(July 26, 2002) - SYS-CON Events, Inc. announced today that the Web Services Edge 2002 West International Web Services Conference & Expo conference brochure is now available at the company's Web site. The print version of the 24-page brochure will accompany August issues of all SYS-CON print publications. More than 400,000 copies of the Web Services Edge 2002 West conference brochure will be printed and mailed to all readers of SYS-CON i-technology publications including: Java Developer's Journal, Web Services Journal, XML-Journal, BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal, WebSphere Developer's Journal, ColdFusion Developer's Journal, PowerBuilder Developer's Journal, and Wireless Business & Technology. The conference brochure will also be included in the preview issue of SYS-CON's newest print magazine, .NET Developer's Journal. The preview issue of .NET Developer's Journal will have a print run of 140,000 copies, and will be distributed through newsstands and specialty bookstores such as Borders and Barnes & Noble.
With the upcoming fourth international show, Web Services Edge 2002 International Web Services Conference & Expo has established itself as the world's largest independent Web services event. To accommodate the tremendous growth in participation, this year's East Coast event moved to New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, more than doubling last year's Expo hall space from 14,000 square feet to over 36,000 square feet. The Web Services Edge East Expo, which took place June 24-27 in New York City, drew a total attendance of more than 8,000 delegates. Over 4,200 delegates registered to various Conference education tracks, including the most popular one-day Web Services tutorial session (www.sys-con.com/education).
"The popularity of Web Services Edge has far exceeded the participation in all other Web Services related events put together," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Media and SYS-CON Events, Inc. "SYS-CON is committed to bring a world class conference program and education opportunity to the i-technology professionals attending our October 1-3 event in San Jose, California."
"We are very excited to bring our leading Web Services event to San Jose, California," said Grisha Davida, vice president of business development of SYS-CON Media. "Web Services Edge 2002 West will offer the best education opportunity to conference participants and an excellent opportunity to meet the world's leading Web Services vendors and see their latest technologies."
"Web Services Edge 2002 West not only offers one of the best education opportunities available today, but also is one of the most affordable education options extended to developers," said Cathy Walters, vice president of SYS-CON Events. "A one-day tutorial priced as low as $245 and three-day full conference packages offered as low as $395 make the conference affordable for all i-technology professionals who are serious about furthering their careers and extending their cutting-edge skill sets."
A Notable Web Services Keynote Lineup: Morris (IONA), Newcomer (IONA), Friedman (The META Group), Magee (Oracle), Schwartz (Sun), van de Loo (SAP), and Maas (IBM)
SYS-CON Events announced today the keynote lineup of the Web Services Edge 2002 West International Web Services Conference & Expo. Web Services Edge 2002 West will present an all-star lineup of distinguished faculty members, and will be one of the most significant i-technology conferences of recent years.
Keynote Presentation by: Barry Morris, CEO, IONA Session Title: Web Services Integration Technology for the 21st Century Date and Time: Wednesday, October 2 - 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Speaker Bio: Barry Morris was named CEO of IONA in May 2000. Mr. Morris is the visionary behind IONA's End 2 Anywhere Web Services Integration Strategy. He has guided the creation and evolution of the Orbix E2A e-Business Platform and successfully integrated the strategic acquisitions of Netfish Technologies, Object Oriented Concepts, Inc., and Suplicity.
Since joining IONA in 1994, Mr. Morris has served as vice president of product management and subsequently as chief operating officer. During this tenure, he successfully established the company's US headquarters in Waltham, MA.
Prior to joining IONA, Mr. Morris worked at Digital Equipment Corporation, Lotus Development Corporation, Protek Electronics Ltd., and Leading Technology Inc. Mr. Morris, 38, was raised in South Africa and educated in Britain. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration (DBA) conferred by the International Management Centres Association (IMCA) in August of 2001. He received his bachelor of arts in engineering science from New College, Oxford University and lives with his family in Boston, MA.
Session Description: As software and technology has evolved, organizations have continued to build out their application infrastructure, adding new functionality first and worrying how to make it work with the rest of their applications second. Consequently, the economic model for business collaboration and application integration is broken - costing organizations in excess of $150 billion annually. Web Services will change this model and approach forever, and promise to save the Global 2000 alone close to $10 billion annually in business collaboration and application integration costs.
