MCLEAN, Va., July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BEA Systems, Inc., a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, today announced that it has teamed with HP and Intel to open the BEA Center of Innovation in McLean, Virginia. The Center is dedicated to the development of an open community of commercial and Federal organizations blending government Information Technology (IT) solutions with commercial best practices to enable easier adoption of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the Public sector. The new BEA Center of Innovation features an SOA demonstration center, collaborative SOA learning environment and SOA Research and Development Lab.

"The BEA Center of Innovation is part of our long-term commitment to the Public sector industry to further develop innovative SOA tools and capabilities that can help allow us to enhance our customers' infrastructures," said Kelly Collins, vice president and general manager of federal sales at BEA Systems. "With BEA's Public sector growth rate reaching 17 percent in the U.S. for the prior year and doubling globally over the last five years, the launch of the new BEA Center of Innovation is designed to help meet the demand for new SOA initiatives, so that our customers can improve services to their constituents, business partners and employees."

BEA has scheduled an open house at the BEA Center of Innovation tonight, July 12, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at 1410 Spring Hill Road, Suite 600, McLean, Virginia, 22010. To RSVP, please visit: http://contact2.bea.com/bea/www/07ev/71/login_mclean.jsp?PC=71EM3AXXEVIN.

The open house showcases successful SOA deployments and commercial best practices tailored to government requirements as well as provide access to BEA's expert technologists to discuss best practices. In collaboration with BEA's alliances, HP and Intel, customers can learn how to integrate capabilities from the processor core up through the computer platform, operating environments, and application platform, providing a holistic view of next generation SOA directions.

The BEA Center of Innovation will also feature some of the latest technologies and patterns being deployed as part of the SOA, including virtualization, event-driven services, Java Real-time and Web 2.0 technologies. The BEA Center of Innovation is built on HP Integrity servers, which are designed to deliver a secure, scalable and cost-effective platform for powering SOA initiatives to help companies advance their business goals and earn a higher return on IT investment. The latest benchmark data (SPECjAppServer2004) proves industry leadership, performance excellence and can instill confidence in running BEA software on HP Integrity servers, one of the most flexible and reliable platforms available.

"Showing government customers existing SOA solutions and explaining how they can implement a service-oriented infrastructure that is virtual and scalable is key in furthering the adoption of SOA," said Tom Hempfield, vice president, U.S. Federal Business Organization - Americas, HP. "We are pleased to extend our alliance with BEA to bring such a valuable resource to our federal customers."

"BEA and Intel want to help our customers do more while spending less - this is especially true of the public sector," said Bart Heisey, director of Public Sector, Intel. "The BEA Center of Innovation will let government customers test drive various existing Intel(R) architecture based solutions to see if one fits. There is enormous potential for SOA deployment in the public sector now that these new resources and tools are available."

BEA continues to demonstrate momentum in the public sector market with a 17 percent growth rate in the U.S. over the last year and continues to work with numerous public sector organizations to develop SOA infrastructures. BEA also has equivalent customers in 52 countries around the world.

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