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BEA Embraces Java Virtualization with WebLogic Server

Company Works to Make Java Work Better with Virtualization
By Virtualization News
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May 3, 2007 06:00 PM EDT
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BEA Systems will start shipping its WebLogic Server Virtual Edition software at the beginning of June. The company is said to be responding to perceptions that Java does not work well in the virtualized world. BEA and other major SOA vendors are increasingly emphasizing virtualization as SOAs increasingly break down existing applications on dedicated servers to a world of single services that can be deployed across the enterprise on multiple, virtualized servers.

The first version of WebLogic Server Virtual Edition will run as a virtual system on top of VMware's virtualisation platform. It offers a lightweight custom-built operating system tailored towards running a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), according to BEA.  A second release will be developed to increase the power gains to 50 percent, allowing for a doubling of the number of services that run on a single physical server.

WebLogic Liquid Operations Control will control the provisioning of new virtual systems inside VMware and install the Liquid Virtual Machine.

BEA plans to release a Xen preview version of the WebLogic Server Virtual Edition by the end of this year, and a preview for Microsoft's Viridian virtualisation is slated for release by early 2008.

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Virtualization News Desk 05/02/07 08:27:31 PM EDT

The first version of WebLogic Server Virtual Edition will run as a virtual system on top of VMware's virtualization platform, offering a lightweight custom-built operating system written with the goal of running a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).