[news.eclipse.commercial] Compuware, Sybase, IBM Top List of Sponsors of

[Alan Zeichick <alan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Huntington, N.Y., August 16, 2006 - BZ Media LLC today 
announced that Compuware, Sybase and IBM are the top 
sponsors of EclipseWorld 2006, the independent 
conference for enterprise IT professionals who use 
Eclipse-based tools and technologies. EclipseWorld 
2006 will be held September 6-8 at the Hyatt Regency 
Cambridge in Boston, Mass.

EclipseWorld (http://www.eclipseworld.net) is owned 
and produced by BZ Media, publisher of SD Times, the 
newspaper of record for the software development 
industry. BZ Media also publishes Eclipse Review, the 
leading print magazine for Eclipse users and 
developers. 

Alan Zeichick, conference chairman of EclipseWorld and 
editorial director of Eclipse Review, said, "During 
the past four years, Eclipse has evolved into one of 
today's leading tools platforms, largely due to the 
breadth of support by many key technology providers 
and software companies. The cooperation between these 
major software companies is unprecedented, and has 
directly led to the success of the vibrant Eclipse 
community.”

Zeichick continued, "Compuware's decision to become 
the exclusive Diamond Sponsor of EclipseWorld 2006 
demonstrates the company's commitment to supporting 
the growing Eclipse ecosystem. We're delighted to 
welcome Compuware,  as well as the conference's other 
sponsors and supporters, to EclipseWorld 2006."

The top sponsors of EclipseWorld 2006 are Compuware, 
as the exclusive Diamond Sponsor, and Sybase and IBM, 
as the Platinum Sponsors. Acutate, Catalyst Systems 
and Parasoft are Gold sponsors.

EclipseWorld 2006 also has an impressive number of 
media sponsors. BZ Media's SD Times, Eclipse Review 
and Software Test & Performance publications, as well 
as its biweekly EclipseSource e-newsletter, are media 
sponsors. So too are Java Developer’s Journal, 
WebSphere Journal, JavaPro Magzine ACM Queue, IEEE 
Software, Extension Media, Enterprise Open Source 
Journal and the Methods & Tools e-newsletter.

Also supporting EclipseWorld 2006 are a number of 
supporting exhibitors, including AccuRev, Codign 
Software, eCube Systems, Genuitec, Innoopract and 
Instantiations.

EclipseWorld 2006 will feature more than 60 classes 
and tutorials for enterprise IT professionals using 
Eclipse tools and technologies. The conference 
consists of one full day of tutorials followed by two 
days of in-depth technical classes.

A limited number of sponsorship and exhibition 
opportunities are still available at EclipseWorld 
2006. Contact Donna Esposito, Director of Events, at 
+1-415-785-3419 or desposito@xxxxxxxxxxx for more 
details.

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Press Contact:

Donna Esposito,
+1-415-785-3419
desposito@xxxxxxxxxxx

BZ Media LLC® is a New York-based media company 
combining the best of print and Internet publishing 
with industry-leading technical conferences and 
expositions.

EclipseWorld™ 2006, Sept. 6-8, 2006, overlooking 
Boston at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, is the leading independent conference for enterprise IT professionals using Eclipse-based tools and technologies.