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EclipseWorld 2005 Exceeds Expectations

Debut event enjoys tremendous success; next year’s conference scheduled for September 2006, overlooking Boston at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge

Huntington, N.Y., September 6, 2005 - BZ Media LLC today announced that the debut EclipseWorld conference, held August 29-31 in New York City, exceeded attendance expectations. BZ Media has scheduled EclipseWorld 2006 for early September in the Boston area.

EclipseWorld (www.eclipseworld.net) is the first independent conference for enterprise IT professionals who use Eclipse-based tools and technologies, and is owned and produced by BZ Media, publisher of SD Times, the newspaper of record for the software development industry.

Ted Bahr, president of BZ Media, said, "We are delighted that IT professionals have accepted EclipseWorld as a part of the Eclipse ecosystem, and invite them to join us next year in Boston."

EclipseWorld 2005 consisted of more than 560 registered enterprise developers, architects and software development managers. Six classrooms were filled to capacity with more than 50 tutorials and technical classes.

Top vendors in the Eclipse ecosystem demonstrated their support for EclipseWorld as well. The top sponsors of EclipseWorld 2005 were Oracle, as the exclusive Diamond Sponsor, and Sybase, as the Platinum Sponsor. Gold Sponsors included Actuate, Exadel, IBM, ILOG, Serena and Telelogic.

"Eclipse World was a great success," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. "The strong technical content and networking opportunities were an excellent source of information and education for developers using Eclipse. We look forward to next year in Boston."

The EclipseWorld 2006 conference will be held September 6-8 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, close to historic Kendall Square, Harvard University, Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and near to downtown Boston.