Montvale, NJ, February 26, 2003 - SYS-CON Events, Inc. announced today that its first annual international Linux event will take place October 19-22, 2003, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. Linux Edge 2003 - International Linux Conference & Expo will be developed by an international conference advisory board including members from SYS-CON's Linux Business & Technology magazine.
"Linux Edge 2003 - International Linux Conference & Expo will establish itself as the world's leading Linux event," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "Last month we announced the launch of our print magazine, Linux Business & Technology, which will serve the worldwide Linux community as the leading print information resource. Both our conference and the magazine will complement SYS-CON's Linux Business Week (www.LinuxBusinessWeek.com) portal, which has been considered the number-one source of breaking Linux news and analyses for the past three years."
"SYS-CON is committed to serve in all the markets, always as the unmatched leader among i-technology information and knowledge providers," said Grisha Davida, president of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "Linux Edge 2003 - International Linux Conference & Expo will serve the Linux community as the world's leading event, and we are very excited as we get ready for our first annual Linux conference & expo."
"The maturing Linux community is no longer the sole domain of geeks. As Linux started to become an agenda item in the boardrooms, the need for a magazine like Linux Business & Technology (www.sys-con.com/linux) became more apparent," said Megan Mussa, advertising sales director at SYS-CON Media. "We are offering leading Linux vendors comprehensive charter advertising programs that will incorporate Linux Edge conference sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, print advertising, e-newsletter sponsorships, exclusive list rental opportunities, and more."
Web Services Edge 2003 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo, March 18-20, Boston
"We are anticipating at least 20 new companies joining the conference, in addition to those included in the final conference program our delegates started to receive this week," said Michael Lynch, conference manager at SYS-CON Events, Inc. "This year's event has drawn the highest level of participation by leaders in the industry, who will join us as conference faculty, partners, and exhibitors. In Boston, we will offer the best education opportunity of the year covering the most essential i-technology topics designed by the conference advisory committee and taught by the world's most renowned experts and speakers in their fields."
Web Services Edge 2003 East in Boston has attracted twice as many exhibitors and sponsors as any similar event of this year. As of today, the conference will present ground breaking technologies from the following industry-leading participants: Actional, Altio, Altova, asp.netPRO , ASPstreet.com , Attachmate, BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal , CF Advisor, ColdFusion Developer's Journal, Computer Associates, Compuware, Data Power, Digital Evolution, EAI Industry Consortium, Ektron, Fair, Isaac and Company, Forum Systems, iTCO, Itellix Software, GAO Web Services Inc., Hewlett Packard, HSPstreet.com, Internet Wire, IONA, Java Developer's Journal, IDG JavaWorld, Linux Business & Technology, McCabe & Associates, Melissa Data, Merant, Microsoft, .NET Developer's Journal, OASIS, Parasoft, PerfectXML, Rational Software, Sams Publishing, SD Times, SlickEdit, SoftArtisans, Software AG, SpiritSoft, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, TeamStudio, Vultus, Web Services Journal, WebSphere Developer's Journal, Wireless Business & Technology, XML-Journal, and Xtremesoft.
Conference Technical Program
This year's conference program was assembled by an advisory committee led by Alan Williamson (www.sys-con.com/alan.htm), editor-in-chief of Java Developer's Journal and conference tech-chair for JDJEdge 2003 - International Java Developer Conference & Expo, Derek Ferguson (www.sys-con.com/derek.htm), editor-in-chief of .NET Developer's Journal and the tech-chair for .NET Edge 2003 - International .NET Developer Conference & Expo, Hitesh Seth (www.sys-con.com/hitesh.htm), editor-in-chief of XML-Journal and the tech-chair for XML Edge 2003 - International XML Developer Conference & Expo, and Jeremy Geelan (www.sys-con.com/jeremy.htm), editorial director of Web Services Journal and the tech-chair for Web Services Edge 2003 - International Web Services Conference & Expo.
Compuware (Gold Sponsor): Compuware provides business value through software and professional services that optimize productivity and reduce cost across the applications life cycle. Pattern-based, model-driven development with Compuware's OptimalJ provides one of the best means to tackle challenges development organizations are facing today.
