FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"Spotlight on Eclipse 2007"
Highlights Growing Ecosystems for Tools, Plug-Ins
Special March 1 supplement to SD Times to be distributed to
more than 60,000 senior IT professionals in more than 120 countries.

Huntington, N.Y., and Ottawa, Ont., January 4, 2007 — BZ
Media LLC and The Eclipse Foundation today announced “Spotlight on
Eclipse™ 2007,” a special supplement to BZ Media’s SD Times, the
newspaper of record for the software development industry. “Spotlight on
Eclipse 2007” highlights the growing momentum surrounding Eclipse, the
open-source tools platform.
“Spotlight on Eclipse 2007,” as a printed and digital
publication, will be distributed to more than 60,000 senior IT
professionals, including software development managers, software architects
and projects managers in more than 120 countries. It will be bundled and
mailed with the March 1, 2007, print and digital editions of SD Times. It
can also be downloaded from
www.sdtimes.com, and through a link from
www.eclipse.org, the
Web site of the Eclipse Foundation.
The “Spotlight on Eclipse 2007” supplement will open with
introductions from Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse
Foundation, and from Alan Zeichick, Editorial Director of BZ Media LLC. It
will also include a feature article describing the results of BZ Research’s
latest studies into Eclipse adoption within the enterprise.
Alan Zeichick, Editorial Director of BZ Media LLC, said,
“According to BZ Research, two thirds of all enterprise developers are now
using Eclipse. However, many of those development teams are just scratching
the surface of what the Eclipse Platform offers. ‘Spotlight on Eclipse 2007’
identifies many of the leading tools, plug-ins and solutions that leverage
Eclipse, and which add new features to the core platform. As with our
previous ‘Spotlight on Eclipse’ supplements, we know that development teams
will benefit from learning about the newest solutions.”
Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse
Foundation, said, “The Eclipse Foundation is delighted to be working with BZ
Media on this special supplement to SD Times. BZ Media has been a staunch
supporter of Eclipse, through SD Times, its EclipseSource newsletter, and
the Eclipse World Conference & Exhibition.”
In addition to the Eclipse Foundation, 33 independent
companies participated in SD Times’ first two “Spotlight on Eclipse”
supplements, published in 2004 and 2005, including IBM, Sybase, Intel,
Hewlett-Packard, Altova, SAP, Parasoft, Mentor Graphics and Wind River.
"Spotlight on Eclipse 2007” will also be distributed at
EclipseCon, March 5-8, 2007, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Eclipse Review, a quarterly magazine published in 2006 by
BZ Media, will be folded into “Spotlight on Eclipse 2007.” The deadline for
participating in “Spotlight on Eclipse 2007” is January 18; for details, see
www.bzmedia.com/spotlight2007
BZ Media, an Associate Member of the Eclipse Foundation,
publishes SD Times and
Software Test & Performance
magazine, and produces the
Eclipse World
Conference & Exhibition, Nov. 6-8, 2007 in Reston, Va.