BEA Systems Pty. Ltd., one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, today announced Foundation Technology Services as the Premier Australian member of its worldwide Solution Partner Program.

Foundation is a global systems integrator working across 18 countries to provide e-business solutions to companies such as Citibank, Energex, Optus and Suncorp Metway. With offices in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, the company will develop six BEA specific teams across a broad range of areas including Enterprise, eBusiness, Testing, Proofs of Concept, Training and Support. BEA and Foundation sales and marketing teams will work closely to meet the aggressive agreement objectives.

Foundation is also developing an Educational Services practice with BEA. This will provide customers access to high quality, customised education services around the BEA product suite.

In return, BEA Systems will provide technical and development support, delivery mentoring and new product training.

According to Chris Pearce, BEA Systems Managing Director Australia and New Zealand, BEA relies on its partners to deliver highly efficient solutions to the marketplace.

"Foundation has proved itself to be a leading provider of ground-up e-business solutions and we look forward to working alongside them on innovative Internet projects. The partnership will allow both companies to capitalise on the huge opportunities available in the Australian e-business market."

Debashis Pal, Vice President, Asia-Pacific Foundation Technology Services believes that the partnership leverages the expertise and productivity of Foundation's services, its track record of large enterprise projects, proven methodology and global reach and will dramatically increase the return on investment for BEA customers.

"The partnership allows Foundation to invest even more heavily in developing competence in BEA technology and will project us into a position of leadership in the Web Integration space. It is the winning combination of market leading technology and superior delivery," he continued.

Foundation Technology Services ("Foundation") is a Global Business Systems Integrator. Since being founded in 1991, the firm has implemented over 80 mission-critical business applications for customers spanning across 18 different countries.

Specializing in systems integration of ERP, CRM and e-Business solutions, Foundation's unique expertise in Enterprise Application Integration and Web Integration positions it as the trusted, cost-effective alternative to implementing e-business solutions. Its track record of multi-country implementations & proven Implementation Methodology and Toolset specifically tailored for regional implementations are well suited to today's global, agile, fast-paced businesses.

In Asia, Foundation's clients include AMP, Allianz (MMI), Citibank, Optus, Intel, Siemens, Mitsubishi, Dupont, Energex, Suncorp-Metway, Foxtel, Central Queensland University, Powercorp and several major banks. Additional information about Foundation is available on the web at www.foundation-global.com

BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) is one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies, with over 8,000 customers around the world, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. BEA and its WebLogic brand are among the most trusted names in e-business. Businesses built on the award-winning BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform(tm) are reliable, highly scalable, and poised to bring new services to market quickly.

BEA's e-business platform is the de facto standard for over 1,200 systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and application service providers (ASPs) to provide complete solutions that fast-track and future-proof e-businesses for high growth and profitability. Headquartered in San Jose, California, BEA has 90 offices in 30 countries.

In Australia and New Zealand, BEA provides a proven foundation to a large number of leading organisations within Financial Services, Telecommunications, Government Agencies and many other types of organisations. These include MMI, Mincom, Television New Zealand and Work and Income New Zealand. Additional information about BEA is available on the Web at www.bea.com