Foresightgr Regulatory News (FSG)

23 Nov 2005 11:29

Focus Solutions Group PLC23 November 2005 23rd November 2005 Focus Solutions Group plc ("Focus" or "the Group") New Global Reseller Agreement with BEA Systems, Inc. Focus (LSE: FSG), a leading provider of XML technology and BEA Systems, Inc.(Nasdaq: BEAS) a world leading application infrastructure software company, hassigned a global agreement which enables BEA to re-sell the Focus data captureXML products to their customers and prospective customers worldwide. Thisannouncement follows last month's patent award for goal:technology. Focus has extended its data capture products specifically to complement andintegrate with the BEA WebLogic product set, and the new version, known as goal:technology WebLogic Edition, will be exclusive to BEA and will form part of its WebLogic product portfolio as a fully supported product. The new agreement will offer BEA WebLogic developers the opportunity to usegoal:technology WebLogic Edition seamlessly within the BEA environment for therapid, simple creation and integration of XML user interfaces, without the needto hand code. BEA will be providing post sales customer support for the productfrom its support facilities across the world as well as marketing activities topromote joint solutions to the financial services, government andtelcommunications sectors. According to a technology audit by IT analysts, Butler Group*, 'The partnershipwith BEA will give goal:technology a significant market exposure and ButlerGroup expects to see a greater takeup of the product.' John Streets, Chief Executive, Focus Solutions Group plc adds: "The combination of BEA WebLogic products and goal:technology WebLogic Editionwill, I am sure, result in increased sales of both products, and mostimportantly, will enable BEA's global sales force to provide an innovativeoffering to their existing and prospective customers. The excellent technicalfit between the BEA WebLogic platform and goal:technology will assist in theglobalisation of our product. Focus has built up an impressive customer base ofblue-chip organisations within the UK financial services industry by leveragingthe power of goal:technology with industry focused propositions, and is nowmoving into government markets. By integrating goal:technology WebLogic Editioninto the BEA WebLogic environment, we can demonstrate a compelling technologyand business advantage to both new and existing BEA customers." * goal:technology WebLogic Edition, Butler Group, Nov 2004 -www.goal-technology.com Ends Enquiries: Focus Solutions Group plc01926 468300 John Streets - Chief ExecutiveMartin Clements - Finance Director Seymour Pierce Limited0207 107 8000 Mark Percy Notes to editors: About goal:technology WebLogic Edition goal:technology, a leading XML data capture technology, is created by FocusSolutions Group plc. goal:technology allows customers to rapidly develop anddeploy rich user interfaces, involving complex business rules, without the needfor programming. The new version developed for BEA will be known as goal:technology WebLogic edition. It builds on the functionality of the existingproduct, but takes advantage of the design, build and runtime features whichhave made BEA's WebLogic products world leading. The new product has beendesigned to integrate completely and seamlessly at every level into the BEAWebLogic environment. goal:technology is used in a wide range of industries tocreate new interfaces to existing applications or to provide the front-end userinterface to composite applications. Through its use of XML technologies, it hasbeen proven to significantly reduce time-to-market for application developmentand deployment across J2EE and Microsoft environments. Focus was recentlygranted a patent in respect of this world leading technology. For more information please visit www.goal-technology.com About Focus Solutions Group plc Focus is a leading provider of customer management solutions for the financialservices industry. Focus' MCA (Multi-Channel Advice) approach, powered by goal:technology, delivers the life, pensions, mortgage and general insurance marketswith a single solution to enable effective electronic trading across multipledistribution channels, online or offline, achieving straight through electronictrading at a much reduced cost to the financial services industry. Focus has a blue chip customer base of financial services organisationsincluding Abbey for Intermediaries, Assurant Solutions, Barclays Bank PLC,Capital Home Loans Ltd, Home of Choice, Mortgages plc, Norwich Union,Paymentshield, Prudential, Scottish Equitable, Scottish Widows, Skandia UKGroup, Standard Life and Zurich, as well as industry portals, includingAssureweb, The Exchange, IFAengine, Trigold and Webline. About BEA Systems Inc BEA Systems, Inc. is a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software,providing standards-based platforms to accelerate the secure flow of informationand services. BEA product lines -- WebLogic(R), Tuxedo(R), JRockit(R), and thenew AquaLogic(TM) family of Service Infrastructure -- help customers reduce ITcomplexity and successfully deploy Service-Oriented Architectures to improvebusiness agility and efficiency. For more information, please visit www.bea.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange