Montvale, NJ, April 19, 2002 - SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.sys-con.com) announced today participation statistics as of 90 days prior to its Web Services Edge 2002 East event colocated with JDJEdge 2002 East and XMLEdge 2002 East, to take place June 24-27, at Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Web Services Edge 2002 - International Web Services Conference & Expo is the World's largest Web Services event. To accommodate the tremendous growth in participation, this year's event moves to New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center, more than doubling the expo hall space from 14,000 square feet to 36,000 square feet.
The Most Notable Web Services Keynote Lineup of the Year
Notable keynote speakers include: Patricia B. Seybold, chief executive officer of the Patricia Seybold Group; Barry Morris, chief executive officer of IONA; Don Ferguson, chief architect and father of WebSphere, IBM; Phillip Merrick, chief executive officer, webMethods; David Litwack, chief executive officer, SilverStream; Greg O'Connor, chief executive officer, Sonic Software; Rick Ross, founder and president, JavaLobby; Jean-Francois Abramatic, senior VP of, ILOG and former chairman of the W3C; Ed Lycklama, chief technology officer, Sitraka; Steve Benfield, chief technology officer, SilverStream; Dave Chappell, chief technology evangelist, Sonic Software; Kevin Gibbs, chief executive officer, SpiritSoft; and Patrick Gannon, president and chief executive officer, OASIS.
This year's conference will feature five interactive Keynote Panels including "The Great Debate : J2EE vs .NET," "Supercharging Java with Web Services," "Integrating Applications with Web Services," and "Immediate ROI with Web Services." Keynote panelists include notable names such as John R. "Beau" Vrolyk, chief executive officer, TogetherSoft; Ted Shelton, chief strategy officer, Borland; Mike Kovach, FullTilt; Thomas Gwydir, chief technology officer, Merrill Lynch, Joe McGonnell, lead product manager, Hewlett-Packard; Susan Aldrich, the Patricia Seybold Group; and Kevin Lynch, Chief Software Architect, Macromedia, Inc.
A Distinguished Faculty of i-technology Industry Celebrities
Ajit Sagar, founding editor, XML-Journal; Alan Coleman, chief technical director, Kenamea; Alan Williamson, editor-in-chief, Java Developer's Journal; Ale Gicqueau, chief technology officer, Hit Software; Andy Astor, international advisory board, Web Services Journal; Andy Roberts, vice president of product design, Bowstreet; Anne Thomas Manes, chief technology officer, Systinet; Axel Kratel, senior product manager, Borland; Barry Morris, founder and CEO, IONA; Bill Dettelback, senior systems architect, eXcelon; Brian Reed, vice president of business development, DataDirect Technologies; Bruce Scott, cofounder of Oracle, founder and CEO, PointBase; Chuck Henderson, director product development, Serena Software; Dave Chappell, world-renowned author and speaker and chief technology evangelist, Sonic Software; Dave Levett, founder and CTO, Altio; David Litwack, cofounder and CEO, SilverStream Software; David Meyer, president of integration products, plumtree Software; Derek Ferguson, world-renowned author and speaker, Expand Beyond Corp; Didier Cabannes, chief technology officer, Fresher Information Corp; Donald F. Ferguson, Father of WebSphere and IBM fellow, IBM; Arne Koschel, product director, IONA; Jean-François Abramatic, former chairman of W3C consortium, ILOG; JP Morgenthal, coeditor-in-chief, XML-Journal; Ed Lycklama, chief technology officer, Sitraka; Ed Marshall, senior managing consultant, EDS; Gary Maier, managing director, IONA; Graham Glass, cofounder and CEO, The Mind Electric; Granville Miller, chief research scientist, TogetherSoft; Greg O'Connor, cofounder and CEO, Sonic Software; Hugh Grant, cofounder, Cape Clear Software; James Phillips, chief strategy officer, Actional Corporation; James Strachan, creator of SpiritCache, SpiritSoft; Jeremy Geelan, editorial director, SYS-CON Media; Jim Ducharme, director of development, Netegrity; Jim Green, chief technology officer, webMethods; Joel Plaut, chief technology officer, AIG; John Schlesinger, chief thought leader, SysCore Solutions; Jon Bosak, chairperson of W3C XML coordination group, Sun Microsystems; Kevin Gibbs, founder and CEO, SpiritSoft; Kwon Hoi-Joon, chief technology officer, ADOS; Mark O'Neill, chief technology officer, Vordel; Martyn Mallick, chief technology evangelist, iAnywhere Solutions; Nigel Thomas, director of marketing, SpiritSoft; Norbert Mikula, XML tech-chair, Web Services Journal; Patricia B. Seybold, founder and CEO, Patricia Seybold Group; Patrick Gannon, president and CEO, OASIS; Paul Lipton, director of object technology, Computer Associates; John R. "Beau" Vrolyk, CEO, TogetherSoft; Peter Hoversten, chief technology officer, Sybase; Phillip Merrick, chairman and CEO WebMethods; Raghavan N. Srinivas, lead Java evangelist, Sun Microsystems; Ralf A. Dossmann, director of product management, Borland; Richard Hale Shaw, founder, Richard Hale Shaw Group; Richard Hightower, chief technology officer, Trivera Technologies; Rick Ross, founder and CEO, JavaLobby; Ronan Bradley, vice president of business development, PolarLake; Ross Altman, vice president, eWebIT Solutions; Sean Rhody, conference tech-chair and editor-in-chief, Web Services Journal; Simon Phipps, technology evangelist, Sun Microsystems; Steve Benfield, chief technology officer, SilverStream Software; Ted Shelton, senior vice president of business development and chief strategy officer, Borland; Terry Hanold, executive vice president of market development, WebPutty; Vince Bonfanti, president and cofounder, New Atlanta Communications; Walter Hurst, chief technology officer, Wakesoft; Joe McGonnell, lead product manager, Hewlett-Packard; Susan Aldrich, the Patricia Seybold Group; and Kevin Lynch, Chief Software Architect, Macromedia, Inc.
