BEA WebLogic Server 8.1

Does your IT organization deliver enterprise applications efficiently and cost-effectively? BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 provides an industrial-strength application infrastructure for developing, integrating, securing, and managing distributed service-oriented applications. By simplifying and unifying the enterprise infrastructure, IT organizations can now deliver greater value in less time, at reduced cost to the overall business.

New: BEA WebLogic Server Process Edition 8.1

WebLogic Server Process Edition extends the functionality of the Application Server by converging custom app development with powerful Business Process Management (BPM) capabilities to provide an industrial strength, standards-based framework that enables the rapidly assembly of composite services, transforming existing infrastructure to a service oriented architecture-in a manageable phased approach.

White Papers

• Why Upgrade to BEA WebLogic Server 8.1

This paper explains the benefits of upgrading to version 8.1, covering both business and technical issues associated with migration.

• BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 Overview

This paper shows how BEA WebLogic Server provides the foundation on which an enterprise can build its applications. For all the crucial tasks of application development and deployment — integrating enterprise systems and databases to delivering services and collaborating over the Internet — the starting place is WebLogic Server.

• BEA and HP 37% More Performance, 60% Lower Cost Per Transaction Than IBM (pdf|417k)

BEA WebLogic Server demonstrates 37% more throughput at 60% lower cost per transaction than IBM WebSphere running on a similar system.

• Oracle 9iAS: Faster and Cheaper Than What?

WebLogic is the clear performance leader. This paper debunks many of Oracle's public claims around performance with clear facts.

• WebLogic Security Framework Technical Overview: Working with your Security Eco-System

This white paper takes you on a technical tour of the WebLogic Security Framework. It provides an in-depth description of the features and benefits of this new extensible security architecture, and explains how it fits into your Enterprises' security landscape.

• Clustering in BEA WebLogic Server (pdf|338k)

This paper shows how BEA WebLogic Server's clustering technology gives enterprise business-critical applications the highest levels of scalability and reliability with advanced load-balancing and automatic failover capabilities.