Acumen Solutions, Inc. Named an Authorized U.S. Reseller and Implementation Partner for the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform

Business Wire, July 14, 2005

VIENNA, Va. -- Acumen Solutions, Inc., a leading business and technology consulting firm with offices in Vienna, Virginia; San Francisco and New York City, today announced an agreement with BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) to resell and provide systems integration and implementation services for 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).

Acumen Solutions' vertical market expertise -- specifically in the areas of communications, media, government and financial services -- as well as its established relationships with the Fortune 1000, complements the existing BEA sales channel.

Acumen Solutions offers its customers decades of experience in custom application development and systems integration, helping them identify IT solutions designed to meet their business needs. 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 and implementation partner, Acumen Solutions can help provide differentiated solutions designed to help companies save time and money by leveraging existing and future IT assets and providing access to information while helping to eliminate unnecessary complexity.

"Many of our customers are now evaluating their current system infrastructures and can benefit from the BEAWebLogic Enterprise Platform," said Acumen Solutions' president and CEO, David Joubran. "With the benefits of BEA's software, Acumen Solutions can now provide integrated solutions designed to address customer needs for employee self-service and customer-care portals, custom business applications and complex work-flow solutions."

"We're pleased Acumen Solutions is expanding the reach of its solutions and integration practice by reselling the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform," said Robert Ontiveros, senior vice president of Americas Channels and Alliances for BEA Systems. "Acumen Solutions' service offerings complement the BEA application infrastructure software products and can help add value to better address the specific business requirements of our mutual customers."

About Acumen Solutions(R)

Acumen Solutions, Inc., a privately held company based in Vienna, Va., is a leading business and technology consulting firm that uses a focused, results-oriented approach to develop client-specific solutions. Its blend of industry expertise, business insight and technology savvy makes it the premier choice to help organizations gain a competitive advantage. With a focus in communications and media, financial services and government solutions, its clients include members of the Fortune 500 and other emergent industry leaders. For more information, visit www.acumensolutions.com.