Addison-Wesley Professional Announces Four-Part .NET Digital Series on Windows Workflow Foundation at TechEd 2007

Business Wire, June 4, 2007

New Short Cuts Offer .NET Developers a True Shortcut to get up and Running Fast on WF

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Pearson Education (NYSE:PSO):

NEWS FACTS

* Building Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation (http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp? isbn=0321514548&rl=1) from Addison-Wesley Professional (http://www.awprofessional.com), a technology imprint of Pearson Education (http://www.pearsoned.com), is a four-part .NET (http://www.microsoft.com/net/) Short Cut series consisting of 20-50 pages each. Written for .NET developers, the author offers a combination of practical WF application with just enough understanding of the underpinnings.

* The four parts include Basics of Windows Workflow Foundation, State Machine and Rules-Driven Workflows, Advanced Workflow Features, and Extended Workflow Example. The first two will be available and showcased at TechEd in the Addison-Wesley booth #845. The second two are scheduled to publish within the next month. Each .NET Short Cut is priced at $7.99 and available on Informit.com (http://www.informit.com).

* Short Cuts, a new digital publishing initiative from Pearson Education for the technical publisher launched last September (http://www.informit.com/press/press_releases_detail.asp? promo=3761&rl=1), are concise PDF documents on cutting-edge technologies. Short Cuts were created with the goal of offering professional developers and IT workers a first look at a new technology or a quick means of learning and applying a new technology from a reliable resource.

* "Windows Workflow Foundation allows businesses to build workflow solutions into their applications without having to develop their own workflow engines," states author Michael Stiefel. "This .NET technology supports both computer and human workflows."

About the Author

Author expert, trainer, and speaker Michael Stiefel is principal of Reliable Software, Inc. (http://www.reliablesoftware.com/), a consulting firm focused on software architecture and development, and the alignment of information technology with business goals. He is a member of the OASIS Technical Committee and is currently developing a core SOA Reference Model and related Reference Architectures. In July 2006 Stiefel was named a Microsoft Visual Developer - Solutions Architect MVP. He is a Visiting Scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Science, Technology and Society Program.

About Pearson Education

Educating 100 million people worldwide, Pearson Education (www.pearsoned.com) is the global leader in educational and professional publishing, providing scientifically research-based print and digital programs to help people of all ages learn at their own pace, in their own way. Professionals, leaders, academics, experts, and consultants draft the books and online resources that help develop today's and tomorrow's business leaders. Top technology companies who have chosen Pearson Education as their publishing partner include IBM, Symantec, Cisco, Adobe, and Macromedia. The company is home to such renowned publishing and information portal brands as Informit.com, IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional, Addison-Wesley Professional, Peachpit Press, Cisco Press, Que Publishing and Sams Publishing. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE:PSO), the international media company. In addition to Pearson Education, Pearson's primary operations include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group.

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