BEA's "middleware" technology makes it easier for programmers to hook together software applications, databases, and Web servers. And it's under siege by IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft, all of which would like to own the lucrative middle ground of software.

But BEA has figured out a way to get out of that scrum: Its new AquaLogic software, which taps into some of the hottest trends in programming today.

On Wednesday, the company reported earnings of $35.3 million, 50% higher than Wall Street expectations, thanks in part to surging AquaLogic sales.

AquaLogic lets programmers write code that follows a programming strategy known as "service-oriented architecture," or SOA. The premise of SOA is that applications should connect with each other following simple standards, passing data back and forth in defined ways that any SOA application can tap into rather than through hard-coded connections, and to reuse code rather than forcing programmers to write largely similar applications over and over again

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Prashanth Rai