San Jose, CA, September 30, 2002 - SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.sys-con.com) announced today that the Web Services Edge 2002 West - International Web Services Conference & Expo which will take place October 1-3 at the San Jose Convention Center, in San Jose, California, will be held next year in Europe and Asia, as well. Details on next year's East Coast event will also be announced during the conference. The leading international event serving the Web Services, Java, XML and .NET developer communities, Web Services Edge 2002 West is expected to attract more than 1,500 developers in Silicon Valley. Web Services Edge 2002 East, which took place at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City attracted more than 4,500 developers to the conference program, and more than 8,000 attendees visited the expo floor.
"In two short years, the popularity of Web Services Edge has far exceeded all other Web Services industry events," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Media and SYS-CON Events, Inc. "SYS-CON is committed to bringing 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 Web Services Edge 2002 West to San Jose, California," said Grisha Davida, vice president of business development, SYS-CON Media. "As always we have exciting news for the i-technology community and we look forward to sharing these announcements with them, in San Jose."
"Web Services Edge 2002 West not only offers one of the best educational opportunities available today, but is also one of the most affordable options extended to developers," said Cathy Walters, vice president of SYS-CON Events. "A one-day tutorial priced at $395, three-day full conference packages offered at $595, and the gold-pass registration at $995 make the conference affordable for all i-technology professionals who are serious about furthering their careers and extending their cutting-edge skill sets."
Open Forum on Silicon Valley Jobs and Technology Careers at "Web Services Edge 2002 West"
ObjectFocus, in conjunction with SYS-CON Media and SYS-CON Events, will host an open forum at the Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 2 and Thursday, Oct. 3, focusing on Silicon Valley jobs, careers, directions, and current trends for software technologists. The panel of distinguished experts and authorities includes software industry analysts, R&D and engineering executives, VC investors, representatives from academia/universities, HR executives, and software search firms/technical recruiters. The panel will be hosted by Bill Baloglu and Billy Palmieri of Object Focus. They are also the popular "Java Jobs" columnists of Java Developer's Journal. Panelists will include Paty Bustos, president of Resultants, Inc., Milo Nadir, Mitesh Pancholy, Silicon Valley Java User Group, David Nielsen, Web Services SIG/User Group, Dr. Cay Horstmann, professor of computer science at SJSU, Dr. Johnny Martin, SJSU, and Baris Karadogan from US Venture Partners.
Sun's Java University Program
Sun Microsystems Educational Services will repeat and expand upon its Java educational offering at Web Services Edge 2002 West with three Java 2 Platform Certification Fast Path Classes and two Java University(sm) Program Classes to help developers sharpen their professionals skills with code-level training designed to prepare attendees for certification. www.sys-con.com/WebServicesEdge2002West/sched2.cfm
Free One-Day Web Services Tutorials by SYS-CON Education
The conference will present two Web Services one-day tutorials.
The first tutorial, entitled, "Architecting a J2EE Web Services Infrastructure," will be presented by distinguished Oracle faculty. With Web services adoption well underway, developers and architects are facing the next set of questions surrounding the delivery of real-world Web services built on evolving technologies and standards. The discussion points can seem extensive but they are surprisingly manageable once understood: interoperability, quality of service, back-end integration, development process, service delivery, and more. This one-day tutorial will help attendees understand the breadth to which Web services has permeated the typical IT infrastructure, and help provide a framework for better understanding what should be considered when building a J2EE Web services infrastructure.
The second tutorial, entitled, "Detecting and Preventing Errors in Web Services," will be presented by distinguished Parasoft faculty. This one-day tutorial demonstrates practices that improve Web service reliability and interoperability. The session discusses error prevention and detection, focusing on error quality control from the earliest phases of the development process. The session pinpoints areas that are common stumbling blocks, including the layers in which errors can surface, errors stemming from services being reused in unknown environments, security problems, and interoperability issues. You will be provided with an in-depth look at practices that help you engineer quality from the ground up. Specific techniques discussed include Design by Contract, defensive coding, coding standard enforcement, unit testing, module testing, functional testing, client testing, server testing, load testing, and interoperability testing. Each time a practice is introduced, the speaker will demonstrate how it can be applied to a sample Java-based Web service.
