FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mercury, Compuware, Empirix Among Sponsors of Software
Test & Performance Conference

Huntington, N.Y., November 2, 2004 - BZ
Media LLC today announced that leading software-development tools vendors
are sponsoring the first annual Software Test & Performance Conference™,
scheduled for December 7-9, 2004, at the Hyatt Regency on the Inner
Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland.
Highlighting the conference's impressive list of
industry sponsors is Mercury Interactive Corp., the global leader in
business technology optimization. Mercury is the exclusive Platinum
Sponsor of the Software Test & Performance Conference.
Donna
Esposito, Director of Events of BZ Media, said, "We're delighted to
welcome Mercury to the list of sponsors for the Software Test &
Development Conference. Their support demonstrates the industry's broad
acceptance of this new conference, which focuses on the practical
implementation of software testing, quality assurance and performance
management best practices."
The conference expects to draw approximately 400
attendees in 2004, its first year.
As of early November, three leading companies were Gold
Sponsors of the Software Test & Performance Conference: Agitar Software
Inc., Empirix Inc. and LogiGear Corp. Compuware Corp.
and Intellisys Technology are Silver Sponsors of the event.
Esposito said, "We would like to thank the sponsors of
the Software Test & Performance Conference for their contributions to our
inaugural success. Software plays an increasing role in the value of
information technology to today's modern enterprises. Software testing and
quality assurance, as well as performance tuning and management, are keys
to successful deployments of enterprise software applications. This event
underscores the importance of best practices and solutions in this
industry."
Registration for the Software Test & Performance
Conference is open at
http://www.stpcon.com. The conference is offering special programs and
benefits for development teams sending five or more professionals to the
technical classes. Contact Donna Esposito, Director of Events, at
+1-415-785-3419 or
desposito@bzmedia.com for more details.