Historically, BEA has led the way in open industry standards. In July 2000, BEA WebLogic Server was the first application server family from an independent vendor to be certified J2EE-compliant by Sun, and BEA was also the first to implement EJB 2.0, JMX, JMS, JAXP, and JAAS, to name a few examples.

So it’s no surprise that BEA beat competitors to the punch once again with Web Services. BEA launched its Web Services offering in August 2001, nine months before its nearest competitor, and many customers such as Networkcar, Tele Atlas, and the Royal Bank of Scotland Financial Markets already have built-on-BEA Web Services in production. In June 2002, BEA extended its lead with the availability of Web Services-enabled BEA WebLogic Server 7.0, with its support for the latest versions of J2EE 1.3, XML, and Web services protocols such as SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, putting competitors, and their customers, another six months behind.

BEA continues to push new technology innovations into standards through prominent positions on the Java Community Process; Web Services Interoperability Organization, or WS-I, of which BEA is a founding member; W3C; and other influential bodies. BEA holds a seat on the Java Executive Committee that oversees Java standards, and today is leading or influencing more than 20 Java Specification Requests (JSRs) as they make their way through the JCP to become part of the global standard.