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BEA remains independent and releases new portal roadmap

30-Oct-2007

Tags: Portals and Content Integration, Marketplace at Large, Selecting Technology, WebLogic Portal

The offer from Oracle to acquire BEA expired this weekend, as BEA refused to meet the proffered terms and countered with a higher price.

This means that BEA remains independent, and, at least for now, still moves forward on important matters such as product roadmaps. In a series of blog postings from Josh Lannin, senior product manager, you can read interesting details on the future for WebLogic Portal, including more on content publishing, standards, single sign-on, customization, and much more. The roadmap extends to late 2008.

As a licensee, it is always quite helpful to know the roadmap for the portal product, given the somewhat turbulent landscape. Historically upgrades have been time-consuming and difficult. With proper roadmap information you can at least prepare and plan ahead. This open style of communication from BEA is quite welcome. The next few months will tell whether BEA will continue on its own or whether new owners may come in and change the course.

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