- Fri Jul 23 2004 BEA's Bosworth decamps to Google
The chief architect's departure comes at a tricky time for BEA, which recently posted worse-than-expected first-quarter revenue.
- Tue Oct 2 2001 Software maker BEA appoints new CEO
Alfred Chuang, current president and chief operating officer, takes over for Bill Coleman, who's moving into the role of chief strategy officer.
- Mon Apr 12 2004 BEA, Veritas to tune tools in utility alliance
The alliance calls for the two companies' engineering groups to help products such as BEA's WebLogic and Veritas' OpForce work better together in corporate data centers.
- Wed Sep 28 2005 BEA acquires M7
Middleware company BEA Systems buys applications tools developer M7 in an effort to expand its open-source tools chest.
- Fri Apr 14 2006 BEA pitches to the business crowd
Facing larger competitors and open-source alternatives, BEA is pitching new software to assemble, rather than code, business applications.
- Wed Jun 8 2005 BEA dives into application assembly
Looking to boost sales and reach beyond its Java roots, the company plans to launch the AquaLogic product line.
- Tue Aug 24 2004 Executive flight continues at BEA
The exit of Chief Marketing Officer Tod Nielsen is the sixth confirmed executive departure from the company in the past two months.
- Wed May 19 2004 BEA hopes to start open-source buzz with Beehive
The Java software maker plans to release portions of its WebLogic Workshop development tool to an open-source project, with the hope of making its technology more broadly available.
- Tue May 25 2004 BEA outlines Liquid Computing plan
Speaking at its customer conference, BEA Systems' CEO lays out plans for products such as messaging-based integration software and administration tools.
- Mon Feb 22 1999 BEA marries application server, middleware
The unified product will give the San Jose, California-based company the ability to compete with IBM, executives hope.

