FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Technical Program, Keynote Announced for Software Test & Performance Conference

Huntington, N.Y., September 13, 2004 - BZ Media LLC today announced the class and tutorial lineup for the first annual Software Test & Performance Conference™, scheduled for December 7-9, 2004, at the Hyatt Regency on the Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland.

The Software Test & Performance Conference will feature more than 50 classes and tutorials on the practical implementation of software testing, quality assurance and performance management best practices. The event expects to draw approximately 400 attendees in 2004, its first year.

Alan Zeichick, editorial director of Software Test & Performance Magazine and conference chairman for this event, said, "The Software Test & Performance Conference will help working test/QA and development professionals and managers improve their code, test processes and run-time performance."

Zeichick continued, "The demands being placed upon software have never been greater. Thanks to the Internet and increasingly complex environments, companies have to adopt a zero-tolerance approach toward bugs and security flaws. Businesses can't tolerate transaction systems that aren't reliable, and nobody can afford application failures due to poor design, poor coding or the inability for systems to handle the load."

The event's keynote address will be given by noted researcher Cem Kamer, whose talk will cover the ongoing revolution in software testing.

Dr. Kamer is a professor of software engineering at Florida Institute of Technology and director of Florida Tech's Center for Software Testing Education & Research, and is author of “Lessons Learned in Software Testing,” “Testing Computer Software” Second Edition, and “Bad Software: What To Do When Software Fails.”

The first day of the Software Test & Performance Conference will consist of full-day tutorials on test methodologies, test automation, and designing tests for better software performance.

The second and third days of the technical program encompass in-depth classes on critical topics such as risk mitigation, Aspect Oriented Programming, Model Based Testing, software configuration management, optimum use of metrics, managing quality of outsourced development, verifying software robustness, Web load testing, software security management, managing software requirements, improving bug/defect workflow, and software design for performance.

Registration for the Software Test & Performance Conference is now open at http://www.stpcon.com, with discounts offered for early registrations by October 12, 2004.

The conference is also offering special programs and benefits for development teams sending five or more professionals to the technical classes.