SugarCRM Named One of the Four Sponsors of Enterprise Open Source Conference, Clint Oram to Deliver a General Session Presentation in New York

SYS-CON Events (www.events.sys-con.com)announced today that the commercial open source company SugarCRM will beone of the four platinum sponsors of the Enterprise Open Source Conferenceto take place June 5-6, 2006, in New York City.

SugarCRM co-founder Clint Oram will also deliver a session at theconference entitled "The Secret Ingredient to a Successful Open SourceProject."

"When re-thinking the manufacturing process of enterprise software, mostcompanies nowadays determine to leverage open source to boost popularityand attention onto their product lines," said Clint Oram. "But convertingprojects into products is not easy, and some secret ingredients that aren'tcovered in the code sharing are vital for generating future success. Thesekey ingredients are how the project is built, the architecture of theenterprise software to be modular and open, a clear vision and definitionof what the project and product will deliver, a clear separation betweenthe open source aspects and the commercial aspects, and, most important,trust from the community that the project at every stage in life isextremely beneficial to their daily needs and will continue to be so withthe future direction."

Clint Oram, one of the three co-founders of the company, is general managerof SugarCRM and in charge of Sugar Online. Oram led the product design aswell as the customer services team through the first year of business. Heis now responsible for managing SugarCRM's community and SugarForge.org,the premiere destination for community collaboration on Sugar Suiteextensions, modules, language packs and themes. SugarForge.org empowers thecommunity to leverage the combined ideas of developers around the world byoffering the toolset and location to manage and distribute newcommunity-developed Sugar Suite extensions to the benefit of all SugarCRMusers. In addition, SugarForge.org offers a range of support for those whoneed assistance with Sugar Suite development or implementation.

The Most Distinguished Conference Faculty of the Year

This year's conference will feature more than 100 distinguished facultymembers who are the world's top celebrity experts in their fields,presenting more than 96 sessions and power panels in three distinct themes:SOA Web Services, Enterprise Open Source, and Real-World AJAX. Theconference offers seven simultaneous tracks in two information-packed days.

The conference faculty includes Andy Astor, co-founder and CEO ofEnterpriseDB; Jeff Barr, SOA program manager of Amazon.com; BrianBehlendorf, founder of Collabnet; Steve Benfield, CTO of Agentis Software;Dave Chappell, SOA expert and chief technology evangelist of SonicSoftware; Si Chen, founder of Open Source Strategies; Christophe Coenraets,Ajax-Flex Integration guru of Adobe; Shaun Connolly, product managementvice president of JBoss; Dr. Mark M. Davydov, internationally known expertof SOA and Web Services; Christian Donner, senior technical architect ofMolecular; Jean-Jacques Dubray, NetWeaver architect of SAP; Yakov Fain,editor of Java Developer's Journal and the co-author of the upcoming bookRich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java: Secrets of theMasters; John Fallows, author and Ajax evangelist of Oracle; Dan Foody, CTOof Actional; Zak Greant, leading Free Software and Open Source evangelist;Kevin Hakman, co-founder of Tibco's General Interface; Dion Hinchcliffe,editor of Web 2.0 Journal and the upcoming book Real-World Ajax: Secrets ofthe Masters; Simon Horwith, editor of ColdFusion Developer's Journal; JonasJacobi, author and Java evangelist of Oracle; Ajit Jaokar, leading Web 2.0evangelist; Werner Keil, software architect specializing in Java andMicrosoft technologies; Mike Kochanik, vice president of CollabNet; EugeneKuznetsov, leading SOA and XML pioneer; Jason Levitt, technical evangelistof Yahoo Developer Network; Joe Lichtenberg, vice president of Bowstreet;Morgan Lim, co-founder of open source company RaptorHead; David S.Linthicum, awell-known author and SOA expert; Paul Lipton, well-known SOA evangelistand senior architect at CA; James McGovern, an industry thought leader inSOA; Aaron Mulder, CTO of Chariot Solutions; Eric Newcomer, CTO of IonaTechnologies; Duane Nickull, chair of OASIS SOA RM Technical Committee; JimPhalen, Flash and rich client expert and vice president of Stream57; EricPulier, CEO of Digital Evolution; Victor Rasputnis, well-known speaker andexpert on SOA technologies; Anil Saldhana, chair of Apache Scout Projectand top trainer at JBoss; James Schweitzer, open source specialist of IBM;Alan Shimel, a member of Open Source Snort Rules Consortium Board ofDirectors; Bruce Snyder, a founding member of Apache Geronimo and SOAexpert; Anatole Tartakovsky, CTO of Computer Technology, Inc. and Ajax/Flexexpert; Eero Teerikorpi, CEO of Emic Networks; Jason Van Zyl, chair ofApache Maven PMC; Shaun Walker, founder and president of Perpetual MotionInteractive Systems and ASP.NET expert; Tony Wasserman, executive directorof the Center for Open Source Investigation and professor at CarnegieMellon West; Coach Wei, founder and CTO of Nexaweb; Michael Wheaton, SOAexpert of Sun Microsystems; Chip Wilson, CTO of Geniant; Peter Yared,founder and CEO of Active Grid; Michael Juntao Yuan, SOA and Java expert ofJBoss, Inc.

