Montvale, NJ, May 24, 2001 - SYS-CON Media (http://www.sys-con.com) announced today that its newest magazine, Web Services Journal (http://www.wsj2.com) will preview on June 4, 2001, at Sun's JavaOne Developer Conference in San Francisco, California. An exclusive digital edition of the preview issue was e-mailed to 219,323 SYS-CON Media subscribers earlier today.

“The preview issue of Web Services Journal has a press run of 250,000 print copies,” said Fuat Kircaali, CEO of SYS-CON Media and publisher of Web Services Journal. “This issue was exclusively sponsored by BEA, IBM, Cape Clear, Shinka Technologies, AltoWeb, and Web Services Edge 2001 Conference & Expo EAST/WEST, and includes a special product CD by Shinka Technologies. More than 70,000 copies of this issue will be available on newsstands and in bookstores worldwide next month.”

Web Services Journal is the premier media sponsor of Web Services Edge 2001 International Web Services Conference & Expo (http://www.sys-con.com/webservicesedge/). The conference is expected to be the most significant event of the year exploring the fast-emerging Web Services paradigm both in New York and Santa Clara, California next fall.

Sponsorship opportunities for the Web Services Edge conference are available by invitation only. For more information, contact Grisha Davida, vice president, SYS-CON Media (events@sys-con.com).

About SYS-CON Media:
SYS-CON Media, named the fastest-growing, privately held publishing company in America by Inc. 500 in 1999 and nominated again for Inc. 500 in 2000, is the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets. SYS-CON's market leading publications include Wireless Business & Technology (www.WBT2.com), Java Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), Web Services Journal (www.wsj2.com), WebSphere Developer's Journal (www.WebSphereDevelopersJournal.com), BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal (www.WebLogicJournal.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com), Java Buyer's Guide (www.JavaBuyersGuide.com), XML Buyer's Guide (www.XMLBuyersGuide.com), and Linux Business Week (www.LinuxBusinessWeek.com).

About SYS-CON Events, Inc.:
SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.sys-con.com), is the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' upcoming developer conference calendar includes Java Developer's Journal Edge 2001 International Java Developer Conference & Expo (www.sys-con.com), WebServicesEdge Web Services International Developer Conference & Expo (www.WebServicesEdge.com), XMLEdge2001 International XML Conference & Expo (www.XMLEdge2001.com), WirelessEdge 2002 International Business & Technology Conference & Expo (www.WirelessEdge2002.com), ApacheEdge2001, and other leading developer events added monthly to SYS-CON's events calendar. These events offer certification fast-tracks for Oracle 9i, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, Macromedia ColdFusion, and a number of other fast-breaking technologies.

Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over half a million i-technology professionals through its specialty journals, magazines, books, conferences, and the SYS-CON Interactive portal with its 87 Web sites at www.sys-con.com.

CONTACT:
Megan Ring (Advertising Opportunities),
SYS-CON Media
megan@sys-con.com
or 201-802-3023.

Grisha Davida (Conference Sponsorship Opportunities),
SYS-CON Media
grisha@sys-con.com
or 201-802-3004.

Gail Schultz (Editorial Inquiries),
SYS-CON Media
gail@sys-con.com
or 201-802-3083.