EclipseCon 2005 Announces Gold-Level Sponsors; Accelerated Technology, Actuate, Agitar, Borland, HP and IBM Named Gold Sponsors.OTTAWA -- The Eclipse Foundation The Eclipse Foundation leads the development of Eclipse, the open-source Java application platform and IDE. History In 2003–2004 the Eclipse Consortium, an unofficial consortium of software industry vendors led by IBM, founded The Eclipse Foundation, a announced the Gold-level sponsors for EclipseCon 2005, the annual gathering of the Eclipse community to be held February 28 through March 3, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. , Burlingame, CA, United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Six leading technology companies, Accelerated Technology, Inc. a Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. Division, Actuate Corporation, Agitar Software, Borland Software Corporation (company) Borland Software Corporation - A company that sells a variety of PC software development and database systems. Borland was founded in 1983 and initially became famous for their low-cost software, particularly Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, and Turbo Prolog. , HP and 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) will be the key sponsors of the conference. "Eclipse is enjoying a tremendous amount of success and popularity in a number of different markets, including enterprise Java development, embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. , testing, business intelligence and enterprise IT," explained Mike Milinkovich, executive director of Eclipse Foundation, Inc. "This diversity is reflected in our ability to attract leading vendors from these markets to act as Gold-level sponsors for EclipseCon. We are honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. to have these companies offer their significant sponsorship for our conference." The EclipseCon technical program will appeal to beginners through advanced users, developers of Eclipse-based applications, enterprise architects and other technology decision makers. The program consists of more than twenty tutorials and three days of sessions. Please visit www.eclipsecon.org for additional information about the program. Registration and Hotel Information Registration and hotel information is available at www.eclipsecon.org. Conference fee discounts are offered for those registering before January 31, 2005. Information for Press and Analyst Organizations Members of the press and analyst communities are encouraged to attend EclipseCon 2005. Registration information is available at www.eclipsecon.org. Information for Exhibitors Additional sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities are still available. Organizations interested in exhibiting at EclipseCon 2005 are invited to visit www.eclipsecon.org for more information. Interested parties should also email eclipsecon2005exhibitor@eclipse.org. About the Eclipse Foundation The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit member-supported corporation that hosts community-based, open-source projects. Eclipse creates royalty-free technology and a universal platform for development tools integration, modeling, testing and functionally-rich application construction. Eclipse-based offerings give developers freedom of choice in a multi-language, multi-platform, multi-vendor supported environment. Eclipse delivers a dynamic plug-in based framework that makes it easier to create and integrate technology, saving time and money. By collaborating and sharing core integration technology, providers can concentrate and focus on areas of expertise and differentiation. The Eclipse Platform is written in the Java language and comes with extensive plug-in construction toolkits and examples. It has already been deployed on a range of development workstations including Linux, QNX A multiuser, multitasking, real time operating system for PCs from QNX Software Systems, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario (www.qnx.com), that is noted for its low-memory requirement and rapid response. Similar to Unix, it has been in use since the early 1980s. , Mac OS X and Windows-based systems. Full details of the Eclipse Foundation and white papers documenting the design of the Eclipse Platform are available at www.eclipse.org. |
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