The conference on-site delegate registrations are limited to 500 attendees,and is expected to sell out. In addition to the live audience, more than20,000 simulcast viewers are expected to tune into keynotes and generalsessions live on SYS-CON.TV.

Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities

SOA Web Services Conference, co-located with the Enterprise Open SourceConference, will be sponsored by a total of eight leading SOA andEnterprise Open Source technology vendors. The conference will offerexhibit opportunities to other vendors in addition to main event sponsors.Additional information on sponsorship and exhibit opportunities can beobtained by email at events(at)sys-con.com or by phone at 201 802-3021.

About SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media, listed in Inc 500 three years in a row as thefastest-growing, privately held publishing company in America, is theworld's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets.

SYS-CON'swell-known and respected magazine titles include: Java Developer's Journal(www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), .NET Developer's Journal(www.DotNETDevelopersJournal.com), Enterprise Open Source Magazine(www.opensource.sys-con.com), LinuxWorld Magazine (www.linuxworld.com), SOAWeb Services Journal (www.WSJ2.com), Wireless Business & Technology(www.WBT2.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), WLDJ-WebLogicDeveloper's Journal (www.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com), SymbianDeveloper's Journal (www.symbian.sys-con.com), WebSphere Journal(www.WebSphereJournal.com), Adobe Developer's Journal (www.mx.sys-con.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com),PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com), ITSolutions Guide (www.itsolutions.sys-con.com), ISSJ-Information Storage &Security Journal (www.issjournal.com), Eclipse Developer's Journal(www.eclipsedevelopersjournal.com), AJAXWorld Magazine (www.ajax.sys-con.com), Web Hosting Journal (www.webhosting.sys-con.com), and Web 2.0Journal (http://web2.sys-con.com).

Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over two million i-technologyprofessionals through its specialty journals, magazines, conferences,education programs (www.education.sys-con.com), SYS-CON.TV (www.SYS-CON.TV), the world's first branded blog community (www.blog-n-play.com),live and on-demand Webcasts (www.webcast.sys-con.com), and the SYS-CONinteractive portal with more than 100 websites at www.sys-con.com.

About SYS-CON Events, Inc.

SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.events.sys-con.com) is the world's leadingproducer of i-technology conferences, seminars and expos, including SOA WebServices Edge-International Web Services Conference, Enterprise Open SourceConference, "Real-World AJAX" Seminar Series (www.ajaxseminar.com), andiTVcon-Internet TV Conference & Expo 2006 (www.itvcon.com) and AjaxWorldConference & Expo (www.ajaxworldconference.com).

Contact:Jeremy Geelan (conference program)SYS-CON Events, Inc.Email Contact201 802-3051

Carmen Gonzalez (sponsorship and exhibit opportunities)SYS-CON Events, Inc.Email Contact201 802-3021

SOURCE:  SYS-CON Events

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