SpringSource® SpringOne 2GX Conference Centered on Developer Agility

October 16, 2009; 02:04 PM

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpringSource, a division of VMware, Inc. and the leader in Java application infrastructure and management, is hosting SpringOne 2GX, the company’s fifth annual developer conference next week in New Orleans. SpringOne 2GX is the ideal place for developers to obtain critical skills and knowledge to build, run and manage software solutions more efficiently. The conference is being held on October 19-22, 2009 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.

The show will play host to a worldwide gathering of developers, representing the community of more than three million users of SpringSource inspired products. This year’s show features more than eighty different presentations by speakers who are development leads and/or published authors in the Spring, Groovy/Grails, Tomcat and Hyperic space.

Among the developer-focused sessions during the show:

• What’s New in Spring 3.0 (Tuesday, October 20 at 8:30 a.m.): The talk discusses Spring as a modern Java 5 oriented application framework.
• Spring DI Styles: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job (Tuesday, October 20 at 4:30 p.m.): This talk is a hands-on tour of the new dependency injection features in Spring 3.0.
• Working With Spring Web Flow (Thursday, October 22 at 8:30 a.m.): This session dives deep into the features of the Web Flow 2 definition language and illustrates how to use it to create sophisticated controller modules.

SpringOne 2GX Sponsors

Platinum sponsors include: VMware, Accenture, Adobe and Microsoft; Gold sponsors Blu Age, Alfresco and Terracotta; and Silver sponsors Chariot Solutions, Orange and Bronze Software Labs, Rivet Logic, Skyway Software, BIRTExchange by Actuate.

SpringOne 2GX Registration

To register for SpringOne 2GX please visit: http://www.springone2gx.com/conference/new_orleans/2009/10/register.

About SpringOne 2GX

SpringOne 2GX and SpringOne Europe are the two largest Spring events in the world. Sponsored by SpringSource, the company behind Spring, SpringOne conferences are focused on the use of Spring technologies in enterprise Java, along with related technologies including Apache Tomcat, Groovy, Grails and Hyperic. For more information visit: http://www.springone2gx.com/conference/new_orleans/2009/10/home.

About SpringSource

SpringSource, a division of VMware, Inc. and the leader in Java application infrastructure and management, provides a complete suite of software products that accelerate the entire build, run, manage enterprise Java application lifecycle. SpringSource employs the open source leaders who created and drive innovation for Spring, the de facto standard programming model for enterprise Java applications. SpringSource also employs the Java and Web thought leaders within the Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, Hyperic, Groovy and Grails open source communities. Nearly half of the Global 2000, including many world’s leading retail, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, technology and public sector clients are SpringSource customers. For more information visit: www.springsource.com.

SpringSource and VMware are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements made in this press release which are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate, but are not limited, to, future levels of customer adoption and deployment of SpringSource products and solutions. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) the duration of negative economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in consumer or information technology spending; (iii) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into the virtualization and application infrastructure markets, and new product and marketing initiatives by competitors; (iv) our customers’ ability to develop, and to transition to, new products, (v) the uncertainty of customer acceptance of emerging technology initiatives; (vi) rapid technological and market changes in virtualization software; (vii) changes to product development timelines; and (viii) our ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees. These forward looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and effect as well as other risks detailed in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. VMware disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

Contacts:

Schwartz Communications
Thea Lavin or Christine McKeown, +1 415-512-0770
springsource@schwartz-pr.com
or
SpringSource, a division of VMware
Charlie Purdom, +1 650-425-7199
cpurdom@vmware.com