High Performance Technologies Named As an Authorized U.S. Reseller of the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform

Business Wire, Feb 14, 2005

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- High Performance Technologies, an enterprise solutions provider specializing in HP technologies, today announced an agreement with BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) to resell the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform(TM), which includes the BEA WebLogic Server(TM), BEA WebLogic Integration(TM), BEA WebLogic Portal(TM) and BEA WebLogic Workshop(TM).

High Performance Technologies' expertise in infrastructure solutions -- including storage, business continuity and disaster recovery -- as well as its established network in North and South Carolina, complements BEA's existing sales channel.

High Performance Technologies architects and builds the IT infrastructure businesses need to run mission-critical applications, providing them with high levels of reliability, scalability and availability. BEA provides the enterprise software foundation that is designed to help enable customers to benefit from service-oriented architectures through greater re-use of IT assets, faster delivery of value to the business, and greater adaptability to support ongoing change. As a BEA reseller, High Performance Technologies can deliver differentiated solutions to help customers save time and money by leveraging existing and future IT assets and provide access to information while helping to eliminate unnecessary complexity.

"The BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform complements our existing offerings and can help enable us to continue to provide our customers with high-level solutions at a superior value," said Mark Cullum, principal, High Performance Technologies. "Customers want a single view of multiple applications, and working with BEA we can meet this need, as their WebLogic Platform is designed so we can more easily tie together applications from multiple software companies."

"We're pleased that High Performance Technologies is expanding the reach of their software solutions practice by reselling the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform," said Bobby Napiltonia, vice president and general manager, Worldwide Channels and Alliances, BEA Systems. "High Performance Technologies has the ability to complement BEA's application infrastructure software offerings and can add considerable value to better address the specific business requirements of our mutual customers."

About High Performance Technologies

High Performance Technologies (HPT) is one of the fastest-growing enterprise solution providers in the Southeast that specializes in HP technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, HPT provides server, storage, database and operations solutions for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. For more information, please visit www.highperftech.com.