Montvale, NJ, Jan 22, 2003 - SYS-CON Media, the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets, announced today its newest title, Linux Business & Technology, to launch in May 2003. The first issue of LBT will be available for subscribers and on newsstands with a cover price of $5.99 (bi-pad number 02976), and will be distributed by Curtis Circulation Company, the world's largest magazine distributor. The charter U.S. subscription price for Linux Business & Technology magazine will be $49.99.

"The worldwide Linux community has been waiting for a publication like Linux Business & Technology at least for the past three years and now the time has come," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Media. "The magazine will complement SYS-CON's highly regarded Linux Business Week, and will serve as the leading print publication for the industry."

"SYS-CON has been successfully publishing Linux Business Week (www.LinuxBusinessWeek.com), a leading Web-based weekly magazine, for the past three years," said Jeremy Geelan, editorial director of SYS-CON Media. "In that time, major corporations including IBM, Oracle, Sun, Dell, CA, and HP have all started to commit significant resources and money to ensuring their strategy for the future embraces Linux in addition to other proprietary technologies like Java."

"There is no escaping the penetration of Linux into the corporate world. Traditional models are being turned on their head as the Linux, open-for-everyone, bandwagon rolls forward," said Alan Williamson, LBT's founding editor and editor-in-chief. "Linux is an operating system that has traditionally been held in the highest esteem primarily by the hardcore developers of the world, the so-called geeks. With its roots firmly seeded in the open-source model, Linux is very much born from the 'if it's broke, then fix it yourself' attitude. Now, though, Linux has arrived in the board room."

What's in the Premier Issue of Linux Business & Technology?

Until now, there has been no magazine or journal that explicitly addresses this new hunger for information from the corporate arena. Linux Business & Technology is aimed squarely at providing this group of enterprise decision makers with the knowledge and background to allow them to make decisions about how best to utilize the Linux operating system at the corporate level. The new SYS-CON print magazine will include each month all the essential information required to better inform the community on just how powerful a Linux alternative can be.

LBT's regular columns, features, and departments will include:
- CEO Guest Editorial of the Month
- "Linux Infrastructure Expert" Column
- "Dr. Migration" on Migration
- "Hardware Pro Column" on Linux Hardware Alternatives
- "Recruiting/Certification Column" on Linux Education
- LBT Labs: In-Depth Software Reviews and Opinions
- LBT Readers' Choice Awards! (Winners to be announced at Linux Edge Conference)
- Latest Breaking Linux News and Analysis
- Linux Case Studies and Success Stories
- Linux Edge 2003 - International Linux Conference & Expo, October 19-22, Santa Clara, California!

Linux Business & Technology will not feature low-level code snippets but instead will focus on the higher logistical level of Linux deployment. Each month will see a different focus (please see the editorial calendar), allowing a detailed analysis of all the components that make up the greater Linux landscape. Each issue of LBT will include advice on hardware and software, through to related issues such as recruiting of the trained personnel required to successfully deploy a Linux-based solution.

The advertiser/media launch party for Linux Business & Technology magazine will be held today in Manhattan, after the LinuxWorld expo floor closes. Java Developer's Journal's Linux Focus issue is being distributed today and tomorrow at the LinuxWorld, where SYS-CON participates as a media sponsor of this event.

Please contact Megan Ring-Mussa at 201-802-3023 (megan@sys-con.com) for all advertising inquiries. Please contact Alan Williamson at 201-802-3083 (alan@sys-con.com) or Jeremy Geelan at 201-802-3052 (Jeremy@sys-con.com) for all editorial inquiries.

About SYS-CON Media

SYS-CON Media, listed in Inc 500 three years in a row as the fastest growing, privately held publishing company in America, is the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets. SYS-CON publications include: Wireless Business & Technology (www.WBT2.com), Java Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), Web Services Journal (www.WSJ2.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com), WebSphere Developer's Journal (www.WebSphereDevelopersJournal.com), BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal (www.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com), and .NET Developer's Journal (www.DotNETDevelopersJournal.com) Linux Business Week (www.LinuxBusinessWeek.com), and Linux Business & Technology Magazine (www.LinuxBusinessandTechnology.com).

About SYS-CON Events, Inc.

SYS-CON Events, Inc. is the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' 2003 conference and expo calendar includes: JDJEdge 2003 East - International Java Developer Conference & Expo, colocated with Web Services Edge 2003 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo, XMLEdge 2003 East - International XML Conference & Expo, and .NET Edge 2003 East - International .NET Developer Conference & Expo which will take place March 18-20, 2003 at Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. Other events include June 3-5, in London, England; June 24-26, in Berlin, Germany; September in Hong Kong; and October in California.

All company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies in the United States and other countries. SYS-CON is independent of Sun, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, BEA, Dell, and all other companies mentioned in this press release. XMLEdge International XML Conference & Expo is not related to XMLEdge by MobileQ, a platform for a complete wireless Internet infrastructure.

Contact:
Alan Williamson (editorial)
Company: SYS-CON Media
Voice: 201 802-3083
Email: alan@sys-con.com

Contact:
Megan Ring-Mussa (advertising)
Company: SYS-CON Media
Voice: 201 802-3023
Email: megan@sys-con.com