The right choice of software and hardware can greatly speed development while providing a scalable platform for future growth. The wrong choice can hinder the developer and burden the organization with cost inefficiencies. See how BEA's Java-based WebLogic Server 8.1 running on low-cost high-performance Intel® processor-based servers can leverage byte-code optimization, Java standards-based APIs, and tuned server hardware.

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by Allan McNaughton, president, Technical Insight LLC. Intel Corp.

Choosing the right e-business infrastructure platform has never been more important, or more difficult. With the proliferation of technology vendors it is all too easy to end up with a mishmash of software and hardware that does not work well together—costs mount, schedules slip, and business opportunities are lost. While the choice of a specific platform is no guarantee of success, selecting infrastructure components that work together seamlessly can overcome many challenges.

The right choice of software and hardware can greatly speed development while providing a scalable platform for future growth. The wrong choice can hinder even the most talented developer and burden the organization with less than stellar cost efficiencies. Given the importance of the decision, one should seriously consider the option of BEA's Java-based WebLogic Server 8.1 running on low-cost high-performance Intel® processor-based servers.

The power of collaboration
Developers will find that BEA WebLogic Server offers a robust application development platform that boosts productivity with industry leading development tools, strict compliance with Java 2 Enterprise Edition standards and a rich set of interoperability APIs. In addition to having the confidence that comes from deploying an application server that has been battle-tested at very large installations, IT managers will find that BEA WebLogic Server is uniquely designed to deliver optimal performance for enterprise Java applications on cost effective Intel Xeon™ and Itanium® processors.

BEA and Intel have worked together to create a seamlessly integrated platform that enables developers to rapidly create server-side applications that are optimized to achieve scalable performance on flexible Intel architecture processors. By combining their substantial product engineering and market development resources, Intel and BEA have delivered a solution that is more than the sum of its parts; it delivers best-in-class performance, outstanding productivity, lower acquisition and operating costs, and the agility to meet current and future business challenges. And, with a combined ecosystem of tens of thousands of application providers, system manufacturers and system integrators, you have access to one of the world's largest communities for extending and supporting your core business solutions.

Boost developer productivity
To help bring spiraling development costs under control, BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 is fully compliant with J2EE 1.3, the programming model of choice for development of enterprise-class server applications. By building standards-based applications, enterprises protect technology investments and maintain maximum flexibility, choice, and interoperability. WebLogic Server's strict conformance to the J2EE specification allows developers to take advantage of the many third-party offerings of Java packages, database drivers, and vendor-specific application adapters, as well as develop their own applications.