CORRECTING AND REPLACING The Middleware Company Launches TheServerSide.NET, Premier Community and Resource for Enterprise.NET Practitioners.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CORRECTION...by The Middleware Company

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004

In BW5284 issued Jan. 13, 2004: Ninth graph should read: To become a registered member of TheServerSide.NET, visit www.TheServerSide.NET (sted To become a registered member of TheServerSide.NET, visit www.TheSeverSide.NET.)

The corrected release reads:

THE MIDDLEWARE COMPANY LAUNCHES THESERVERSIDE.NET, PREMIER COMMUNITY AND RESOURCE FOR ENTERPRISE.NET PRACTITIONERS; THESERVERSIDE.NET, NEXT PHASE OF A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO EXPAND THESERVERSIDE COMMUNITIES TO MEET DIVERSIFIED KNOWLEDGE NEEDS FOR ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS

The Middleware Company, the world's leading knowledge network targeted at middleware professionals, today announced the launch of TheServerSide.NET, the premier resource for enterprise .NET architects and developers. TheServerSide.NET is the next phase of the company's strategy to expand TheServerSide Communities to appeal to all enterprise architects and developers with diversified knowledge needs and skillsets.

While there are many resources and Web sites for developers using Microsoft .NET, TheServerSide.NET community focuses on the entire range of technologies required to build enterprise applications with .NET technologies. TheServerSide.NET, a sibling community to the TheServerSide.com, the world's largest independent Java community, will provide enterprise practitioners using .NET technologies with news, technical cases studies, design patterns, discussion forums, satire -- as well as generate a medium for knowledge exchange. While other sites are resource centers with low-level "tips and tricks," TheServerSide.NET community is exclusively focused on helping enterprise professionals from an architectural perspective and will address key technical challenges such as designing large scale systems; incorporating emerging technologies and methodologies; and applying best practices. TheServerSide.NET and TheServerSide.com leverage a common infrastructure, editorial model and concepts to provide a consistent approach for developers and architects to bridge the worlds of enterprise .NET and Java.

"With the launch of the TheServerSide.NET, we are applying our leadership in Java to deliver a diversified portfolio of communities that spans a wide spectrum of technologies, the first being Microsoft .NET," said Salil Deshpande, chief executive officer of The Middleware Company. "Just as TheServerSide.com is the first venue where many J2EE innovations are brought to life and promoted, we expect TheServerSide.NET to have as significant impact on the evolution and innovation of enterprise .NET technologies."

As the hub of technology information and resources for enterprise architects and developers building on the .NET Framework, TheServerSide.NET is also a media solution for vendors focused on .NET technology solutions. Leading middleware vendors such as Borland, DataDirect, DevelopMentor and Microsoft are initial sponsors for TheServerSide.NET. These vendors recognize the value of visibility on TheServerSide.NET, as well as having the opportunity to leverage the community as a vehicle to market cost-effective and innovative methods to practitioners. With more than fifty percent of the Fortune 100 using Microsoft .NET technologies, and with more than 2.5 million distributed copies of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework, TheServerSide.NET provides a powerful medium for engaging with the community of enterprise developers and architects.

TheServerSide.NET will bring together enterprise practitioners and leaders at Microsoft, as well as the open source community and vendors focused on .NET technology solutions. Microsoft will also point to TheServerSide.NET for discussion related to content at MSDN.NET Architecture Center (http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/). In addition, Microsoft's Patterns and Practices Group will be contributing exclusive beta releases of its popular Developer Guides to TheServerSide.NET to gather feedback from architectural and developer experts.

Furthermore, key architects and influencers at Microsoft are looking forward to the community that will be provided by TheServerSide.NET.

"I've watched what happens on TheServerSide.com and it's an active community," said Don Box, XML messaging architect on the Microsoft "Indigo" team. "I'm excited about seeing that community grow at TheServerSide.NET."

"It's a great resource that builds on what's been successful at TheServerSide.com," said Scott Guthrie, ASP.NET architect and co-founder of the ASP.NET team at Microsoft. "I like the idea of taking the same excitement, the same community, and the same resources and bringing it to the enterprise .NET community."

Becoming a Member of TheServerSide.NET

To become a registered member of TheServerSide.NET, visit www.TheServerSide.NET.

About The Middleware Company

The Middleware Company is a market leader in developer marketing, thought leadership and media solutions for the middleware industry. These solutions include communities, research, consulting and education services that integrate middleware practitioners, strategists and marketers into a knowledge network. The Middleware Company's businesses comprise Web communities, technology research, strategic marketing, and professional services. We operate TheServerSide Communities, the world's largest communities for enterprise architects and developers including TheServerSide.com, TheServerSide.NET, and TheServerSide Symposiums.

Founded in 1998, The Middleware Company is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Canada, United Kingdom and Germany.

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