SIGS Conferences Hosts Expert Panel at XML OneConference To Discuss IBM's XML Schema Initiative...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999--

SIGS Conferences, a division of 101communications LLC, will host a panel of experts on Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, to discuss the recently announced XML schema initiative by IBM and other developments on "XML's Role in Enterprise Computing."

Registration for the conference exhibits is free and admits attendees to this expert panel presentation which runs from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11.

Topics will include business to business (B2B) integration, Web commerce, BizTalk, XML/EDI, XML servers, and XML-enabled databases.

Panelists will also discuss Enterprise Java and messaging middleware. The panel moderator is Ken North, database columnist for Web Techniques and author of Prentice Hall's "Database Magic with Ken North." Panel members include:

-- Bill Smith, OASIS President Co-chair at Sun Microsystems
-- Bruce Peat, Co-founder, XML/EDI Group at eProcess Solutions
-- Dan Rogers, Microsoft's BizTalk Architect
-- David Booth, Senior Research Architect at Bluestone Software
-- David Fallside from IBM's XML Technology and Strategy team
-- Matthew Fuchs, Commerce Business Library Architect at Commerce One
-- Michael Floyd, Author of Prentice Hall's "Building Web Sites
    with XML," and Publisher of BeyondHTML.com
-- Sam Hamilton, XML Architect at Informix
-- Steve Muench, Architect of Business Components for Java at Oracle

Additional information on SIG's XML One Conference and the planned XML expert panel discussion can be found at http://www.xmlconference.com/xmlusa/registration/index.shtml.

101communications, founded in late 1998, acquires and operates specialized media that target digital professionals and the IT vendors that market to them. 101 is backed by Frontenac Co., a prominent private equity firm with more than $750 million under management.

101's portfolio of magazines and conferences includes: Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, HP Professional, MIDRANGE Systems, Unisphere, ENT, Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Systems Journal, Application Development Trends, Application Development Advisor, JavaSpektrum, ObjectSpektrum, Java Report, C++ Report, JOOP, Syllabus, Recharger, the Syllabus Conference, Recharger WorldExpo and the SIGS Conferences: OOP 2000, Object Expo, XML One, Component Development and Application Development Conferences, as well as the Conference for Java Development and C++ World.