Middleware vendor BEA Systems has announced the first three members of its Enterprise Integration Portfolio (EIP), tools aimed at helping users at different stages of their SOA (service-oriented architecture) deployments.
The EIP consists of upcoming releases of two existing products -- WebLogic Integration (WLI) 9.2 and AquaLogic Service Bus (ALSB) 2.6 -- and a new bundle combining WLI and ALSB. Over time, BEA may add other tools to the portfolio as it builds more interoperability between its products.
The new bundle, released Monday, is called AquaLogic Integrator, and initially will bring together the current versions of WLI and ALSB, 8.1.6 and 2.5, respectively. The new releases of the WLI and ALSB tools will be rolled into the bundle when they become available later this year, according to Kelly Emo, director of integration product marketing at BEA.
