Penton Media and SD Times Partner To Create Web Services Design Conference; Event To Be Held During Internet World Fall 2002 in NYC

Business Wire, July 1, 2002

Business & Technology Editors

Internet World Fall 2002

Penton Media (NYSE:PME), (http://www.penton.com) today announced that that it is partnering with SD Times, "The Industry Newspaper for Software Development Managers," to create a Web Services Design Conference to be held on October 1 and 2, 2002, during Penton's Tenth Annual Internet World Fall.

The event will be a practical two-day technical conference designed to give software developers, managers and architects a practical working knowledge of what it takes to build applications using web services today.

Chaired by Alan Zeichick, co-founder and editor-in-chief of SD Times, the conference has been programmed to provide attendees with nuts-and-bolts information on such topics as:

-- The Mechanics of Web Services

-- Making Web Services Scalable and Secure

-- Bridging the Standards Gap: Linking Incompatible Web Services

-- Building and Deploying Web Services on .NET and Java/J2EE

-- Enterprise Integration Technology Using Web Services

-- Tools and Frameworks for Building, Testing and Deploying Web Services

"The development community has been exposed to considerable hype regarding Web Services," noted Mr. Zeichick, "and we're pleased to be partnering with Penton Media to create a conference that cuts through this hype, and instructs developers in what they can do today to put standards-based XML Web Services to work for their companies."

Complete conference information goes live online today at http://www.internetworld.com/events/fall2002/web_services . Additional information on Penton Media's Tenth Annual Internet World Fall 2002, to be held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in NYC from September 30 - October 3, can be found online at http://www.internetworld.com/events/fall2002

About SD Times

SD Times, "The Industry Newspaper for Software Development Managers," offers unbiased views of what is happening in the development field and what it means. On the leading edge of Web services coverage, SD Times, cited in 2001 for General Excellence by Media Industry News , published 34 articles on Web services in 2001. SD Times is owned by BZ Media LLC, an independent media company located on the beautiful north shore of Long Island, N.Y., with offices in California. For additional information, please visit http://www.sdtimes.com

About Penton Media

Penton Media (NYSE:PME) is a leading, global business-to-business media company that produces market-focused magazines, trade shows and conferences, and Web sites. Penton's integrated media portfolio serves the following industries: Internet/broadband; information technology; electronics; natural products; food/retail; manufacturing; design/engineering; supply chain; aviation; government/compliance; mechanical systems/construction; and leisure/hospitality. For more information, visit http://www.penton.com