Snapbridge Establishes Presence in Open Source at ApacheCon; Leader in Enterprise Information Integration Bolsters Support of Open Source and the Apache Cocoon Project

Business Wire, Nov 17, 2004

LAS VEGAS -- Snapbridge Software(R), a leading provider of XML developer tools and cross-media publishing solutions, today announced that it is attending and sponsoring events at this week's ApacheCon US 2004 show in Las Vegas, Nev., as part of its support for the Apache Software Foundation and the Apache Cocoon Project.

The Apache Cocoon Project is the open source community project aimed at developing Apache Cocoon, a Web development framework built around the concepts of separation of concerns and component-based web development. In addition to its support for the Cocoon Project at the ApacheCon show, Snapbridge recently sponsored Cocoon GetTogether 2004. The Cocoon Project community event was organized by Orixo, a business alliance of European companies specializing in building and supporting enterprise XML solutions around open source technologies.

"Our company is dedicated to identifying optimal open source opportunities, partnerships and solutions that further advance enterprise information integration (EII) and enterprise content integration (ECI) through projects such as Apache Cocoon," said Benjamin Chen, chairman and CTO of Snapbridge. "The ApacheCon show is a big opportunity for us to meet with other leaders in the open source community. We are excited to be a part of it."

About Snapbridge Software

Snapbridge is a leading provider of XML developer tools and cross-media publishing solutions. Snapbridge FDX technology delivers unprecedented performance, flexibility and scalability by federating multiple data sources in real time to create composite XML objects that can be viewed or updated as part of a transaction. Founded in 2001, the Snapbridge team consists of world-class management and engineers with expertise in XML, Java and open source software. Snapbridge's customers include leaders in financial services, telecommunications, travel and media. The company is headquartered in San Diego and is privately held, with investment backing from JP Morgan Partners and Mission Ventures. For more information, please visit www.snapbridge.com.