SAN CARLOS, Calif. – May 8, 2009 – MarkLogic Corporation, a leading provider of infrastructure software for information applications, today announced the launch of the official MarkLogic User Conference Blog 2009. This site will capture the events from the company’s fifth annual MarkLogic User Conference, which will be held May 12-14, 2009 at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. MarkLogic is also announcing that it has selected the finalists for the 2009 MarkLogic Innovation Awards. This award recognizes companies that have showed outstanding achievement in their use of MarkLogic Server.
MarkLogic User Conference is a highly informative, hands-on, three-day conference that is committed entirely to leveraging XML and related technologies. This event offers exceptional opportunities to network with peers and thought-leaders from MarkLogic and the industry. Attendees will participate in informative technology and applications sessions and have the chance to preview the upcoming release of MarkLogic’s flagship product, MarkLogic Server.
The 2009 MarkLogic User Conference Blog, which went live today, captures the exciting events taking place at the conference. It is authored by Scott Abel, CEO of The Content Wrangler. Scott is a content management strategist whose strength lies in helping organizations improve the way they author, maintain, and deliver their information assets. Scott’s website, TheContentWrangler.com, is a popular resource for professional communicators who value content as a business asset, worthy of being managed. Scott is also the online community manager of The Content Wrangler Community and the program manager for both the Documentation and Training Conference series and Web Content Conference series.
MarkLogic has also selected the 2009 finalists for its MarkLogic Innovation Awards, which honors companies that demonstrate leadership in the use of information access and delivery technology to build cutting-edge solutions. Awards will be presented to winning organizations by MarkLogic CEO, Dave Kellogg at a ceremony to take place Wednesday, May 13th at 9:30am PT.