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DataDirect Technologies to Present at Back-to-Back Microsoft Tech--Ed Conferences

Jun 02, 2008
DataDirect Technologies to Present at Back-to-Back Microsoft Tech--Ed ConferencesJonathan Bruce to Lead Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions at Tech--Ed

Developers and Tech--Ed IT Professionals Conferences in North America

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DataDirect Technologies (NASDAQ:PRGS):

WHAT:        DataDirect Technologies (www.datadirect.com), the
              unparalleled leader in data connectivity and mainframe
              integration and an operating company of Progress
              Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), will present
              "Making Sense of Heterogeneous Data Access with LINQ &
              the Entity Framework 3.5" during the Birds-of-a-Feather
              (BOF) sessions taking place at Microsoft Tech--Ed North
              America 2008 in Orlando, Florida for Developers June 3-6
              and for IT Professionals, June 10-13.

WHO:         Jonathan Bruce, program manager for .NET technologies at
              DataDirect Technologies will moderate discussions on how
              to build data-rich applications that can support a
              heterogeneous database environment built on the latest
              patterns and innovations now available with the .NET
              Framework 3.5.

             Irrespective of whether programming with the latest LINQ,
              the Entity Framework or building out a data-access layer
              with the Microsoft Enterprise Data Access Application
              Blocks, this BOF session will leave software developers
              and IT professionals with a top-down understanding of
              the correct architecture, design patterns and runtime
              components essential to build comprehensive data access
              strategies for long lived, highly scalable applications.

WHEN:        BOF Session: Making Sense of Heterogeneous Data Access
              with LINQ & the Entity Framework
             Wednesday, June 4 at 7:45 p.m.
             Wednesday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE:       Microsoft Tech--Ed North America 2008
             Orange County Convention Center, North/South Building
             Orlando, Florida
             Room N320 E-H
             DataDirect Technologies booth #1232

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