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Engine Yard (http://www.engineyard.com) , the leading cloud computing
Platform-as-a-Service for Ruby on Rails, and EdgeCase, a leading Ruby
and Rails software development firm, today announced they have joined
forces to host JRubyConf (http://jrubyconf.com/) 2010. In its second
year, JRubyConf will showcase the growing uses of Ruby in the
enterprise and highlight elements of the Java language that Ruby
developers can benefit from via JRuby -- a popular Java-based
implementation of the Ruby programming language. JRubyConf 2010 will
be held October 1-3 at the Quest Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio.

"JRuby is the best way for Java developers to increase their
productivity and creativity with the proven efficiency of Ruby," said
Charles Nutter, co-lead of the JRuby project. "JRubyConf will showcase
how the combination of Ruby and Java is enabling an exciting new
generation of web application development."

The growing list of JRubyConf sponsors includes Edge Case, Engine
Yard, 8th Light, ELC, Kinetic Data, O'Reilly, Terremark, and WyeWorks.
JRubyConf is a unique forum for developers and industry leaders to
share best practices about using the Ruby and Java languages together
via JRuby. The conference provides attendees with two full days of
general sessions and an additional day of hands-on tutorials for Ruby
and Java developers alike. Conference presenters are leading experts
in their field, speakers confirmed to date include: David Bock, Thomas
Enebo, Chad Fowler, Jeremy Heingardner, Keavy McKinn, Charles Nutter,
Joe O'Brien, Nick Sieger, Brian Swan, Glenn Vanderburg, and Jim
Weirich.

"We chose JRuby to build our help desk software because it was the
only solution that allowed us to achieve our product vision," said
John Sundberg, president of Kinetic Data. "We sell to big companies in
industries such as manufacturing, technology, entertainment, and
government that have existing applications, skills, and experience
with Java tools and applications. JRuby allows us to take advantage of
the efficient and highly productive Ruby language while leveraging the
Java ecosystem, and we estimate that our engineers are 2-3x more
efficient writing in Ruby vs. Java."

JRubyConf 2010 begins with Java and Ruby specific talks and progresses
to more advanced sessions that demonstrate the possibilities of using
both languages with JRuby -- all focused on bringing the Ruby and Java
communities together in a collaborative environment to share best
development practices. Specific topics include:

JRuby provides unique productivity benefits to Java teams including
the ability to deploy Ruby code to the same servers, use the same
libraries, and integrate with existing Java code and applications. For
more information or to download JRuby, visit www.jruby.org
(http://www.jruby.org)

"EdgeCase is excited to partner with Engine Yard to present JRubyConf
this year," said Joe O'Brien, co-founder of EdgeCase LLC. "We have a
stellar lineup of speakers that will help show people the power and
flexibility of JRuby. We will have tutorials, case studies, and
demonstrations of new technologies. Whether you are someone simply
curious about what JRuby can do for you or someone who has been using
it for years, there is something here for everyone."

JRubyConf 2010 will be held October 1-3, 2010 at the Quest Conference
Center, Columbus, Ohio. For more information or to register, please
visit www.jrubyconf.com (http://www.jrubyconf.com) . Early bird
tickets are available now through September 1st for $250. Follow
@JRubyConf (http://twitter.com/JRubyConf) on Twitter to keep up with
the latest JRubyConf news and additional speaker announcements.

About Engine YardEngine Yard is the leading provider of automation
technologies and services for Ruby on Rails, including AppCloud
(http://www.engineyard.com/products/appcloud) and xCloud
(http://www.engineyard.com/products/xcloud) , Engine Yard's
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for web developers and web teams. Engine
Yard products provide easy-to-use, automated Rails application
deployment and management, with a design philosophy that allows easy
migration of existing applications. Engine Yard helps development
teams realize productivity gains and cost savings by eliminating the
operational overhead caused by application deployment issues and
managing complex infrastructures. A significant contributor to the
advancement of Open Source projects, Engine Yard employs top industry
experts and sponsors or directly contributes to many projects such as
Ruby on Rails (http://www.rubyonrails.com) , JRuby
(http://www.jruby.org) and Rubinius (http://www.rubini.us) .
Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., Engine Yard is backed by
Benchmark Capital, New Enterprise Associates, and Amazon.com.