MONTVALE, NJ, August 20, 2002 SYS-CON Media, headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, announced today that the September issue of BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal reached a record ad revenue with 85% better than budgeted advertising sales. WLDJ was launched in January as the leading monthly print publication serving the BEA WebLogic developers and BEA partners worldwide.

In addition to BEA Systems, BEA partners who participated in this issue include Altaworks, Appfluent Technology, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Rational Software, Borland, Sun Microsystems, Covasoft, Dirig Software, Panacya, Inc., Precise Software, Sitraka JProbe, PerformaSure and Wily Software. WLDJ's September issue is bundled with a special BEA WebLogic CD, which is distributed to all subscribers as well as newsstand copies.

"When we launched BEA WebLogic Developer's Journa in January 2002 as an independent source of quality WebLogic information, we were confident that the magazine would be widely accepted by the BEA developer community," said Fuat Kircaali, publisher of BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal. "Increasing advertiser support for the publication is an indication of not only the wide acceptance of the magazine but also BEA's solid leadership position in the marketplace. This allows us to reach deep into the BEA WebLogic developer community with WLDJ's unmatched editorial coverage."

"SYS-CON is dedicated to publish the best editorial content and aims to reach every WebLogic developer with WLDJ's unmatched editorial offerings," said Miles Silverman, vice president of marketing at SYS-CON Media. "We feel we are accomplishing our goal and are excited to see the growing support from our advertisers who are also among BEA business partners."

"The tremendous success of WebLogic Developer's Journal is evidence of the strong growth and excitement in the developer community for news, resources and information about developing on the market-leading application infrastructure platform: BEA WebLogic," said Diana Reid, senior director of developer marketing at BEA Systems. "The growing ecosystem of more than 440,000 BEA developers, 2,000 partners and 13,500 customers demonstrates BEA's tremendous momentum in the marketplace, and provides an awesome opportunity for advertisers of complementary products and services in WebLogic Developer's Journal."

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 Developer's Journal (www.sys-con.com/dotnet/).

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 international i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' annual 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, which took 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.

Contact: Jeremy Geelan
Company: SYS-CON Media
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Email: jeremy@sys-con.com