FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Sally Khudairi or B.K. DeLong
HALO Worldwide
+1 617 921 8656
apache@haloworldwide.com

THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PARTICIPATION FOR APACHECON US 2006

FOREST HILL, MD – 6 June 2006 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) today announced the Call for Participation for ApacheCon US 2006, its 9th official conference. Lauded among the leading success stories in the Open Source community, the ASF stewards, incubates, and develops leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server, the world's most popular Web server software.

ApacheCon is the premiere developer event dedicated to showcasing key Apache technologies, drawing hundreds of participants to experience the future of Open Source development. The conference offers a unique opportunity to interact with internationally-renown contributors, influencers, and organizations in the Open Source community, and encourages the exchange of ideas amongst ASF members, innovators, developers, vendors, and users.

Addressing the hotly debated demand for, and the use of, non-proprietary technologies on a global scale, ApacheCon is an ideal forum for both beginners and experts alike. Attendees benefit from unparalleled educational opportunities with in-depth tutorials, hands-on sessions, and “first-looks” of new technologies presented by a roster of internationally-recognized speakers and instructors.

ApacheCon is the focal point of the community, where delegates meet, mingle, and exchange ideas on groundbreaking new technologies, development challenges, project implementation, client needs, and emerging industry trends, through informal networking, peer discussions, birds-of-a-feather sessions, and entertaining events.

ApacheCon US 2006 will be held 9-13 October 2006 at the Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas. Leading with tutorials on 9-10 October, the conference and exhibit floor open on 11-13 October.

Apache: From A to X
Over the three main conference days, participants can choose from a wide range of beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions. ApacheCon boasts dozens of presentations that help attendees gain real-world insight and learn firsthand the latest developments of leading-edge Open Source software. The conference Program Committee is seeking both technical and business-focused presentations on topics relevant to (but not limited to):

• ASF projects such as Apache HTTP Server, Jakarta, Tomcat, Geronimo, XML, Cocoon, Databases, Web Services, Portals, Lenya, Struts, Forrest, MyFaces, and SpamAssassin
• How-to guides on installation, configuration, integration, migration, and use of Apache software and Open Source technologies
• Core basics to in-demand solutions such as Web services, LAMP stack evolution, and scalable Internet architectures
• AJAX, blogging solutions, caching, containers & component-based architectures, dynamic content management, contiguous integration, logging, REST, search engines, security, SOAP, WebDAV, and XSLT
• Web application development and design using scripting languages and technologies such as Java, PHP, Perl, Tcl, Python, and Ruby
• Advanced topics in security, performance tuning, load balancing and high availability
• Technical and non-technical case studies demonstrating successful use of Apache software
• General ASF and Open Source communities at-large
• Legal, business and marketing issues

Proposals for sessions that help attendees learn Open Source best practices, develop implementations, mitigate new relationships, or deliver value to their employers, clients, and community are especially welcome. In addition, case studies demonstrating creative use of Apache and other Open Source software in replacing or augmenting proprietary solutions, new and clever hacks/tricks/tools/systems/features/modules, as well as software development skills are welcome.

Interested individuals are invited to submit a brief abstract of their proposed conference presentation online no later than Wednesday, 28 June 2006, or during ApacheCon Europe in Dublin. For more information, visit http:// www.apachecon.com/

Sponsor and Exhibitor opportunities are available; contact Delia Frees at delia@apachecon.com or on +1 707 765 0823 for more information. For media sponsorships, contact BK DeLong at apache@haloworldwide.com or on +1 617 797 8471. For all other conference-related questions contact Charel Morris at charel@apachecon.com or on +1 818 764 9310.

The conference is produced by The Apache Software Foundation and Full Circle Productions.

About the Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for a broad range of Open Source software projects. The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits contributors' potential legal exposure. Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process, Apache projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software products that attract large communities of users. The pragmatic Apache License makes it easy for all users, commercial and individual, to deploy Apache products. For more information, please see http://www.apache.org/

About Full Circle Productions
Full Circle Productions creates unique events for enthusiastic participants across diverse locations, walks of life, and business practices. Successfully designing and coordinating complex, multi-track programs of all sizes since 1987, Full Circle Productions develops, plans, markets, manages, and delivers multiple conferences, seminars and industry forums each year across the globe. With the mantra "You CAN Get There From Here," Full Circle Productions oversees all logistics with venues, hotels, registrars, stage-builders, audio-visual technicians, printers, and suppliers. In addition, the founders of Full Circle Productions, Charel Morris and Delia Frees, have provided support services for clients, sponsors, delegates, presenters, and speakers such as renowned physician and author Deepak Chopra, best-selling author Lynn V. Andrews, Hunger Project founder Werner Erhardt, former White House advisor Richard Clark, and Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniack.