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|  | <p><i>Community Members Announce New Innovations and Products</i></p> | 
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|  | <p><strong>ECLIPSECON 2009, SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 24, 2009 – </strong> | 
|  | EclipseCon 2009, the sixth annual Eclipse community conference, opens today at the Santa Clara Convention | 
|  | Center in Santa Clara, Calif. The conference features the latest Eclipse developments and provides a | 
|  | forum for attendees to discuss key business and technical issues facing the community. | 
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|  | <p>Clay Shirky, Adjunct Professor for the Interactive Telecom Program at NYU, and Jeff Atwood, blogger | 
|  | and CEO of stackoverflow.com, will deliver the opening keynote presentation. Wednesday's keynote will be | 
|  | given by Peter Vosshall, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon.com, and Don MacAskill, | 
|  | Co-founder and CEO of SmugMug, and Thursday's keynote will be given by Tim Wagner, Principal Development | 
|  | Manager for Microsoft Visual Studio Platform and Kevin McGuire, Eclipse UI Architect and Design & | 
|  | Usability Lead at IBM. | 
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|  | <p>EclipseCon 2009 features technical talks and tutorials on a variety of Eclipse projects and | 
|  | technologies, including Equinox, Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), Rich Ajax Platform (RAP), Mylyn, | 
|  | Device Developer Software Platform (DSDP), Eclipse Modeling project and many others. EclipseCon 2009 | 
|  | also features the OSGi DevCon. | 
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|  | <p>There are 36 organizations participating as conference sponsors this year, including Gold sponsors | 
|  | BIRT Exchange, Blu Age, IBM, JBoss, Sopera, Sun Microsystems and Wind River. A number of Eclipse member | 
|  | companies are also announcing a variety of exciting new initiatives at this yearÂ’s conference, including: | 
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|  | <li><b>Actuate Corporation</b> (NASDAQ: ACTU), the leader in delivering Rich Internet Applications | 
|  | Without Limit™ and founder and co-leader of the BIRT project with the Eclipse Foundation, | 
|  | announced the creation of the Actuate BIRT Global Partner Connection.  The new program will unite | 
|  | organizations globally using BIRT, the leading open source information application development | 
|  | environment, and will bring together a community of technology providers offering high-valued | 
|  | products, solutions and services around BIRT.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=14338" target="blank">http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=14338</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>Anyware Technologies</b> announces Eclipse Time, a conference which presents many Eclipse | 
|  | topics (technical, strategic) during sessions delivered by the Eclipse Foundation, Eclipse experts | 
|  | and industry speakers. Attendees are technical developers and managers from many fields of activity: | 
|  | embedded, aeronautics, space, research and communications. Gathering more than one hundred people, | 
|  | the event focuses on how Eclipse can be an answer to industry topics.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.anyware-tech.com/en/news/events.html" target="blank">http://www.anyware-tech.com/en/news/events.html</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>ARS Computer und Consulting GmbH</b>, an IBM Premier Business Partner since 1994, announced | 
|  | it has joined the Eclipse Foundation as a Solutions Member at EclipseCon. The medium-sized software | 
|  | development, integration and training specialist underpins its commitment to Open Source, especially | 
|  | Eclipse-based development environments, Rich Clients and Runtime platforms. By joining the Eclipse | 
|  | Foundation, ARS intends to shift from a consumer role to actively supporting and contributing to the | 
|  | Eclipse community.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.ars.de/web/firma/ars_ist_neues_mitglied_der_eclipse_foundation.do" target="blank">http://www.ars.de/web/firma/ars_ist_neues_mitglied_der_eclipse_foundation.do</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>AvantSoft</b> provides excellent training and development services for Eclipse Plugins, RCP, | 
|  | GEF, EMF, Flex, and J2EE. AvantSoft's Eclipse University offers customized corporate training and | 
|  | public virtual classes. All EclipseCon2009 presentations are published using innovative Flex-based | 
|  | platform gpublication.com. AvantSoft’s MyEventPortal solution enables custom portals with content, | 
|  | networking, and community support.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.eclipseuniversity.org/pressrelease.htm" target="blank">http://www.eclipseuniversity.org/pressrelease.htm</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>Band XI International, LLC</b> is successfully commercializing the results of their US Army | 
|  | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to build the Mobile Embedded Component Suite | 
|  | (MECS), an embedded Java™ foundation using Eclipse Equinox as a runtime.  Band XI is applying | 
|  | the core component frameworks to address prognostics and diagnostics in condition-based maintenance | 
|  | of vehicle fleets. The same software provides the basis for various military and industrial | 
|  | applications.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.bandxi.com/sbir/ec2009pr.html" target="blank">http://www.bandxi.com/sbir/ec2009pr.html</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>BLU AGE Corp.</b>, leader in agile model transformation, announces the launch of their Legacy | 
