DCIS ENTERPRISE PORTALS & WEB SERVICES CONFERENCE TO FEATURE IN-DEPTH PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Industry Experts to Discuss Future of Web Services, Portals and the Impact of Web Services Standards on Business.

ANDOVER, MA (PRWEB) May 26, 2003 -- DCI, the largest high-tech trade show producer in the U.S., today announces it will feature several panel discussions and a product showcase during its Enterprise Portals & Web Services Conference, taking place June 17th -- 19th at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

Web services and portal technologies have been heavily debated since their arrival in the business world. DCI will bring these discussions to the forefront of its conference in a panel discussion format, allowing attendees to interact with the panel members. Each panel will present several issues, ranging from standards, to interoperability and implementation, to the future of the technologies.

There will be six panels presented, including Understanding the Impact of Web Services Standards, moderated by Jeff Tash, President and CEO of Flashmap Systems. Panelists include Joseph Chiusano, Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, David Smiley of Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS -- I) and Colin White, Conference Chair and President of Intelligent Business Strategies. This panel will discuss the ins and outs of Web services standards and how to ensure that Web services implementations are interoperable. Key issues covered throughout this discussion include: making decisions about Web services standards; examining competing standards; the benefits of standards enforcement and the problems with adopting standards in a volatile technology space.

Another panel discussion, The Future of Web Services and Portals, moderated by Colin White, Conference Chair and President of Intelligent Business Strategies, will investigate ways in which Web services will enable portals in the future. Attendees will join panelists to discuss the direction in which the industry is headed, the options available to enterprises today and how todays decisions affect the range of choices available in the future.

Also during the conference, the latest portal and Web services technologies will be unveiled and demonstrated. Advice on selecting the right tools to create the most effective solutions for any portal or Web services project will be offered by industry experts during the product showcase, June 17th and 18th. Participating companies include: AEA Technology/EASA Software, Bowstreet, Curl Corporation, Deloitte & Touche, Doculabs, Flashmap Systems, Intelligent Business Strategies, Kinzan Inc, Novell Inc, Plumtree Software, PortalsCommunity, SAP America Inc, TandemSeven, and WS-I.

For more information on attending or exhibiting at DCIs Enterprise Portals & Web Services Conference, June 17th - 19th, 2003, email confReg@dci.com, call 978-470-3880, or visit www.dci.com/events/porweb. Press and analysts should register with Eric Seymour, by calling 978-475-0600 x 321 or emailing eseymour@itmediagroup.com.

ABOUT DCI
DCI is the largest U.S.-based producer of information technology conferences, trade shows, and expositions, and a leading worldwide provider of high technology education. The company conducts the highest profile technology shows for users and professional developers of information technology. DCI has attracted more than a million IT and business professionals in the last decade. For more information, visit the DCI Web site at www.dci.com or call 978-470-3880.

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