Interface21 to Host Spring Experience Developer Conference

AUSTIN, Texas—September 5, 2007—Interface21, a leading provider of trusted open source software for building and deploying mission-critical enterprise applications, will host The Spring Experience, its third annual North American developer conference, at the Westin Diplomat Hotel and Spa in Hollywood, Florida from December 12-15, 2007. Drawing over 800 attendees from 25 countries in 2005 and 2006, The Spring Experience is the conference for the global Spring community. Interested parties can register for the event at www.thespringexperience.com.

The Spring Experience is a one-of-a-kind event for application developers, solution architects and project managers who develop business applications with Spring and the technologies with which Spring integrates. The three day conference is an opportunity for core Spring committers, partners of Interface21 and Interface21 customers to share insights on current development challenges and showcase the latest advances in Spring technologies.

The conference will feature 60 technical sessions over five parallel tracks, in addition to over 25 speakers and instructors including “the Father of Spring,” Rod Johnson. Sessions will be led by many of the core developers of the Spring Framework, including Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop, Adrian Colyer and Alef Arendsen. Additional session leaders and keynote speakers include industry-recognized experts, such as: Billy Newport, lead engineer at IBM; Christian Dupuis, java architect at Accenture; and Chris Richardson, author of “POJOs in Action,” the developer’s guide to building Java applications with POJOs and lightweight frameworks.

“The Spring Experience has stayed true to its roots as an informative gathering place for Spring community members to collaborate and introduce discussion around new trends and best practices,” said Rod Johnson, CEO of Interface21. “Interface21 is excited to showcase this year’s impressive schedule of timely topics and distinguished industry luminaries.”

Early registrants will benefit from reduced registration rates. Please visit www.thespringexperience.com to register and obtain more information on conference sessions, pricing and location.

About Interface21
Interface21 is a leading provider of trusted open source software for mission-critical enterprise applications. Interface21 created and sustains the development of the Spring Framework, the leading Java™ and Java EE™ application framework. Through the Spring family of products, Interface21 has helped hundreds of organizations, including some of the world’s largest financial institutions and public sector clients, build and deploy mission-critical applications that boost developer productivity and increase enterprise ROI. For more information, please visit http://www.interface21.com.

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