BEA Systems Inc, home of Tuxedo, the middleware Novell Inc maybe should have retained, is setting up a unit in Japan, BEA Systems Japan Ltd, in Yokohama under general manager Ryoichi Kasai in support of its local distribution channels, Fujitsu Ltd, Oki Electric Industry Co, NEC Corp and Unisys Corp. Tuxedo is always good for a rise out of NCR Corp on behalf of its rival, Top End. Last week it called BEA two cats and a dog and claimed BEA’s backer Warburg, Pincus can’t throw enough money in to the company to make it competitive with Top End in the long term. NCR claims Tuxedo has a greater number of installations than Top End but they are not as profitable.
