Designed in 1995 as a supplier of specialist software, BEA Systems, Inc has become twice the product of the supplier of transaction processing application server. By July 2002, he was the fastest in the history of the company to reach $ 1 billion in revenue. Formidable competitors such as IBM and Microsoft, however, made the market BEA, a key strategic priority. At the same time, the power and potential of the sector of corporate computing, it seemed, BEA provide a new opportunity: to become a partner of the enterprise platform. Its main task was to restore his organization more time to meet opportunities. "Hide
by Donald N. Sull, Janet Dale, Ramiro Montealegre Source: Harvard Business School 33 pages. Publication Date: May 20, 2003. Prod. #: 803118-PDF-ENG