Industry Giants Come Together With Hot Emerging Companies at SD 2001

Long-Time Heavyweights Microsoft, IBM and Sun Microsystems Mix With Top Emerging Companies Ariba, BEA Systems and Bowstreet to Create Unique Venue to Buy, Learn and Network

PRNewswire
SAN JOSE, Calif.
Feb 22, 2001

CMP Media today announced the most compelling exhibitor base in Software Development Expo's 14-year history. Some of the best and brightest emerging companies in the industry will come together with established leaders to create an unprecedented opportunity for individuals and companies to learn, buy and network with the most influential organizations in the industry.

SD 2001, which takes place April 8-12 at the San Jose Convention Center, will include many of the largest and most influential companies in the industry, including Microsoft, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Rational Software and Compaq, along with hot up-and-comers like Ariba, BEA Systems, Inc., Bowstreet and ILOG, Inc.

"It is rewarding to come in contact with a spectrum of corporate developers, government influencers and entrepreneurial leaders who are all seeking to explore, expand and excel their business applications with our products and services," said Nancy Berlin, Software Group Event Manager, IBM.

SD 2001 is respected throughout the industry for producing unbiased, unaffiliated events where top CEOs, analysts, practitioners and media share thought-provoking opinions, news, products and business opportunities related to the ever-evolving software development sector. A sampling of SD 2001's unique components include:

  -- Web Services World -- This conference, running concurrently with SD
     2001, is dedicated to the strategies and technologies that are the
     foundation of Web services, including SOAP, XML, WSDL, RDF and more.
  -- Power Panel:  Collaborating on Standards, Competing on Implementations
     -- This Web Services World forum consists of representatives from
     leading Web services companies who will share their views about how the
     Internet has changed the way they fundamentally go about the business
     of competing and computing.
  -- Birds-of-a-Feather:  Language or Litigation? -- Speaking at this
     informal SD 2001 gathering will be Stanley Lippman, IT Program Chair
     with you-niversity.com.  This forum will allow attendees to
     discuss, with peers, whether Microsoft's C# is a legitimate language, a
     feeble Java killer or simply another proprietary language of no real
     importance.
  -- Diverse Keynoters -- Attendees have the opportunity to hear from top
     software development professionals including Jon "maddog" Hall,
     Simon Phipps, Larry Constantine, Rod Smith, Grady Booch, Bjarne
     Stroustrup, Lawrence Lessig and Andy Roberts.  These speakers will be
     leading discussions on topics such as Linux, C++, Web development and
     more.

For a complete listing of exhibitors, speakers, events and all conference and expo offerings, visit http://www.sdexpo.com/.

About CMP Media

CMP Media Inc. (http://www.cmpnet.com/) is a leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, custom publishing, testing and consulting.

CONTACT: Ken Peters or Melanie Wilcox of PAN Communications, Inc., 978-474-1900, or sdexpo@pancomm.com, for CMP Media Inc.; or Colleen Kelly of CMP Media Inc., 415-947-6163, or cmkelly@cmp.com.

SOURCE: CMP Media Inc.

Contact: Ken Peters or Melanie Wilcox of PAN Communications, Inc.,
978-474-1900, or sdexpo@pancomm.com, for CMP Media Inc.; or Colleen Kelly of
CMP Media Inc., 415-947-6163, or cmkelly@cmp.com

Website: http://www.sdexpo.com/

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