ADVISORY/SilverStream CTO to Debate Key Issues Surrounding Web Services.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Jan. 16) BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002 Steve Benfield to be Featured on Panel at InfoWorld Next-Generation Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Conference Steve Benfield, chief technology officer of SilverStream Software, will participate in a panel that will address the technical issues critical to the success of the Web Services market on Wednesday, January 16 at 11:30 a.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there , as part of the InfoWorld Next-Generation Web Services Conference. Entitled "Web Services: What Flavor Would You Like," the panel will be moderated by Michael Vizard viz·ard also vis·ard n. 1. A visor or mask. 2. A disguise. [Alteration of obsolete vizar, from Middle English viser; see visor.] , Editor-in-Chief, InfoWorld Media Group, and will include fellow industry leaders from companies such as Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Oracle. Among the issues to be discussed will be incomplete standards, unresolved security issues and limited developer support. The panel will also examine the merits of the J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. and .NET platforms as Sun Microsystems and Microsoft continue to compete for industry dominance. SCHEDULE What: "Web Services: What Flavor Would You Like?" When: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 Where: The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, Calif. Time: 11:30 a.m. PST Steve Benfield is the chief technology officer of SilverStream Software. He joined SilverStream as the director of eBusiness strategy in December 2000. Steve has more than 15 years of experience delivering innovative Web and IT solutions. Steve was director of technology for Financial Dynamics (FDI FDI See: Foreign direct investment ), a 225 person IT consulting organization, where he managed FDI's Sybase relationships and was head of the PowerBuilder consulting practice. While at FDI, Steve researched Java-based Internet solutions and was instrumental in FDI's Java research initiatives. During this R&D period, Steve helped form FDI's SilverStream practice. About SilverStream SilverStream Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSSW) provides the first comprehensive integrated services environment to simplify and accelerate the development of sophisticated business applications. SilverStream's proven technology is based on the best of Java, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , and Web Services, and enables businesses to unlock the potential of existing systems and rapidly deliver business applications to the Web. SilverStream powers business operations for more than 1,500 customers worldwide including Amerisure Insurance, Home Depot, the Chicago Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) A major exchange trading only stocks, with 90% of trades taking place on an automated execution system, called MAX. , Samsung Electronics, Sears and US Cellular. SilverStream's worldwide partner network includes system integrators, independent software vendors, application service providers and other strategic partners such as Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Compaq, Deloitte & Touche, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel, Mercury Interactive, Microsoft, Oracle and Sun Microsystems. SilverStream Software is headquartered in Billerica, Mass. with offices throughout the world. For more information, please visit http://www.silverstream.com. |
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