Microsoft (Gold Sponsor): Introducing Visual Studio .NET; visionary yet practical, the single comprehensive development tool for creating the next generation of applications has arrived. Developers can use Visual Studio .NET to: build the next-generation Internet, create powerful applications fast and effectively, and span any platform or device. Visual Studio .NET is the only development environment built from the ground up for XML Web services. By allowing applications to share data over the Internet, XML Web services enable developers to assemble applications from new and existing code, regardless of platform, programming language, or object model.
Oracle (Gold Sponsor): Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company, providing enterprise software to the world's largest and most successful businesses. With annual revenues of more than $9.4 billion, the company offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education, and support services. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Oracle is the first software company to develop and deploy 100 percent Internet-enabled enterprise software across its entire product line: database, server, enterprise business applications, and application development and decision support tools.
Hewlett Packard (Silver Sponsor): HP is a leading provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and business. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing. HP's $4 billion (U.S.) annual R&D investment fuels the invention of products, solutions, and new technologies, so that HP can better serve customers and enter new markets. HP invents, engineers, and delivers technology solutions that drive business value, create social value, and improve the lives of their customers.
Sun Microsystems (Featured Sponsor): Sun Microsytems was founded with one driving vision. A vision of computers that talk to each other no matter who built them. A vision in which technology works for you, not the other way around. While others protected proprietary, stand-alone architectures, Sun focused on taking companies into the network age, providing systems and software with the scalability and reliability needed to drive the electronic marketplace. Sun presents its fifth Sun University Program at Web Services Edge 2003 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo in Boston.
Digital Evolution (Corporate Sponsor): DE solutions and thought leadership deliver the value of Web services to business users today. DE unleashes the value of underlying IT assets, giving enterprises the freedom to innovate and evolve business processes within a standards-based, vendor neutral, loosely coupled framework. Some of the largest corporations in the world rely on DE's Web services solutions.
IONA (Corporate Sponsor): IONA is the leading e-business platform provider for Web services integration. IONA Orbix E2A enables the flow of information across disparate systems and the liberation of application assets for new business opportunities.
Rational Software (Corporate Sponsor): Rational Software provides a software development platform that improves the speed, quality, and predictability of software projects. This integrated, full life-cycle solution combines software engineering best practices, market-leading tools, and professional services. Ninety-six of the Fortune 100 rely on Rational tools and services to build better software, faster.
Sams Publishing (Corporate Sponsor): Sams Publishing has more than 500 titles in print, and is one of the most successful computer book publishers in the world. From introductory tutorials to comprehensive reference books, Sams Publishing focuses on teaching tomorrow's programmers, developers, and system administrators the skills they need to build and manage emerging technologies.
Sybase (Corporate Sponsor): Sybase has always delivered solutions that help customers to share data. Sybase is platform independent, and integrates everything: platforms, application servers, components, databases, portals, processes, message brokers, and mobile/wireless. Sybase's technologies have the insight that will promote ease of use, leverage best practices, ensure positive ROI, and help your organization build a successful, pragmatic strategy, based on next-generation technologies.
Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over half a million i-technology professionals through its specialty journals, magazines, books, conferences, and the SYS-CON interactive portal with its 87 Web sites at www.sys-con.com.
About SYS-CON Events, Inc.
SYS-CON Events, Inc. is the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' 2003 conference and expo calendar includes: JDJEdge 2003 East - International Java Developer Conference & Expo, colocated with Web Services Edge 2003 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo, XMLEdge 2003 East - International XML Conference & Expo, and .NET Edge 2003 East - International .NET Developer Conference & Expo which will take place March 18-20, 2003 at Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. Other events include June 3-5, in London, England; June 24-26, in Berlin, Germany; September in Hong Kong; and October in California.-->
All company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies in the United States and other countries. SYS-CON is independent of Sun, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, BEA, Dell, and all other companies mentioned in this press release. XMLEdge International XML Conference & Expo is not related to XMLEdge by MobileQ, a platform for a complete wireless Internet infrastructure.
Contact: Michael Lynch (conference) Company: SYS-CON Media Voice: 201 802-3055 E-mail: mike@sys-con.com
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