BEA Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: BEAS), a world leader in infrastructure software, today announced
that Sun Chemical Corp., the world's foremost manufacturer of printing inks,
is implementing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) built on BEA WebLogic
Server(R) 8.1, BEA WebLogic Workshop(TM) 8.1 and BEA WebLogic Integration(TM)
8.1, to support numerous enterprise business processes including enterprise
application integration (EAI) and customer relationship management (CRM).
Sun Chemical saw an opportunity to help improve its operational efficiency
and competitive position by employing an integration architecture and SOA to
help unify a sprawling infrastructure that included many standalone
applications and silos of data. BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1 supports an
integration hub connecting numerous enterprise systems, which include Cognos,
Ariba, Epiphany as well as AS/400s. Rather than building links between every
data source and application, business processes flow through the integration
hub, which helps to enable the orchestration of application interactions.
This business processes flow also utilizes BEA to support a reliable messaging
layer and optimize infrastructure performance. BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 was
selected for application development and creation of Web Services.
New applications taking advantage of a BEA-supported SOA strategy at Sun
Chemical include an electronic-invoicing system and an order-tracking
solution. The invoicing system is designed to help one of Sun Chemical's
divisions streamline its billing processes by helping to eliminate the time
and cost associated with manually processing invoice information. Order
tracking can allow customers to check the status of orders from initial
placement through delivery.
