Kaazing Kicks Off Annual HTML5 Live Conference

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaazing, the leading innovator in HTML5 WebSocket technology, today announced the first annual HTML5 Live conference, to be held on November 9, 2010 in New York City.  Featuring speakers from Microsoft, Adobe, Forrester Research, HP/Palm, Opera and Kaazing, the conference will bring together web application developers, architects and technology decision-makers to explore and discuss the impact of HTML5 on the next generation of web applications.

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The most significant upgrade to the web since 1992, HTML5 is seeing rapid adoption in both the professional and consumer markets to meet growing demand for real-time, highly interactive web experiences.  The HTML5 specification leapfrogs the workarounds, plug-ins and rich client platforms that have become routine for improving performance of web applications based on previous versions of HTML.  The purpose of HTML5 Live is to present, detail and explore the major components of the HTML5 standard, including browser support, architecture, communication, mobile applications and web applications.

"Every major browser vendor has begun to embrace HTML5 as part of their current offerings and as a major part of their product roadmaps moving forward," said Jonas Jacobi, co-founder and CEO, Kaazing.  "We decided to launch and host HTML5 Live to address the range of issues presented by the migration to HTML5 and to help developers understand how they can adopt and leverage the new standard to design a new generation of real-time, highly interactive, multi-platform applications."

The event will be keynoted by Jeffrey Hammond, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research.  Hammond is a leading expert on software modeling techniques, integrated development environments and the emergence of new rich Internet application development practices.  Speakers will also include:

• Rachel Appel, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft
• James Ward, Technical Evangelist, Adobe
• Ben Galbraith, Director of Developer Relations, HP/Palm
• Dion Almaer, Director of Developer Relations, HP/Palm
• Mike Taylor, Web Opener, Opera Software
• Jonas Jacobi, CEO and Co-Founder, Kaazing
• John Fallows, CTO and Co-Founder, Kaazing

One-day conference passes can be purchased for $199.  For more information on event registration, sponsorship application, speakers and venue, please visit http://www.html5live.org.

About Kaazing

Kaazing gives companies the power to quickly deploy distributed, dynamic and massively scalable HTML5 Web applications.  Enabling full-duplex, real-time web communication based on the HTML5 WebSocket standard, Kaazing WebSocket Gateway allows seamless and reliable extension of any TCP-based messaging protocols to the web, dramatically reducing backend infrastructure and operational costs.  Founded in 2007 and based in Mountain View, CA, Kaazing is also the leading provider of worldwide training in HTML5 and WebSocket development.

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