It's here: BEA WebLogic Server® 9.2, Virtual Edition 1.1. This Java EE environment has been optimized to help you get the most out of virtualized hardware, so there's never been a better time to maximize your use of the hardware you have, reduce demand for new hardware, reduce system complexity, and cut your operating costs—all while enhancing your organization's agility. The LiquidVM 1.1 is designed to address all the “1.0” limitations in the first release, providing local disk, secure file system access, SMP support, and performance improvements.

At the same time, BEA® WebLogic® Operations Control—BEA's policy-based management framework for BEA WebLogic Server and JVM-based applications—has now entered public beta. It's time to get serious about going virtual—and BEA has information and products to help.

This white paper from BEA and VMware explores SOA and virtualization, showing how aspects of virtualization can be seen as enablers for the flexibility promised by SOA. It also describes the technical links between SOA and virtualization in enterprise computing.

If you're deploying virtualized enterprise Java applications, you'll need a flexible, dynamic architecture that supports efficiency, simplicity, and control. Find out how BEA WebLogic Operations Control software can provide centralized governance to help ensure you meet quality of service (QoS) goals across virtual and non-virtualized platforms.

Late last year, at an SOA-oriented IT industry event, visitors to the BEA booth filled out a short survey on how their companies are addressing SOA governance. Check out the survey results for an inside look at what other companies are really doing about SOA governance.

Surveys show that approximately 90% of organizations are turning to event processing to increase revenues and secure market leadership. A quick online assessment and complimentary customized benchmark report can help you decide whether and how event processing will benefit your organization.

The next-generation ESB can accelerate and widen the benefits of SOA and BPM to provide breakthrough IT capabilities to the business. Learn how these breakthroughs in ESB can be a driving force in transforming and optimizing your business.

Although Microsoft software is the de facto operating environment for information workers, it’s not always easy to integrate with non-Microsoft applications and services. BEA solutions integrate with Microsoft technologies to ensure the free flow of information and services and support business activities.

Heard of OSGi yet? In this introduction, Daniel Rubio describes how this service-oriented, component-based environment for developers helps modularize an application into more manageable pieces. OSGi technology also offers standardized ways to manage the software lifecycle, and increases the value of many computers and devices that use the Java platform.