Today's News: Middleware battle heats up

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January 22, 2008
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SAP AND ORACLE'S MIDDLEWARE BATTLE HEATS UP
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Jon Franke, News Editor

Oracle's $8.5 billion acquisition of BEA Systems Inc. is likely to
rekindle the battle for middleware supremacy, according to one IT
industry analyst. But it's tough to predict who will come out on top.

Oracle's Fusion and SAP's NetWeaver middleware platforms both have
their strengths, according to Dennis Callaghan, an analyst with New
York's 451 Group. But the acquisition of San Jose, Calif.-based BEA
gives Oracle an edge, in that it proves the company is a viable
middleware vendor that is committed to openness.

Oracle's purchases of major software players like PeopleSoft,
Hyperion and Siebel Systems have forced the company to become more
open than SAP in recent years, Callaghan said, and BEA gives Oracle
some serious middleware street credit.

"At a high level, it's clearly an advantage for Oracle to acquire a
third-party middleware vendor that's been application-platform
agnostic from the get-go," Callaghan said. "This makes Oracle a bona
fide middleware vendor, not just an applications and database vendor
that has middleware offerings for those customers who've already made
[investments] in Oracle applications."

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:: Details on Oracle's buy of BEA Systems
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Oracle has cut a deal to purchase middleware pioneer BEA Systems Inc.
for about $8.5 billion.

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:: The SOA implications of Oracle's BEA purchase
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The financial advantages of Oracle's purchase of BEA are more
concrete than how the two companies' SOA products will integrate,
which has analysts and competitors guessing.

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