BEA Systems' service-oriented architecture (SOA) plan will kick into overdrive this summer when the company unveils new software next month in New York City.

The new product line will build on the announcements the company made last year, wrapping together its WebLogic Network Gatekeeper software for authenticating network identity; Liquid Data XML integration software and QuickSilver Web services and business process management software.

Unlike previous software deployed under the company's popular WebLogic brand, the new products will help developers create composite applications that will work on disparate platforms without writing code.

This reusable asset approach is the keystone of SOA. SOAs are primed to employ software that provides application-to-application exchanges, or Web services.