Registration Now Open for ApacheCon Europe 2008

Global Open Source Conference Series Celebrates 10 Years of Community-Building
Leadership

FOREST HILL, Md., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Early registration is now open
for ApacheCon Europe 2008, the official user conference, trainings, and expo
of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Celebrating its landmark 10th
Anniversary, ApacheCon Europe takes place 7-11 April at the Movenpick Hotel
Amsterdam City Centre, The Netherlands. Early Bird Registration and
Conference Package incentives include savings up to EUR500 through 7 February.
The global conference series gives attendees a 360-degree view into the
highly lauded community that develops and shepherds industry-leading Open
Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server -- the world's most popular Web
server software. ApacheCon offers participants the opportunity to deepen
their understanding of Open Source methodologies and further advance their
participation with like-minded peers in a relaxed, community-focused
environment. More than 500 users, developers, and thought leaders are
expected to attend.
With engaging keynote addresses, technical presentations, informal
networking, Birds-of-a-Feather discussions, and entertaining social events,
ApacheCon Europe 2008 gives participants the opportunity to choose from more
than 60 sessions at the beginner, intermediate, and expert level. From
mission-critical implementations to groundbreaking technologies, incubating
projects, and collaborative development, ApacheCon presenters and faculty are
passionate about some of the hottest issues at the heart of the industry.
From navigating new computing cultures to choosing the right codebase to
community-building tips to case studies to commercial adoption challenges,
ApacheCon Europe highlights flagship Apache technologies and Open Source
topics across nine focus tracks, including System Administration; Application
Development; SOA, Web Services, and Web 2.0; Java and AJAX Development; Web
Security; and Business/Community issues. New initiatives in the ASF Incubator
and ASF Labs will be showcased in the Fast Feather Track.
ApacheCon also provides an exceptional educational opportunity for
attendees to roll up their sleeves for hands-on Training, with full-and half-
day sessions being held on 7-8 April. Taught by industry experts, topics
include Apache HTTP Server, Axis2, Directory Server, Web Application Security,
Apache Nutch, Apache POI, and more.
New 2-Day Certified Trainings will make their debut at ApacheCon Europe
2008! Intensive single- and two-day sessions include:
-- Everything Tomcat -- Administering, Tuning, Troubleshooting and
Developing with Apache Tomcat (2 days)
Instructor: Filip Hanik
-- nCipher Certified Systems Engineer (2 days)
Instructor: Sander Temme
-- MyFaces and AJAX in Action: Open Source JavaServer Faces 1.2
(2 days)
Instructor: Gerald Mullan
-- Lucene Boot Camp (1 day)
Instructor: Grant Ingersoll
-- Solr Boot Camp (1 day)
Instructor: Erik Hatcher
-- Portlet Development using the new JSR-286 (Portlet v2) API
(1 day)
Instructor: Noel Bergman

Register today at http://www.eu.apachecon.com/eu2008/ for Early Bird
Conference and Hotel rates before the offer ends on 7 February 2008.
Additional registration incentives include: --
Academic/Student/Community Discounts -- Save 20%: All-access pass
includes evening events, conference meals for all three days,
attendance to all sessions and to the exhibit hall. This discount
is limited to Full Conference registration only and cannot be
applied towards Training sessions.
-- Corporate Discounts -- Special rates are available to companies
registering seven or more attendees. Contact
info-2008-eu@apachecon.com for more information.

Providing organizations direct access to the community, ApacheCon
Sponsorship and Expo offers a wide range of opportunities that include the
Online Lounge, welcome reception, Lightning Talks, and more. Corporate
Sponsorship, Exhibitor, and Government participation opportunities are
available; contact Delia Frees at delia@apachecon.com or on +1 707 765 0823
for more information. Contact Charel Morris at info-2008-eu@apachecon.com for
Media and Community Partnership opportunities.
Future ApacheCon events include ApacheCon US, taking place 3-7 November in
New Orleans, Louisiana, and OSSummit Asia, the first Open Source Community
event in China, to be held in partnership with the Eclipse Foundation.
ABOUT THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
Established in 1999, The Apache Software Foundation provides
organizational, legal, and financial support for a broad range of Open Source
software projects, including Apache HTTP Server -- the world's most popular
Web server software for more than a decade. 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/
SOURCE The Apache Software Foundation

Sally Khudairi of The Apache Software Foundation, +1-617-921-8656,
sk@apache.org; or Conference, Charel Morris, info-2008-eu@apachecon.com; or
Sponsorship, Delia Frees, +1-707-765-0823, delia@apachecon.com, both of Stone
Circle Productions, both for The Apache Software Foundation