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iRise Named Authorized U.S. Reseller of the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. –— February 8, 2005 —iRise®, a leading enterprise software and services company dedicated to bridging the communication gap between business and IT, today announced an agreement with BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) to resell the BEA WebLogic Platform of software products in southern California. iRise complements the existing BEA sales channels by focusing on solutions for organizations that need custom, Web-based applications.
iRise can give organizations the ability to visually validate requirements and ˛test marketÓ applications prior to investing time and money in development. By using iRise for application definition, Fortune 1,000 organizations can help cut rework costs, help drive user adoption and can use iRise simulations to help sell new business ideas to management.
BEA provides the enterprise software foundation that is designed to help enable customers to benefit from service-oriented architectures through greater re-use of IT assets, faster delivery of value to the business, and greater adaptability to support ongoing change. As a BEA reseller, iRise can deliver differentiated solutions designed to help customers save time and money, leverage existing and future IT assets, and provide access to information while eliminating unnecessary complexity.
˛We're pleased that iRise is expanding the reach of their software solutions practice by reselling the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform,Ó said Bobby Napiltonia, vice president and general manager, Worldwide Channels and Alliances, BEA Systems. ˛iRise can complement BEA's application infrastructure software offerings and can help add value to better address the specific business requirements of our mutual customers.
About iRise
iRise is dedicated to bridging the communication gap between business and IT by improving the process of defining business applications. Focused on Fortune 1000 companies, its innovative iRise Application Simulator enterprise software product recently received eWEEK magazine's Analyst's Choice award. It allows an organization to "test market" applications with customers, partners and employees before making funding decisions and validate business requirements with stakeholders during the definition process. The result is investments in business applications that actually meet the needs of the business. With the same focus, its services group has successfully translated the needs of business users to deliver mission-critical business applications for more than 100 customers on 300 engagements. The company is based in El Segundo, Calif., with regional offices in New York and San Francisco, and sales offices covering the continental US.

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