MONTVALE, NJ -- 06/21/2002 -- SYS-CON Events (www.sys-con.com), headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, announced today that Internet Wire will be the official wire agency and a media partner of the second annual Web Services Edge 2002 - International Web Services Conference & Expo.

Internet Wire will be offering exhibitors at Web Services Edge 2002 broad, real-time dissemination of company press releases and product news directly to leading newsrooms, disclosure points, Web sites and online databases, as well as to individual journalists, analysts, and consumers.

As the only major wire service offering full-text distribution of company news at flat-rate pricing, Internet Wire will be supplying their quality distribution to all Web Services Edge, JDJ Edge, and XMLEdge exhibitors at Jacob Javits who wish to release conference-related news, reflecting a $100 saving per release for all SYS-CON Events' exhibitors at the Conference & Expo.

"As the official wire agency of this event, Internet Wire's offer extends from now until the end of the conference (6-27-02)," confirmed Cathy Walters, Vice President of SYS-CON Events. www1.internetwire.com/iwire/tradeshow_splash

"We are confident that as a result of this arrangement, the number of press releases disseminated directly to major news organizations, Web sites, online databases, individual journalists, industry analysts, and consumers around the globe will exceed even the record number of releases made during last year's event," said Grisha Davida, Vice President, Business Development, SYS-CON Media. "This year's event has nearly doubled in size and moved to its new venue at Jacob Javits Convention Center."

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: 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, XMLEdge 2002 West - International XML Conference & Expo, and Wireless Edge 2002 - International Wireless Business & Technology Conference & Expo, to take place October 1-3 at San Jose Convention Center in California.

SYS-CON's i-technology education series includes a total of 16 cities around the world. The Web Services Edge World Tour tutorial will be presented next, on Thursday, June 27 in New York.

Java and Java-based marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. SYS-CON is independent of Sun Microsystems, Inc. XMLEdge2001 International XML Conference & Expo is not related to XMLEdge by MobileQ, a platform for a complete wireless Internet infrastructure. All other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.