(Montvale, NJ, September 30, 2003) - SYS-CON Events, Inc. announced today that Web Services Edge 2003 West - International Web Services Conference & Expo opened at 11:00 a.m. this morning at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California, to a standing room only crowd. The day kicked off with an exhilarating opening Keynote delivered by Amazon.com's Allan Vermeulen, in which he compared the tipping point we have reached with Web services in the 21st century with the analogous moment in the story of electricity, that's to say the 1890s.
"It's exactly like the incredible wave of innovation that happened at the beginning of the 20th century around electrical appliances," Vermeulen observed. "The connectivity is in place, the basic standards are sufficiently agreed upon, and the building blocks of distributed software exist," he continued. "What's needed now above all, is a workable economic model so that companies like Amazon.com and Google, who now expose their platform through Web services - in Amazon's case to 30,000 developers - can figure out how best to encourage people to use the platform in new and innovative ways that ultimately monetize for them and for us alike."
Allan Vermeulen holds up copy of today's USA Today article - "Amazon Moves to Front Line of Shaping Web Services"
This week's Web Services Edge event, the sixth in a series, reminds the i-technology world that SYS-CON's one-stop, multi-technology conferences and expos continue to do what they have done so well for the past three years: offer a full-blown education program in the technical sessions, while using the Exhibit Hall to help software development vendors - giants and startups alike - to build awareness of their products and services within the developer community, as well as offer support to developers and managers.
The sponsors and exhibitors of the event will offer their innovative new technologies to conference delegates, corporate i-technology managers, industry decision makers, and software buyers.
The three-day event is sponsored by the world's leading i-technology companies, including Oracle, Novell, Microsoft, and Sun. SYS-CON will offer customized education tracks on Web Services, Java, .NET, and XML technologies, as well as vendor-specific learning opportunities for i-technology managers.
"Web Services Edge - International Web Services Conference & Expo has established itself as the leading i-technology event in the world since its launch in September 2001, in New York City," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "By popular demand, this year our West Coast Conference has returned to Santa Clara. This will be our sixth international event, and one of the most significant shows we have put together to date."
"This year's Conference & Expo is sponsored by the leading companies in the industry, as well as by top experts who are participating as the conference faculty, partners, and exhibitors," said Grisha Davida, president of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "In Santa Clara, we will offer the best education opportunity of the year, covering the most essential Web services 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 West Conference Keynotes and Highlighted Speakers:
Allan Vermeulen, (CTO, Amazon.com): Allan Vermeulen, CTO and vice president at Amazon.com, directly oversees the Platform Technologies group. This group is responsible for guiding Amazon.com's technology architecture, including building and acquiring foundational components. Prior to joining Amazon.com, Vermeulen was CTO and vice president of development at Rogue Wave Software. He holds a Ph.D. in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo.
John Magee, (VP, Oracle Application Server Marketing, Oracle): John Magee is vice president of Oracle Application Server Marketing at Oracle. During his 14-year career in the enterprise software industry he has held positions in product development, product management, and product marketing. Today Magee manages technical product marketing for Oracle's application server and development product tools.
David Litwack (SVP, Web Application Development Products, Novell): David A. Litwack is senior vice president of Web Application Development Products, responsible for the development and advancement of Novell's secure Web services strategy. Litwack assumed his current position in July 2002 following Novell's acquisition of SilverStream Software, a company for which he had served as president and CEO since 1997. He is also a member of Novell's Worldwide Management Committee.
Prior to joining SilverStream, Litwack served as executive vice president of Sybase, an enterprise software company, from February 1995 to May 1997 and as president of Powersoft, a client server development tools company, from June 1991 through its acquisition by Sybase in February 1995. Litwack is a respected leader in the application development space and has served on the boards of directors of numerous companies over the years.
John Schmidt (Leader, Systems Integration and Middleware, Best Buy): John Schmidt is the chairman of the Methodology Committee for the EAI Industry Consortium and leader of systems integration and middleware at Best Buy, a leading specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software, and appliances.
Jon Bosak (Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems): Jon Bosak organized and led the W3C working group that created the XML specification and then served for two years as chair of the W3C XML Coordination Group. At Sun, where he holds the title of distinguished engineer, Bosak sponsors projects intended to advance XML technology. He is currently chair of the Universal Business Language (UBL) Technical Committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).
