enforcement
capabilities can help provide policy controlled network interfaces that can
prioritize and route traffic flow in an intelligent and efficient way,
which can help protect the underlying networks from being overloaded or
damaged. Telecom Web Services are a set of high-level, simple Web Services
interfaces, which can help enable external parties, enterprises, and the
large community of software developers to create new applications and
services. Leveraging Telecom Web Services, BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper
is designed to help empower traditional Web Services developers to deliver
compelling telecom-enabled applications such as messaging, calling,
location-based services and billing. Third party partner relationship
management capabilities are designed to help manage third party partners
who may access the network.
Pricing and Availability
BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper is generally available today. For more
information on BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper, please visit
http://bea.com/gatekeeper, or for more information about BEA WebLogic
Communications Platform, please visit http://bea.com/wlcom.
About BEA
BEA Systems, Inc. is a world leader in enterprise infrastructure
software. BEA delivers the unified SOA platform for business transformation
and optimization in order to improve cost structures and grow new revenue
streams. Information about how BEA is enabling customers to achieve
Business LiquidITy(TM) can be found at bea.com.
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Systems, Inc., +1-408-570-8288, or karesha.mcgee@bea.com; or
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