Join IONA CEO Barry Morris for a historical perspective on application integration, the emergence of standards, and how the convergence of these is leading to Web services as the integration technology of choice for the 21st Century.
Keynote Presentation by: Eric Newcomer, Chief Technology Officer, IONA Panel Title: Web Services: Are They the Silver Bullet to Business Integration? Date and Time: Thursday, October 3 - 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Speaker Bio: In the role of chief technology officer at IONA, Eric is responsible for IONA's technology roadmap and the direction of IONA's Orbix E2A e-Business Platforms as relates to standards adoption, architecture, and product design. Eric joined IONA in November 1999, and most recently served as IONA's vice president of engineering, Web Services Integration Products. Eric is a member of the XML Protocols and Web Services Architecture working groups at the W3C and is IONA's Advisory Committee representative to UDDI.org.
Eric is the author of Understanding Web Services, published in May by Addison-Wesley; author of numerous white papers and articles; and coauthor and editor of the Structured Transaction Definition Language specification published by X/Open (now The Open Group) in 1994. He is a former member of the Transaction Internet Protocol working group at IETF; former chair of the OTS RTF at OMG; former chair of the submitter's team for the XML Valuetype specification at OMG; and has participated in several other standards activities throughout his career.
Eric is a frequent speaker at industry and company events, including the kick-off of IONA's current Webinar series on Web services. He is coauthor of Principles of Transaction Processing from Morgan Kaufmann and contributed a chapter to The Future of Software from MIT Press. His new book, Understanding Web Services, was published in 2002 as part of David Chappell's Independent Technology Guide Series from Addison-Wesley. Eric contributed to the XML Protocol Requirements document W3C used to produce the SOAP 1.2 specification. Eric is also a member of the UDDI Advisory Group and was responsible for IONA joining the submissions to W3C of SOAP, WSDL, XKMS, and SOAP with Attachments. At IONA, Eric is responsible for Web services strategy and implementation, among other things.
Keynote Presentation by: Joanne Friedman, VP of Electronic Business Strategies, The META Group Session Title: Web Services: Are They the Silver Bullet to Business Integration? Date and Time: Thursday, October 3 - 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Speaker Bio: Ms. Friedman is a leading expert in electronic commerce, focusing on enterprise-to-enterprise (E2E) integration strategies, XML standards, and emerging Net markets. An accomplished speaker and author, she is recognized in the high-tech manufacturing industry for her work on inter-enterprise integration, B2B XML standards development, and management of the "virtual enterprise." Ms. Friedman complements her expertise in e-commerce strategy, planning, and architecture with significant experience in IT architecture, operations, and development. Prior to joining META Group in May 2000, Ms. Friedman held management and senior staff positions in intranet development and e-business for Fortune 500 companies in the high-tech and pharmaceutical sectors. She is a cofounder of the Virtual Factory Information Interchange Project, and continues to actively participate in industry initiatives such as RosettaNet, the Open Applications Group (OAG), and the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI).
Keynote Presentation by: John Magee, Sr. Product Director, Oracle9i Marketing, Oracle Session Title: J2EE Development and Integration from a Web Services Perspective Date and Time: Wednesday, October 2 - 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Speaker Bio: John Magee is senior product director of Oracle9i marketing at Oracle. He has more than 14 years experience in the enterprise software industry and has held positions in product development, product management, and product marketing. In his current role, he manages technical product marketing for Oracle's application server and development tools products, and is responsible for evangelizing Oracle technology initiatives around J2EE, XML, and Web services.
Session Description: Web services are changing how developers think about integration. Rather than a separate undertaking, integration is fundamentally part of new development projects, particularly in J2EE projects where standards have been defined for Web services, asynchronous messaging, and connector architectures. Coming at Web services from an integration perspective, standards like ebXML and RosettaNet have adopted Web services protocols under the covers but have really focused on business process standards, the missing ingredient for truly collaborative Web services. This talk will cover the challenges and opportunities that will arise as the technologies and standards in these two previously distinct worlds of development and integration come together.
SYS-CON Events, Inc. is one of the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' upcoming developer conference calendar includes: 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.
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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