Web Associates Partners with BEA to Provide Enterprise Portal Solution

Business Wire, Dec 4, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2002

Web Associates, an Internet professional services firm, today announced that it has joined the Star Partner Program of BEA Systems, Inc., one of the world's leading application infrastructure software companies. Web Associates has developed its SupportSuite(TM) solution for use with BEA WebLogic to provide customized enterprise business portal functionality.

"BEA is widely recognized as the leading application infrastructure company. As Web Associates continues to deliver unique enterprise applications for the world's leading companies, BEA's WebLogic Enterprise platform continues to be the trusted foundation for our developments," said Tom Adamski, President and CEO of Web Associates. "The result is the interoperability of an industry standard coupled with Web systems functionality developed specifically for our customer's business processes."

Partnering with BEA represents Web Associates' commitment to delivering cost-effective Web applications for some of the world's most recognized companies. Now in its 8th year of operations, Web Associates provides strategy, design and Web systems development to leaders in the technology and telecommunications markets, such as Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Philips, Avaya, Nextel, Marvell, Cadence, and Rambus. SupportSuite plays a vital part in the company's role as a provider of end-to-end business solutions.

SupportSuite is enterprise business portal functionality that is customized to fit unique business requirements with each implementation. SupportSuite delivers CRM, commerce, and content management functionality for business

Web sites. Web content publishing and administration is provided through a single, Web-based point of access, which simplifies the management of Web properties and lowers the total cost of ownership of the Web system.

About BEA Systems, Inc.

BEA, BEA Tuxedo, BEA WebLogic, BEA WebLogic Enterprise, BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform, BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic Integration, BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA WebLogic Integration and BEA WebLogic Workshop are trademarks or registered trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the company with which they are associated.

About Web Associates, Inc.

Web Associates is a professional services firm that combines strategy, design and technology to help clients effectively manage their business relationships online. Our mission is to deploy and manage business Web sites that result in higher revenue, reduced costs and increased customer loyalty for our clients.

For more on Web Associates, visit our Web site at http://webassociates.com.