Application Lifecycle Management Conference Debuts to an Online Audience of Over 4,500

ALM Expo 2005 Goes Live September 14th and 15th

CM Crossroads LLC, publisher of the Configuration Management Journal and host of cmcossroads.com, the largest developer community for application lifecycle management, today launched the first global conference and technology showcase for Application Lifecycle Management. Over the next two days, ALM Expo 2005 will deliver live streaming media conference sessions in four tracks on a wide variety of ALM topics and a highly interactive online expo center. After the live event, ALM Expo will remain online for 6 months, providing continual access to vendor exhibits and replays of conference sessions including Q&A. Registration is free and information is available online at -- www.almexpo.com

In this inaugural event, ALM Expo has attracted thousands of attendees, many of whom might otherwise be unable or unwilling to travel to an in-person conference. ALM Expo 2005 provides a unique environment in which attendees may participate in both live and on-demand conference sessions from anywhere in the world. An equally unique and highly interactive exhibit hall allows attendees to review product information, watch demonstrations or chat live with sponsoring vendors without having to wander the aisles of a vast conference hall.

Keynote presentations to be delivered by Liz Barnett, VP of Forrester Research, and Robert Martin of Object Mentor. Companies participating as co-sponsors in this inaugural conference include: Gold Sponsors, CollabNet, Computer Associates, Telelogic and VA Software, and Silver Sponsors, AccuRev, BuildForge, Codefast, Electric Cloud, MKS and Seapine Software. Those interested in more information should contact CM Crossroads by email at info@almexpo.com or online at http://www.almexpo.com

About CM Crossroads LLC

CM Crossroads is the publisher of the Configuration Management Journal and host of the world's largest developer community and resource center for application lifecycle management. CM Crossroads hosts a wide variety of services and collaboration resources for the development community, including discussion forums, newsletters, interactive webcasts and an extensive library of user contributed resources. For more information about CM Crossroads or ALM Expo 2005. -- Tel: +1 (805) 683-1200 -- http://www.cmcrossroads.com

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