This time I read and found out that the AquaLogic set of products were actually the PlumTree products which was bought by BEA Systems, Inc on 2005. BEA Systems made a major rebranding of the products as AquaLogic, with AquaLogic User Interface (ALUI) actually a complete, more mature, service oriented based, portal solution. AquaLogic was positioned as SOA based portal solution because it is not just involving Java technology instead it could be integrated with other platforms such as .NET technology.
The WebLogic Portal (WLP) gives illusion that this is the best portal product of BEA Systems' line of products, but I seemed the AquaLogic is somehow a better product than WLP. I haven't dug it well enough into the ALUI, but my experience with WLP has shown that it has a steeper learning curve. WLP technology is not just simply easy to use out-of-the-box.
Oracle Corp now keep adding more and more middleware products from the companies it buys. Some of them intersected each other. Some other obviously overlapped. When there are 2 products of the same kind within the same company, one must die. While ALUI and WLP still co-exist, the acquisition by Oracle, if it really happens would have created a company with overcrowded portofolio of enterprise portals. Then, 3 out of the 4 must die slowly?!?
Let's watch for the Survival of The Fittest game once again...
Hi, at Componence we have been specializing our products and services on WLP and have had close contacts with the Weblogic Portal product development team in Bolder, USA.
ReplyDeleteThe Weblogic portal can best be defined as a 'develop & deploy' product. It's technical features are very developer friendly. The Aqualogic product is more a 'install & configure' product. Besides this I think a ALUI basic platform will cost you about 30-40% more than a basic WLP platform.