This Year's Special Focus: Financial Industries
Hear Chris Berry, senior principal engineer, E*Trade Financial, and James Strachen, senior scientist, SpiritSoft, discuss "Building Scalable Web Applications & Web Services Using the Jcache JMS and XML"; Richard Napoli from State Street Bank present "Hooking It All Together - Application Integration Case Study"; and John Schlesinger, SysCore Solutions on "Application Integration - Building a Flexible Web Services Architecture." The complete schedule can be obtained from the conference Web site (www.SYS-CON.com).
Java Education: Sun's Java University Certification Track
Sun Educational Services complements this year's program with three Fast Path Certification sessions on Monday, June 24, followed by the Java University Program on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (June 25-27).
These two programs offer intense, full-day training courses which offer code-level training in sessions designed by industry luminaries, recognized experts, and best-selling authors. Sessions cover Web services, XML, and certification preparation. Whether you're a beginning or a veteran developer, you'll benefit from these value-packed full-day courses. Detailed information is also available at www.sun.com/javauniversity.
Sponsors, Exhibitors and Participating Companies: Who is Who of Serious Web Services Players
This year's more than 200 sponsors, exhibitors and participating companies include: Actional (Silver Sponsor), ADOS (Gold Sponsor), Altaworks (Corporate Sponsor), Altio, Altova (Corporate Sponsor), ASPstreet.com, ATG, Attachmate Corporation, BEA Systems (Gold Sponsor), BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal, Borland (Corporate Sponsor), Bowstreet, Cape Clear, CF Advisor, ColdFusion Developer's Journal, CA, Compuware, eXcelon, Federal Computer Week, Fresher Matisse, FullTilt Solutions, HiT Software, HNC software, HP, HSPstreet.com, Internet Wire, IONA (Platinum Sponsor), Java Developer's Journal, Java Skyline, JCert, Kenamea, LearningPatterns, LogicLibrary, MERANT (Corporate Sponsor), Macromedia, Metaserver, OASIS, Plumtree, PointBase (Corporate Sponsor), PolarLake (Corporate Sponsor), Rational Software, Report Mill Software, Sams Publishing , SD Times , Serena , SilverStream (Silver Sponsor), Sitraka, Sonic Software, SpiritSoft, Sybase (Corporate Sponsor), Sun Microsystems, SYS-CON Radio, SYS-CON TV, Talking Blocks, TogetherSoft (Gold Sponsor), Trivera Technologies, Vordel, WakeSoft, Web Services Journal, Web Services Mall, webMethods, WebPutty, WebServices.org, WebSphere Developer's Journal, West Global, Wireless Business & Technology, Wrox Press, XML Global Technologies, XML Times, XML.ORG, and XML-Journal.
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' upcoming developer conference calendar includes: Web Services Edge 2002 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo, co-located with JDJEdge 2002 East - International Java Developer Conference & Expo and XMLEdge 2002 East - International XML Conference & Expo, to take place June 24-27 at Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City; and Web Services Edge 2002 West - International Web Services Conference & Expo, colocated with JDJEdge 2002 West - International Java Developer Conference & Expo, XMLEdge 2002 West - International XML Conference & Expo, and Wireless Edge 2002 - International Wireless Business & Technology Conference & Expo, to take place October 1-3 at San Jose Convention Center in California.
SYS-CON's i-technology education world tour includes 12 cities around the world. "Developing SOAP Web Services" tutorials, exclusively sponsored by Systinet, is being presented today, April 19 in New York City and May 13 in San Francisco.
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.
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