In a move to bolster its service-oriented architecture tool set, BEA Systems has acquired Flashline.
The San Jose, Calif., company acquired Cleveland-based Flashline for its metadata repository and will incorporate that repository into the BEA AquaLogic family. The Flashline repository will become BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Repository and will be a complementary product to BEA's AquaLogic Service Registry offering, which is the company's UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) registry.