OpenSpan to Present at Leading Cloud Computing Conferences

Company Founder Francis Carden to Discuss Integration and Process Automation
Challenges at Virtualization Conference & Expo and Cloud Slam '09
ATLANTA--(Business Wire)--
OpenSpan, Inc., a leader in business user productivity software, today announced
that Founder Francis Carden will present at two upcoming industry conferences.
Carden will discuss the integration challenges associated with virtualized and
cloud computing applications at the 2009 Virtualization Conference & Expo,
taking place from March 30 - April 1 in New York City, and at Cloud Slam `09, a
virtual conference taking place from April 20 - 24.

As virtualization and cloud computing adoption continues to rise, organizations
are now realizing the difficult challenge of integrating virtualized and
cloud-based applications with existing enterprise applications. Applications
that were previously difficult to integrate, including older legacy and
desktop-based applications, are now nearly impossible to integrate with
virtualized and cloud applications. In addition, enterprises often do not have
direct ownership of the source code for cloud applications, making it extremely
difficult to finish critical integration projects, impacting everything from IT
costs to SOA strategies.

Carden will discuss the challenges and solutions for integrating virtualized and
cloud applications into existing IT environments. He will also showcase new
integration technologies that enable virtualized, cloud, legacy and
desktop-based applications to integrate with other applications and services.

2009 Virtualization Conference & Expo

WHAT: "Application Integration in a Virtualized World"

WHO: Francis Carden, founder, OpenSpan

WHEN: Wednesday, April 1 at 3:45 p.m. EDT

WHERE: The Roosevelt Hotel, New York, NY

Cloud Slam `09

WHAT: "Integrating Applications in the Cloud"

WHO: Francis Carden, founder, OpenSpan

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20 at 6:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE: Please register to attend the speaking session at link below.

http://cloudslam09.com/content/schedule-cloud-slam-09-conference-156.html

About Francis Carden

With more than 20 years of experience in running multinational technology
companies, Carden has a track record of delivering successful technology
solutions to thousands of clients in more than 30 countries. As founder and CEO
of Pixel Innovations Ltd, he specialized in software integration services,
partnering with organizations like IBM, Sun and Microsoft to offer his customers
industry-leading solutions. Since the sale of his company to a large healthcare
software integration company in 2001, Carden has been an active investor in
technology companies in the United States. In 2005, Carden was lured back to the
front lines by the opportunity to join the executive leadership team at
OpenSpan.

About OpenSpan, Inc.

Global 2000 enterprises leverage the OpenSpan Platform to integrate
applications, service-enable legacy systems, automate business processes, extend
functionality and build new composite applications in order to realize immediate
value on their IT investments. OpenSpan is now deployed on more than 100,000
enterprise desktops, helping customers accelerate service-oriented architecture
(SOA) projects and increase enterprise desktop productivity. The OpenSpan
Platform will support more than 1 billion customer support calls in 2009, saving
organizations more than $100 million. A venture-backed company, OpenSpan is
headquartered in Alpharetta, GA. More information about OpenSpan is located
online at www.openspan.com.

OpenSpan, Inc.
Joe McGonnell, 678-527-5400
jmcgonnell@openspan.com
or
Schwartz Communications
Keith Giannini/Chris Poisson
781-684-0770
openspan@schwartz-pr.com

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