NeoCore Releases BEA Evaluation Version of NeoCore XMS; High-Performance XML Information Management System Available on BEA WebLogic e-Business Platform

Business Wire, Jan 30, 2002

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2002

NeoCore is now offering a BEA Systems evaluation version of its product, NeoCore XML Information Management System (XMS). The NeoCore XMS Evaluation PAK, BEA Edition, available to BEA developers at http://developer.bea.com:80/tools/utilities.jsp, demonstrates how quickly and easily developers can build, change and create applications around a native XML operational information store.

NeoCore XMS extends and enhances BEA's WebLogic server to allow the entire BEA product line to leverage many capabilities. With NeoCore XMS, BEA can offer: an XML-based, flexible profile management/mass customization solution for portal products; a foundation for UDDI, ebXML and Web services; a no-configuration-container managed persistence; an aggregated information store; and a high-speed cache for corporations trying to integrate legacy data.

NeoCore XMS allows developers to fully embrace the Extreme Programming model and to achieve true iterative development by eliminating the time-consuming and difficult task of mapping object and XML data to and from relational databases.

The NeoCore XMS Evaluation PAK, BEA Edition is unique in that it plugs directly into and extends the BEA WebLogic container, providing a tightly integrated and high-performing native XML operational information store.

NeoCore XMS is a high-performance solution with a small footprint. It is a fully transactional XML operational information store that has an EJB, SOAP and HTTP interface within the BEA WebLogic space. It accepts and returns well-formed XML documents and fragments, and supports all basic database functions, including store, delete, copy and query, providing fine-grained access to the element level. NeoCore XMS is schema independent and requires no physical database or schema design before using the system.

Tom Knops, NeoCore's vice president of strategic alliances, said the XMS Evaluation PAK, BEA Edition gives developers an excellent opportunity to experience the power of the NeoCore solution. "BEA developers will find that NeoCore XMS will increase their productivity," Knops said. "At the same time, it will help them create more responsive, client-focused solutions."

The NeoCore XMS Evaluation PAK, BEA Edition is designed to work with BEA's WebLogic Server 6.1 Service Pack 1 or greater. The evaluation version is a fully functioning product that supports two simultaneous sessions and the ability to build an information store of up to 5 megabytes. The trial version includes all of the documentation needed for developers to begin building a working application with NeoCore's native XML operational information store.

NeoCore customers are using NeoCore XMS as the information foundation for a variety of applications, including knowledge management, supply-chain management, Web services and customer-relationship management.

The NeoCore XMS Evaluation PAK, BEA Edition is available for download at no cost to BEA developers at http://developer.bea.com:80/tools/utilities.jsp.> About NeoCore Inc.

NeoCore Inc. is an innovator and provider of high-performance XML operational information stores that are powered by the company's patented Digital Pattern Processing technology. NeoCore's products allow organizations to rapidly respond to changing business requirements by eliminating costly information-store development time and by enabling the creation of "adaptable applications" -- business applications that easily adapt to heterogeneous and ever-changing data sets. NeoCore is funded by Baker Capital of New York and Soundview. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For more information, call (719) 576-9780 or visit www.neocore.com.

About BEA

BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) is one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, with more than 11,800 customers around the world, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. BEA and its WebLogic(R) brand are among the most trusted names in e-business. Businesses built on the award-winning BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform(TM) are reliable, highly scalable, and poised to bring new services to market quickly. BEA's e-business platform is the de facto standard for more than 2,100 systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and application service providers (ASPs) to provide complete solutions that fast-track and future-proof e-businesses for high growth and profitability. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BEA has 96 offices in 34 countries and is on the Web at www.bea.com.

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