|  | Model-Driven modernization solution: “BLU AGE Reverse Modeling” and “BLU AGE Modernization”.  This | 
|  | groundbreaking solution enables complete reverse modeling and re-engineering of the most critical | 
|  | Enterprise applications.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.bluage.com/index.php?cID=news" target="blank">http://www.bluage.com/index.php?cID=news</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>Bredex</b> At EclipseCon, Bredex will be represented by Achim Lörke, presenting an | 
|  | approach to using models to ease the start-up of GUI testing, and Alexandra Imrie, talking about | 
|  | usability in Eclipse applications. In the exhibition hall (stand 204), Achim and Alex will | 
|  | demonstrate the upcoming version 3.0 of GUIdancer, which is a finalist in the Eclipse Awards in the | 
|  | “Best Commercial Developer Tool” category.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.bredex.de/en/news/pdf/BredexAtEclipseCon_en.pdf" target="blank">http://www.bredex.de/en/news/pdf/BredexAtEclipseCon_en.pdf</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>EclipseSource</b>, the leading provider of Eclipse runtime products and services, announced | 
|  | Yoxos SecureSource, a subscription-based service that provides secure access to a repository of | 
|  | certified open source plug-ins. The new service provides development teams with secured, reliable | 
|  | access to an uncompromised and consistent code base and is designed to alleviate concerns about | 
|  | source code authenticity and origin.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://eclipsesource.com/en/about/press-releases/en/eclipsesource-introduces-security-for-open-source-downloads/" target="blank">http://eclipsesource.com/en/about/press-releases/en/eclipsesource-introduces-security-for-open-source-downloads/</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>Eteration, a.s.</b>, an Eclipse expert and long time committer to the Eclipse Foundation | 
|  | announces open education and courseware for web application development. This initiative is a part | 
|  | of the Web Tools platform project.  Eteration is a provider of services and education for | 
|  | Enterprise Customers in Europe and Asia.<br> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>froglogic GmbH</b> is showing a preview of Squish 4.0 at EclipseCon 2009. Squish is a | 
|  | professional, cross-platform GUI and regression testing tool that enables testers to create and | 
|  | execute automated GUI tests for applications based on a variety of different GUI technologies. | 
|  | Squish stands out from other GUI test tools thanks to its close integration with each supported | 
|  | GUI technology.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.froglogic.com/pg?id=NewsEvents&category=108" target="blank">http://www.froglogic.com/pg?id=NewsEvents&category=108</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>Genuitec</b> released MyEclipse 7.1 Blue Edition, software that allows companies to unleash | 
|  | their WebSphere investment with WSAD/RAD project support and WebSphere 7 compatibility. Also, nWire | 
|  | Software gives Genuitec’s Pulse users a boost with innovative code exploration. And, Quest Software | 
|  | has joined Genuitec's Pulse Network with popular Java profiler JProbe®.<br> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>Instantiations</b>, a leading provider of Eclipse-based software quality, security, GUI building | 
|  | and testing solutions released version 7.0 of WindowBuilder Pro Java GUI builder for Swing, SWT and GWT. | 
|  | WindowBuilder Pro, which was nominated for a 2009 Eclipse Award, adds many features to v7.0 including UI | 
|  | Factories, Eclipse Nebula widgets integration, improved parsing, new customization API for third party | 
|  | extensibility, Swing Data Binding and full support for GWT-Ext widget set.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.instantiations.com/press/release/090324.html" target="blank">http://www.instantiations.com/press/release/090324.html</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>itemis</b>, strategic member of the Eclipse Foundation, presents the new development of | 
|  | TMF-Xtext, which will be released in the next version of Eclipse in June 2009, and the new project | 
|  | EMF-Index.  Both of the projects will be presented in sessions at EclipseCon on Tuesday, March 24: | 
|  | “Next generation textual DSLs with Xtext” and “Managing Big Ecore Models with EMF Index”.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.itemis.com/itemis-ag/news/2009/language=en/taps=590/20365/eclipsecon-2009" target="blank">http://www.itemis.com/itemis-ag/news/2009/language=en/taps=590/20365/eclipsecon-2009</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>MicroDoc</b> is planning to release “Java Bindings for openVG” under EPL in Q2 of 2009. | 
|  | OpenVG™ is a cross-platform API that provides a low-level hardware acceleration interface | 
|  | for vector graphics libraries. The Java™ bindings will make hardware accelerated 2D vector | 
|  | graphics available for users of eRCP applications on mobile and embedded devices.  MicroDoc is also | 
|  | organizing <a href="http://www.microdoc.com/node/312" target="blank">Eclipse Embedded Day</a> in | 
|  | Stuttgart, Germany on June 25, 2009.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.microdoc.com/openvg" target="blank">http://www.microdoc.com/openvg</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>Oracle</b> announced Oracle® Enterprise Pack for Eclipse Release 11g, a free component of | 
|  | Oracle Fusion Middleware designed to help developers leverage their expertise in Eclipse with the | 
|  | comprehensive capabilities of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Key enhancements in this release include | 
