CINCINNATI, OH -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/22/06 -- Cincom Smalltalk customers will present at the upcoming Smalltalk Solutions Conference 2006 in Toronto, Canada, April 24-26, 2006.

Smalltalk Big Talk of the Town

eWeek magazine recently hailed Cincom Smalltalk(TM) as a pioneer and establisher of the "key ideas of object-oriented language design and implementation." Also, eWeek described Cincom Smalltalk VisualWorks Version 7.4 as having "delivered a polished development experience in eWEEK Labs tests, with efficient packaging of finished applications for convenient deployment."

A few of the Cincom Smalltalk Customers presenting at Smalltalk Solutions include:

Experience Report: Building an Optical Food Sorter with Linux and Smalltalk
Travis Griggs, Key Technology -- Ever wonder how the food you eat gets sorted, the good from the bad and the ugly? This is an experience report describing how Key Technology's latest machines (and the people behind them) do just that using Linux, Smalltalk, and Test Driven Design.

Tutorial Efficient Smalltalk
Travis Griggs, Key Technology -- Smalltalk is slow. Everyone knows it. So why try? Not! In this tutorial, Travis Griggs will dispel these myths, and along the way he will provide insight and patterns that will show you when and how to improve performance in Smalltalk programs. This is the program to see how efficient Smalltalk really is.

Development of a Platform and Domain Neutral -- EAI Framework
Tom Hawker, OOCL -- This seminar will examine the practical aspects of creating an EAI framework around Web Services, including creation of support facilities, new Gemstone-resident code, and solutions to maintaining data and platform neutrality for both client and server operations.

"We're proud to have Cincom Smalltalk customers share their experiences with others," said Suzanne Fortman, global marketing manager, Cincom Smalltalk.

Cincom is a proud sponsor of the Smalltalk Solutions Conference 2006 premiering at LinuxWorld and NetworkWorld in Toronto, Canada. Visit the Cincom Smalltalk booth 1133 in the exhibit hall and receive a copy of the non-commercial version of Cincom Smalltalk Winter Edition.

About Cincom Smalltalk

Cincom Smalltalk enables software developers to build applications quickly and efficiently, including scalable browser-based and client-server systems. Cincom Smalltalk delivers significant productivity over Java(TM), C#, C++, or Visual Basic®, allowing developers to bring their products to market significantly faster.

About Cincom

For nearly 40 years, Cincom has delivered innovative software and services that enable thousands of clients worldwide to simplify the management of complex business processes. We empower our clients to outperform their competition by providing ways to increase revenue, control cost, minimize risk and achieve rapid ROI.

Cincom serves clients on six continents including BMW, Citibank, Boeing, Northwestern Mutual, Federal Express, Ericsson, Penn State University, Milacron, Siemens, Rockwell Automation and Trane. For more information about Cincom's products and services, contact Cincom at 1-800-2CINCOM (USA only), send an e-mail to info@cincom.com or visit the company's website at www.cincom.com.

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