The Largest Web Services Expo Floor in the World
Web Services Edge 2002 sponsors and exhibitors include the following companies: .NET Developer's Journal (West), /n software (East), AccelTree (West), Actional - Silver Sponsor (West), ADOS - Gold Sponsor (West), Altaworks - Corporate Sponsor (East), Altio (West), Altova - Corporate Sponsor (West), AltoWeb (West), Antenna House (West), Apress (West), ASPstreet.com (West), ATG (East), Attachmate (East), BEA Systems - Gold Sponsor (West), BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal (West), Blaze Advisor from HNC (East), blue titan Software (West), BMC Software (East), Borland - Corporate Sponsor (East), Bowstreet (East), Cacheon (East), Cape Clear (East), CF Advisor (West), Chutney Technologies (West), ColdFusion Developer's Journal West), Computer Technology, Inc. (West), Compuware (West), Connotate (East), Corda Technologies (East), Corel Corporation (West), Covasoft (East), Data Junction (West), Dirig (West), EAI Industry Consortium (West), Entegrity Solutions (East), EvolveWare (East), eXcelon (West), FatWire (East), Federal Computer Week (East), Forum Systems (West), Fresher Matisse (East), FullTilt Solutions (East), GA eXpress (West), GreenPoint (East), HiT Software (East), HNC Software (West), HP - Corporate Sponsor (East), HSPstreet.com (East), Identify Software (East), Improv Technologies (East), Indus Consultancy (East), InetSoft (East), Infravio (West), Internet Wire - Media Sponsor (West), IONA - Platinum Sponsor (West), Iopsis Software (West), iSavvix (West), Java Developer's Journal (West), Java Skyline (West), JCert (West), Jinfonet (East), Kenamea (East), KeyLabs (East), LearningPatterns (East), LogicLibrary (East), Macromedia (East), McCabe & Associates (West), Melissa Data (West), MERANT - Corporate Sponsor (East), Mercury Interactive (East), Metaserver (East), Micro Focus (West), Miracle Software Systems (East), Mongoose PortalStudio (East), Next Information Systems (East), Novell - Silver Sponsor (West), Oak Grove Systems (West), OASIS (West), Object Focus (West), ObjectBuilders (East), ObjectVenture (East), OpenDemand (East), Optimyz, Inc. (West), Oracle - Gold Sponsor (West), Our World Live (West), Parasoft (East), Plumtree (West), PointBase - Corporate Sponsor (East), PolarLake - Corporate Sponsor (East), Rational Software (West), Report Mill Corporation (West), RSA Security (West), SAMS Publishing (West), SD Times (East), SEAGULL (East), SearchWebServices.com (West), Serena (East), SilverStream - Silver Sponsor (East), Sitraka (East), Sonic Software (East), SpiritSoft (West), StoneWater Systems (East), Sybase - Silver Sponsor (East), SYS-CON Radio (West), Talking Blocks (East), TeamShare (East), The Mind Electric (East), The Richard Hale Shaw Group (East), TogetherSoft - Gold Sponsor (East), Trellix Corporation (East), Trivera Technologies (East), Vignette - Gold Sponsor (West), Vincera Software (East), Vordel (East), Vultus (West), Wakesoft (West), Web Services Journal (West), Web Services Mall (West), webMethods (East), WebPutty (East), WebServices.org (West), WebSphere Developer's Journal (West), WEST Global (East), Wireless Business & Technology (West), Wrox Press (West), XML Global Technologies (East), XML Times (West), XML.ORG (West), XMLCities (West), XMLinsider.net (West), XML-Journal (West).
Web Services Edge West expo floor will remain open Wednesday October 2nd, 2002 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Thursday October 3rd, 2002 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
SYS-CON Introduces the Long Anticipated ".NET Developer's Journal" This Week in San Jose
Another feature of this week's conference in San Jose will be SYS-CON Media's unveiling of a 30-page sneak preview issue of its latest i-technology publication, .NET Developer's Journal.
"This new magazine, with its developer focus, is yet another tangible indication of the systematic momentum among developers that the .NET Framework is gathering," said John Montgomery, group product manager of Microsoft's .NET Framework.
".NET Developer's Journal will be focusing on all aspects of the .NET infrastructure, enabling technologies, business process management, and collaborative business," said Jeremy Geelan, editorial director of SYS-CON Media. "Our goal is to provide accurate, insightful information to the information technologist working with .NET, from developer to CIO- and to be the number one source for .NET information."
"Initial market projection for .NET developers by February 2003 is 2.5 million," said Derek Ferguson, world-renowned author, speaker, technology evangelist, and the editor-in-chief of .NET Developer's Journal, "With the i-technology industry again on the cusp of a major shift in the way it operates, it has come as little surprise to developers that Microsoft Corporation is once again in the vanguard of change, with its comprehensive .NET initiative."
The preview issue of .NET Developer's Journal will be available on the newsstands worldwide on October 15, bundled with SYS-CON's Web Services Journal and XML Journal.
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 international i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' annual developer conference calendar includes: Web Services Edge 2002 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo, colocated with JDJEdge 2002 East - International Java Developer Conference & Expo and XMLEdge 2002 East - International XML Conference & Expo, which took 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, and XMLEdge 2002 West - International XML Conference & Expo, to take place October 1-3 at San Jose Convention Center in California.
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