Montvale, NJ, January 30, 2002 - SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.sys-con.com), headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, presented the first of their new one-day tutorial series yesterday to a sold-out crowd in Boston. The series was organized in response to developers' eagerness to plan ahead for SYS-CON's Web Services Edge 2002 East/West - International Web Services Conference & Expos, which will take place June 24-27 in New York and October 1-3 in San Jose (www.sys-con.com/WebServicesEdge2002East).

The series of one-day Web Services tutorials aimed at the Java developer community, entitled "Developing SOAP Web Services," is exclusively sponsored by Systinet Corporation (http://www.sys-con.com/education). It is designed to equip professional developers with all the tools and information they need to immediately begin creating, deploying, and using their own Web services. Expert practitioners will take an applied approach, and cover base technologies such as SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, and XML, as well as more advanced topics such as security, J2EE integration, exposing legacy systems, and integrating Web services into an existing IT infrastructure. Attendees will receive free copies of all the software used during the tutorial to create example Web Services as well as discount certificates to register for this year's Web Services Edge 2002 East or West International Web Services Conference & Expos.

Web Services Edge 2002 World Tour tutorials, produced by SYS-CON Events, grew out of the great success of a recent one-day presentation by Systinet at Web Services Edge 2001 West, held in Santa Clara, CA.

"In a recently published poll, over 65% of i-Technology managers reported that they plan to use Web services in the next year, rising to over 85% over the next two years," said Anne Thomas Manes, Systinet CTO and the featured presenter of yesterday's tutorial. "There's enormous demand for practical how-to information and tools to help developers exploit the potential of Web services." The Web Services Edge 2002 World Tour offers the prime source of knowledge in this area.

"This program is an extension of our commitment to the i-Technology professionals who are the readers of our Web Services Journal, Java Developer's Journal, and XML-Journal and the attendees of our annual international conferences and expos," said Cathy Walters, vice president of SYS-CON Events, Inc. "This tutorial series provides essential face-to-face educational venues for i-Technology professionals in and around the cities we have selected for the tour, and will help jump-start an immediate skill set for those planning to attend our 2002 International Web Services Edge East and West conferences later in the year."

"Developing SOAP Web Services…"
Web Services Edge 2002 World Tour Locations and Dates:
Boston, MA, January 29, 2002, Boston Marriott Newton, Newton, MA - SOLD-OUT! -
Washington, DC, February 26, 2002, Tysons Corner Marriott, Vienna, VA
New York, April 19, 2002, Doubletree Guest Suites, New York, NY
San Francisco, May 13, 2002, San Francisco Marriott, CA

SYS-CON's Second Annual "International Web Services Edge Conference & Expo" Premium Sponsorship Programs Sell-Out:
"Premium level sponsorships for this year's Web Services Edge 2002 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo are sold-out," said Grisha Davida, vice president of SYS-CON Media. "As you may know, SYS-CON is fully committed to the Web Services technology space. Our monthly Web Services Journal (www.wsj2.com), now in its second year, is the first and only publication exclusively covering this new paradigm. Our international Web Services Edge East and West conferences and expos, as well as our one-day World Tour seminar have rapidly gained industry support and promise to be the largest Web Services events in the world. As these events enter their second successful year, it is encouraging to see Web services technologies and strategies gaining acceptance and broad usage in the enterprise."

Web Services Edge 2002 Platinum Sponsor: IONA
IONA (IONA) is the leading e-business platform provider for Web services integration, with more than 5,000 customers worldwide including a majority of the Global Fortune 500 and leaders in the aerospace, financial, ISV, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications industries. IONA is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company had revenues of $153 million in 2000 and employs more than 850 people in 30 offices worldwide (www.iona.com).

Web Services Edge 2002 Gold Sponsor: ADOS
To optimize online environment, ADOS provides revolutionary XML infrastructure based on their AXML - XML core engine. ADOS' AXML solutions - AXPS, AXWB and AXSS are independent of any OS, platforms, or vendor control. ADOS accelerates the worldwide electronic open marketplace by our open technologies available to everyone (www.ados.com).

Web Services Edge 2002 Gold Sponsor: BEA Systems
BEA Systems, Inc., (BEAS) a leading application infrastructure software company, has already won the confidence of thousands of systems integrators, independent software vendors, and application service providers with their award-winning, Java-based WebLogic e-business platform. Reliable and highly scalable, the WebLogic brand has become one of the most trusted in the e-business community (www.bea.com).

