Press Release

May 1, 2002

BEA Systems and Research In Motion Mobilize Web Services

BEA and RIM Form Strategic Relationship to Provide Framework for Bringing Web Services to BlackBerry Users

San Jose, CA and Waterloo, ON - BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS), the world's leading application infrastructure software company, and Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM, TSE: RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today announced their strategic relationship to deliver a framework that eases the development and delivery of mobile enterprise Web Services applications for the thousands of organizations using BlackBerry™.

BEA and RIM plan to jointly deliver a simple and flexible framework for developing and deploying mobile Web Services on the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform™. The goal is to bring BEA's groundbreaking integrated development framework, BEA WebLogic Workshop™, and the unique characteristics of BlackBerry together in a single solution to support an always-on, push-based architecture with end-to-end security and back-end integration to corporate systems. The framework is intended to extend the power of Web Services application development to provide independent software vendors (ISVs) and in-house corporate developers with a powerful solution for mobilizing enterprise Web Services.

"We are collaborating with BEA to develop and deliver a framework that leverages the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform technology and the BlackBerry architecture to simplify and speed the development of enterprise Web Services," said David Yach, vice president, software, Research In Motion. "The creation of this framework is intended to enable ISVs and enterprise customers to easily develop mobile applications and allow carriers to offer new services for BlackBerry users."

The purpose is to combine BEA WebLogic Workshop and BlackBerry to enable enterprise and application developers to work on the same code base and collaborate on the same development projects - standardizing on a single, unified architecture. BEA and RIM plan to help enable IT organizations to dramatically increase operational efficiency and boost developer productivity across their entire organization.

"BEA is the first vendor to bring the power of J2EE and Web Services to developers at virtually all levels with the ease-of-use and support for open standards that BEA WebLogic Workshop delivers," said Adam Bosworth, vice president of engineering, BEA Systems. "With this relationship, our goal is to enable enterprises to integrate all their applications on top of a unified, simplified, extensible - and mobile - application infrastructure platform."

Web Services enable distributed computing on the Internet by providing a standard for applications written in different languages and platforms to interact. A wireless application using Web Services can, for example, aggregate information from different sources to provide a mobile sales force with complete customer-related data such as credit ratings, current order status and driving directions to client locations.

Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this press release are forward-looking, including the statements regarding the completion, implementation, benefits and details of the relationship between BEA and Research In Motion (RIM); the development efforts, product delivery and other goals related to this relationship; and the features, benefits and completion of the announced framework. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially include risks associated with: any unforeseen technical difficulties related to the ongoing development and optimization of the announced framework and BEA's and RIM's solutions; the timing of additional investments of resources by both BEA and RIM for supporting the framework initiative and related joint development initiatives; changes in the marketplace for enterprise-wide software solutions, including the introduction or increased sales of products competitive with BEA's or RIM's products; and any software errors related to BEA's or RIM's products. Readers should also refer to the risk disclosures set forth in BEA's 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2002, as filed with the SEC; RIM's Form 6-K and other reports as filed with the SEC; and subsequent reports filed thereafter by BEA and RIM from time-to-time with the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are made as of the date hereof, and neither BEA nor RIM assumes any obligation to update such statements nor the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in such statements.

About BEA

BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS) is the world's leading application infrastructure software company, with nearly 12,500 customers around the world, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. BEA and its WebLogic® brand are among the most trusted names in business. Businesses built on the award-winning BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform are reliable, highly scalable, and poised to bring new services to market quickly. BEA's platform is the de facto standard for more than 2,100 systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and application service providers (ASPs) to provide complete solutions that fast-track and future-proof businesses for high growth and profitability. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., BEA has 93 offices in 34 countries and is on the Web at www.bea.com.

About Research In Motion

Research In Motion Limited is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the mobile communications market. Through development and integration of hardware, software and services, RIM provides solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers around the world to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products includes the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, the BlackBerry™ wireless solution, embedded radio-modems and software development tools. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in Canada, the United States and Europe. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.rim.net or www.blackberry.net.

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