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title: "Bill Roth’s blog"
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description: "Bill Roth writes for Technology Voices as Vice President of BEA Workshop Business Unit."
published: 2026-04-30
updated: 2026-04-30
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# Bill Roth’s blog

Published 2026-04-30

Vice President of BEA Workshop Business Unit, BEA Systems

Bill Roth is vice president of the BEA Workshop Business Unit at BEA Systems. He is responsible for delivering the BEA Workshop For Java product line to market. An 18-year industry veteran, Roth most recently worked at CRM software provider, Epiphany, as chief technology evangelist. Prior to Epiphany, Roth held several key marketing positions at Sun Microsystems where he was responsible for product marketing and product management for J2EE and for SunONE developer marketing. Roth was also instrumental in the launch and community building for OpenOffice.org.

## Entries in the archive

### What should database schools teach?

Software Development

I recently have a talk at the University of Wisconsin Computer Science Department. It was part of a panel at theUniversity of Wisconsin Computer Science Department Database Group 30 year anniversary celebration.

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/11/22/)

### Oracle OpenWorld: Sound and fury, signifying almost nothing

Software Development

A self-rated scorecard of my predictions from Oracle OpenWorld.

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/10/27/)

### Live from Prague: BEA World Day 1

role: architect / Software Development

A review the the Day 1 happenings at BEA World Prague 2006.

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/10/10/)

### Ubuntu and BEA Workshop Studio

product: weblogic workshop / Software Development

I work in Building 2 on the 4th floor of BEA's Corporate offices. I had moved into a new office, when I noticed a box of CDs on the filing cabinet near my office. They were CDs of Ubuntu, a...

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/07/27/)

### BEA Workshop 3.2 is now available *Now With Eclipse 3.2 and WTP 1.5*

product: weblogic workshop / Software Development

BEA is the first enterprise vendor to deliver a commercial product on the Callisto release, which includes the Core Eclipse platform, version 3.2 and the Web Tools Project(WTP) version 1.5.

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/07/18/)

### JavaOne Day 2: Oracle Keynote: Imitation and Flattery

Software Development

Its Day 2 of JavaOne and I am covering the Oracle Keynote to see how they spin their Fusion vision today. Preparations for our Keynote are going well and we're getting good visibility . The keynote st

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/05/17/)

### Where's Janet?

Software Development

What are the odds that no one would be named Janet?

[Read this day in the archive](https://technologyvoices.com/archive/2006/05/12/)

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