BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Sept. 16, 2003 -- Attachmate Corporation, delivering breakthrough technology in the legacy application integration space, announced its Platinum-level sponsorship of BEA dev2dev Days 2003, scheduled from Sept. 30 through Nov. 12. BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS) will describe how to use Attachmate myEXTRA!™ Smart Connectors to integrate legacy data and business logic using Attachmate’s Mainframe Integration Control that is bundled and distributed with BEA WebLogic Workshop™ 8.1.
“We’ve collaborated to solve a very difficult problem facing today’s developers,” commented Markus Nitschke, vice president of marketing and product management for Attachmate Corporation. “COBOL is a black art, key programming skills have been lost along the way, and yet mainframes contain vast informational resources. Our Mainframe Integration Control can expose legacy assets for immediate use by WebLogic Workshop developers in BEA’s Web application environment.”
Attachmate myEXTRA! Smart Connectors capture legacy data and business logic as reusable objects and callable services for use in new applications developed on the BEA WebLogic® Platform™ 8.1. BEA and Attachmate worked together to develop the Mainframe Integration Control so that developers can drag and drop legacy transactions right from the BEA WebLogic Workshop environment.
BEA dev2dev Days provides developers, architects, and IT managers with the latest BEA WebLogic® technology, information, and resources. During the one-day sessions, developers can learn how to design, build, deploy, and integrate enterprise-class applications on BEA WebLogic Platform™ 8.1. The training takes a solutions-oriented approach to solving real-world enterprise IT challenges involving application development, enterprise portals, and integration.
“With Attachmate’s participation, BEA can provide a comprehensive view of business integration, including the priceless data and business logic that resides on legacy host systems,” stated Nitschke. “This is a tremendous opportunity for developers to get up to speed quickly on BEA’s unified development environment, enabling customers to realize faster time-to-value on their mission-critical business integration projects.”
The BEA Systems annual developer education event is scheduled in ten cities in the U.S., six in Europe, and four in Asia. Information is available at: www.bea.com/events/dev2devdays2003.