Web Services Edge 2002 Gold Sponsor: TogetherSoft
Dedicated to improving the way people work together, TogetherSoft Corporation is a leading provider of software and services that enable enterprises to increase innovation, raise productivity and reduce time-to-market. TogetherSoft's flagship product, Together ControlCenter, is the Model-Build-Deploy platform for enterprise teams building e-business software solutions (www.togethersoft.com).

Web Services Edge 2002 Silver Sponsor: SilverStream
SilverStream (SSSW) eXtend(tm) enables the delivery of mission-critical information to any user on any device or platform, streamlining business processes and exceeding customer and partner expectations. SilverStream eXtend(tm) is the first comprehensive environment for building, deploying, and managing services-oriented applications based on J2EE and Web services standards (www.silverstream.com).

Web Services Edge 2002 Silver Sponsor: Actional
Actional is a leading provider of Web services infrastructure software. Actional's Web Services solution, SoapSwitch, instantly transforms any IT function into a Web service, and is the only such solution that combines both integration and management of Web services. It automatically connects with multiple back-end enterprise systems as well as centralizing the management, monitoring and security of the resulting Web services. This enables companies to accelerate the adoption of Web services and leapfrog the complexities and costs of traditional integration methods (www.actional.com).

Web Services Edge 2002 Corporate Sponsor: Merant
MERANT (MRNT) PVCS is the industry standard for managing change to digital assets (software, applications, and content), managing team workflow and change processes, and communicating issues and their status across development teams and content contributors. The combination of PVCS software, MERANT change management expertise, and PVCS CAP", their change acceleration process, enables customers to facilitate change across the enterprise (www.merant.com).

Web Services Edge 2002 Corporate Sponsor: PolarLake
PolarLake is a XIAM business focused on integration in the extended enterprise using XML and Web services based technology. Their flagship product, PolarLake, addresses the issues faced by enterprises developing and deploying Java based XML and Web services systems and architectures both within and between enterprises. Headquartered in Dublin, PolarLake also has offices in Tokyo, Japan (www.polarlake.com).

More information and online registration options are available at the SYS-CON Web site (www.sys-con.com) and by phone at 201-802-3069. More information on sponsorship and exhibit opportunities can be obtained from the SYS-CON Web site or by phone at 201-802-3004.

About SYS-CON Media:
SYS-CON Media, twice named the fastest-growing, privately held publishing company in America by Inc 500, is the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets. SYS-CON publications include: Wireless Business & Technology (www.WBT2.com), Java Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), Web Services Journal (www.WSJ2.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com), WebSphere Developer's Journal (www.WebSphereDevelopersJournal.com), BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal (www.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com), .NET Programmer's Journal (www.DotNETProgrammersJournal.com)

Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over half a million i-technology professionals through its specialty journals, magazines, books, conferences, and the SYS-CON Interactive portal with its 87 Web sites at www.sys-con.com.

About SYS-CON Events, Inc.:
SYS-CON Events, Inc. is the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' upcoming developer conference calendar includes: "Wireless Edge 2002 - International Wireless Business & Technology Conference & Expo" to take place May 7-9 at Santa Clara Convention Center, California; "Web Services Edge 2002 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo," colocated with "JDJEdge 2002 East- International Java Developer Conference & Expo," and "XMLEdge 2002 East- International XML Conference & Expo" to take place June 24-27 at Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City; and "Web Services Edge 2002 West - International Web Services Conference & Expo," colocated with "JDJEdge 2002 West- International Java Developer Conference & Expo," and "XMLEdge 2002 West- International XML Conference & Expo," to take place October 1-3, San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California.

About Systinet Corporation:
Systinet Corporation (formerly Idoox) develops and sells Web services infrastructure software. Based on industry standards such as XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, Systinet's products make it easy to build and integrate business applications over the Internet. Systinet's products work inside and outside of the enterprise, and across heterogeneous application platforms including Borland JBuilder, BEA WebLogic, Sun ONE, EJB/J2EE, CORBA, and Microsoft .NET. Founded in 2000, Systinet is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

CONTACT:
Cathy Walters,
SYS-CON Events, Inc.
201 802-3069
cathyw@sys-con.com