Dave Chappell (VP, CTE, Sonic Software): Dave Chappell is vice president and chief technology evangelist for Sonic Software, the leading provider of integration products and services for the real-time enterprise. Chappell is coauthor of Java Web Services, Professional ebXML Foundations, and The Java Message Service, and a frequent contributor to Web Services Journal.
Anne Thomas Manes (Research Director, The Burton Group): Anne Thomas Manes is a research director at Burton Group, a research, consulting, and advisory firm. Manes leads research for the Application Platform Strategies service. Named one of NetworkWorld's "50 Most Powerful People in Networking," in 2002 and one of Enterprise Systems Journal's "Power 100 IT Leaders," in 2001, Manes is a renowned technologist in the Web services space. She participates in standards development at W3C and OASIS. She is a frequent speaker at trade shows and author of numerous articles and the book, Web Services: A Manager's Guide.
Scott Stark (CTO, JBoss Group): Based in Washington State, Scott Stark serves as JBoss Group's chief technology officer. Leading up to his CTO position, Stark was instrumental in transforming the early JBoss prototype into a product and led JBoss' security development. He was Marc Fleury's first partner in JBoss Group. Before joining JBoss, Scott Stark served as a managing director in Bear Stearn's IT department. Scott holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. In doing his graduate research work, Stark discovered that his true calling was Java programming.
Michael Champion (R&D Scientist, Software AG): Michael Champion is a research and development specialist at Software AG, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan and did graduate study specializing in data analysis and computer simulation of international conflict. He has been a software developer in the USA for 20 years, working primarily in the area of middleware for client-server document and image management systems. He has been active in the World Wide Consortium's Document Object Model (DOM) Working Group for more than three years and was an editor of the core XML portion of the DOM Level 1 Recommendation. He is now cochair of the Web Services Architecture Working Group. Champion joined Software AG in early 1999 and currently works in the Technology Enablement group, focusing on technical business development activities, writing articles on XML technology, and building example integrations between XML applications and Software AG's database and enterprise integration products.
Conference Advisory Committee
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 industry thought leaders including Robert Familiar of Microsoft; Michael Kuhbock, chairman of the EAI Industry Consortium; Dr. Karl Lieberherr of Northeastern University; Anne Thomas Manes, Research Director with the Burton Group; Thom Robbins of Microsoft New England; and Phil Steitz, vice president of the eCommerce Applications Development, American Express.
Web Services Edge 2003 West Exhibitors and Participating Companies
Web Services Edge 2003 West in Santa Clara has attracted the leading vendors in the i-technology space. The conference will present ground breaking technologies from the following leading industry participants: Actional, Aligo, American Express, asp.netPRO, ASPstreet.com, BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal, Best Buy, The Burton Group, CF Advisor, Cobia Communications, ColdFusion Developer's Journal, Computer Associates, DevelopMentor, EAI Industry Consortium, E.piphany, Eiffel Software & ETH Zurich, Empowered Software Solutions, Expand Beyond Corporation, Gabhart Consulting, HP, HSPstreet.com , ikigo, iManage, IBM Research, Informant Communications Group, Infragistics, Java Developer's Journal, JBoss Group, Layer 7 Technologies, LinuxWorld Magazine, MarketWire, McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Microsoft, .NET Developer's Journal, Novell, OASIS, Object Machines, Open Applications Group, Oracle, Parasoft, Quilogy, SAP Labs, SD Times, Software AG, Sonic Software, StrikeIron, Sun Microsystems, WS-I, WebMethods, Web Services Journal, WebSphere Developer's Journal, Wireless Business & Technology, and XML-Journal.
SYS-CON Events offers several levels of registration options at the conference Web site (www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge2003east/) for delegates registering for the conference.
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. (www.sys-con.com) is the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' upcoming 2003 conference and expo calendar includes: Web Services Edge 2003 West - International Web Services Conference & Expo, colocated with JDJEdge 2003 West - International Java Developer Conference & Expo, XML Edge 2003 West - International XML Conference & Expo, and .NET Edge 2003 West - International .NET Developer Conference & Expo, which will take place September 30 - October 2, 2003 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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