|  | Object-Relational Mapping (ORM), Spring and Web Service tools to help reduce development complexity | 
|  | for Java and database developers targeting Oracle platforms.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018059_EN" target="blank">http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018059_EN</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>Perforce Software</b>, an Eclipse member company, announced the latest release of its | 
|  | Perforce Plug-in for Eclipse which integrates Eclipse with Perforce, The Fast Sofware Configuration | 
|  | Management System. This version introduces the Synchronize view, enhanced Resolve dialog and a new | 
|  | Integrate dialog, along with numerous performance enhancements.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.perforce.com/perforce/press/pr106_8.2EclipsePlugin.pdf" target="blank">http://www.perforce.com/perforce/press/pr106_8.2EclipsePlugin.pdf</a> | 
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|  | <li><b>ProSyst</b>, <a href="http://www.prosyst.com" target="blank">www.prosyst.com</a>, an OSGi | 
|  | pioneer and Active Contributor to Equinox with 2 Equinox committers has joined the Eclipse Training | 
|  | Alliance, as a premium member.  ProSyst offers various Embedded and Enterprise OSGi training courses | 
|  | as well as Eclipse eRCP.  ProSyst would also be pleased to offer an onsite training - customized for | 
|  | your company.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.prosyst.com/news/news/2009/eta.html" target="blank">http://www.prosyst.com/news/news/2009/eta.html</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>Protecode</b> announced Release 2.0 of its software governance products which make the | 
|  | managing of licensing obligations of Open Source and other 3rd-party software much easier: the | 
|  | Enterprise IP Analyzer TM for bulk analysis of existing code, and the Eclipse plug-in Developer | 
|  | IP Assistant TM, industry’s first real-time preventive IP management solution.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.protecode.com/press-releases/2009/032309-protecode-release2-IP-management-products.php" target="blank">http://www.protecode.com/press-releases/2009/032309-protecode-release2-IP-management-products.php</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>SOPERA</b> is offering a mature open source platform for SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). | 
|  | With the new and immediately available Release 3.2, the functional scope of the suite has again been | 
|  | expanded significantly: It now also includes integration components for Talend Open Studio, the | 
|  | leading Open Source software for data integration, and Hyperic HQ, the multiple prize-winning Open | 
|  | Source solution for system management and monitoring.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.sopera.de/en/press/press-release/19032009/" target="blank">http://www.sopera.de/en/press/press-release/19032009/</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>Soyatec</b> proudly announces a massive source contribution to the e4 project on Declarative | 
|  | UI: XWT and the availability of a Technical Preview Release of eclipse4sl (proposed as eclipse SLDT) | 
|  | on Mac OS X.  Soyatec continues to show a strong commitment to lead and develop several Eclipse | 
|  | projects such as XWT, PMF, EGF and SLDT and to promote Eclipse in the China market.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.soyatec.com/company/e4-xwt.php" target="blank">http://www.soyatec.com/company/e4-xwt.php</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>SpringSource</b> has released SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) 2.0, the most comprehensive | 
|  | environment for building Spring-powered Java applications. STS 2.0 is an Eclipse-based platform that | 
|  | adds such features as wizards for creating projects, forms-based configuration editing, and more. | 
|  | Also included in STS 2.0 are tools which help developers deploy modular OSGi applications.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.springsource.com/node/1384" target="blank">http://www.springsource.com/node/1384</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <li><b>Weigle Wilczek</b> announces that it is expanding to the United Kingdom with Neil Bartlett, an | 
|  | internationally recognised OSGi expert and author of the upcoming book “OSGi in Practice”, as a founding | 
|  | partner of the upcoming London office.  As well, itemis, ProSyst and SOPERA have joined the Eclipse | 
|  | Training Alliance.  As an international expert network, the Eclipse Training Alliance pools the extensive | 
|  | Eclipse knowledge of its associate companies.<br> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.weiglewilczek.com/blog/?p=637" target="blank">http://www.weiglewilczek.com/blog/?p=637</a> | 
|  | <a href="http://www.weiglewilczek.com/blog/?p=634" target="blank">http://www.weiglewilczek.com/blog/?p=634</a> | 
|  | </li> | 
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|  | <strong>About the Eclipse Foundation</strong><br /> | 
|  | Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development | 
|  | platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing | 
|  | software across the lifecycle. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative | 
|  | start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the | 
|  | Eclipse Platform. | 
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|  | The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of | 
|  | Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation are available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org">www.eclipse.org</a>. | 
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