Support for BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1

August 3, 2003

BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 Can Provide Customers with a Powerful Platform for Business Integration

August 4, 2003Montreal, QC - August 4, 2003 - Silanis Technology, the leading provider of solutions for automating the business approval process, today announced a new version of their award-winning ApproveIt Web Server software. ApproveIt Web Server Version 2.0 adds support for the BEA WebLogic Platform™ to provide a powerful platform for business integration. Today’s announcement supports the recent availability of BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1™, an integrated platform that provides superior business integration through the convergence of application development and integration, from BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS), the world’s leading application infrastructure software company.

Silanis’ ApproveIt Web Server uniquely combines both process security and digital signing capabilities with an interface that is designed to make document review and electronic signing and approval simple and fast in either an online or in a point-of-sale environment. The product is used by a variety of organizations for automating approvals in banking, lending, brokerage, government and FDA regulated applications.  Together, Silanis and BEA can provide customers with a scalable, reliable solution that leverages Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and extensible mark-up language (XML) technology that can enable organizations to move mission critical business processes to the web resulting in enhanced revenue opportunities, operational efficiencies and a fast return-on-investment.

“Many of our customers demand support of the BEA WebLogic Platform because of its proven reputation as an enterprise solution that brings the critical requirements of an application infrastructure into a platform that facilitates business process integration,” said Dr. Robert Al-Jaar, Chief Technical Officer of Silanis.

“With the introduction of BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1, our customers can benefit from a single development and integration platform, said Scott Edgington, VP and General Manager, Global Software Partners, BEA Systems. “Products like Silanis’ ApproveIt Web Server can help further enhance the value of our solution by fully leveraging the features of the platform. Automation of approval processes involving varying enterprise applications, portals, and business processes can be greatly simplified by BEA’s vision of a converged, services-oriented architecture.”

About Silanis

Silanis Technology is the leading provider of solutions that automate the Business Approval Process. The company’s award winning desktop and server-based solutions leverage electronic signature and approval technology to achieve total automation. With over 1,000 customers across government, mortgage, auto finance, insurance, banking and FDA regulated industries, Silanis has over a decade of experience in developing and delivering solutions that work the way organizations do. Silanis' flagship customers include the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Army Medical Command, GMAC CM, and Stewart Title.

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