BEA Systems Partners with Cantata Technology to Advance Converged IMS Service Creation

SAN JOSE, Calif., SPRING VON 2006, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS), a world leader in enterprise and communications infrastructure software today announced it has expanded its partnership with Cantata Technology(TM) (formerly Brooktrout and Excel Switching Corporation), the world's leading independent provider of enabling communications technology. The two companies have completed interoperability testing for Cantata's SnowShore IP Media Server(TM) and BEA WebLogic SIP Server(TM), the converged Java EE-SIP-IMS application server component of the BEA WebLogic Communications Platform(TM) product family. The combined products are designed to allow Web application developers to rapidly build applications for VoIP and IMS networks such as voice/video messaging, video ring back clips, voice/video conferencing and IVR. BEA is scheduled to host a live demonstration of the two products at BEA booth #1721 at Spring VON 2006 in San Jose, Calif.

"The BEA WebLogic Communications Platform product family, which includes BEA WebLogic SIP Server and BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper(TM), is designed to accelerate the creation and delivery of next-generation, IP-based, multimedia services for telecom network operators," said Mike McHugh, vice president and general manager BEA WebLogic Communications Platform, BEA Systems. "Cantata's SnowShore IP Media Server's SIP and VoiceXML-based media processing capabilities combined with BEA WebLogic SIP Server can help provide developers and network operators with the scalability and features required to deliver IP multimedia solutions for the next-generation telecom network architectures based on IMS. We are pleased to partner with Cantata in this effort."

"BEA has a built a strong foundation in the telecommunications industry, and as a leader in communications infrastructure software, worked extensively to understand the needs of developers such as rapid application development and scalable platforms. Cantata Technology also shares this commitment to our customers, and we are excited to partner with BEA as they continue their work in telecommunications," said Marc Zionts, chief executive officer, Cantata Technology. "The combination of BEA WebLogic SIP Server with our SnowShore IP Media Server is designed to provide both existing service providers as well as start-up application developers with a best-in-class solution for the rapid development of advanced communications applications that will help drive new revenue sources and improve customer service."

BEA WebLogic SIP Server is the converged J2EE and SIP Servlet (JSR 116) based application server component of the BEA WebLogic Communications Platform. BEA WebLogic SIP Server(TM) is the industry's first high-performance J2EE-SIP application server to provide an integrated SIP, HTTP, EJB container, designed to enable rapid development and delivery of next-generation, converged, multimedia communication services. The product is designed to help telecommunications network operators accelerate the deployment of next- generation network architectures based on SIP and IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) and increase revenue by more readily capitalizing on IMS and next- generation service delivery opportunities.

Cantata's SnowShore IP Media Server is the industry's premier software- based, carrier-grade IP media server supported by a wide range of industry standard hardware platforms running on Red Hat Linux. It leverages the simplicity, openness, and flexibility of SIP, VoiceXML, and MSCML to provide a cost-effective and scalable IP media server solution, powering a broad range of voice and video services for next-generation wireline, wireless and broadband networks including the 3GPP/3GPP2 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network architecture. Special 2-Port Developers Kit Now Available

A special 2-port license of Cantata's SnowShore IP Media Server supporting BEA WebLogic SIP Server is now available to developers free of charge. For more information, visit http://www.cantata.com. About BEA Systems

BEA Systems, Inc. is a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, providing standards-based platforms to accelerate the secure flow of information and services. BEA product lines -- WebLogic(R), Tuxedo(R), JRockit(R), and the new AquaLogic(TM) family of Service Infrastructure -- help customers reduce IT complexity and successfully deploy Service-Oriented Architectures to improve business agility and efficiency. For more information please visit http://www.bea.com. Copyright (C) 2006 BEA Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. BEA, Built on BEA, Jolt, Joltbeans, Steelthread, Top End, Tuxedo, BEA WebLogic Server, BEA Liquid Data for WebLogic, and WebLogic are registered trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. BEA AquaLogic, BEA AquaLogic Data Services Platform, BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security, BEA AquaLogic Service Bus, BEA dev2dev Subscriptions, BEA eLink, BEA MessageQ, BEA WebLogic Communications Platform, BEA WebLogic Enterprise, BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform, BEA WebLogic Enterprise Security, BEA WebLogic Express, BEA WebLogic Integration, BEA WebLogic Java Adapter for Mainframe, BEA WebLogic JDriver, BEA WebLogic Log Central, BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper, BEA WebLogic Platform, BEA WebLogic Portal, BEA JRockit, BEA WebLogic SIP Server, BEA WebLogic WorkGroup Edition, and BEA WebLogic Workshop are trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. BEA Mission Critical Support is a service mark of BEA Systems, Inc. All other company and product names may be the subject of intellectual property rights reserved by third parties. Cantata, Cantata Technology and SnowShore IP Media Server are trademarks of Cantata Technology, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in the above text are the property of their respective owners.