JAX (conference)

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Logo of the JAX
Exhibition hall in Wiesbaden JAX 2008

The JAX is a technical conference for software development and together with the OOP one of the largest information events in the IT industry on the subject in Germany. The conference is being organized by Software & Support Media . The name JAX is an acronym for J ava , A pache and X ML .

The JAX consists of an exhibition, the so-called Jax Expo, and a conference and workshop program lasting several days. The speakers are mostly book authors, specialist journalists and IT experts. JAX was initially aimed primarily at software developers and software architects. Although project management has also gained in importance in recent years, JAX is still primarily oriented towards technology.

history

The first JAX took place from May 7th to 10th, 2001 in Frankfurt and counted around 800 visitors according to the company. In 2006 the company moved to the Rhein-Main-Hallen in Wiesbaden. JAX, which was held in 2008, had 2,000 visitors and around 60 exhibitors. In 2010, JAX recorded around 1,700 visitors and 45 exhibitors. JAX has been taking place in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz since 2009 .

Since 2002 a second conference under the name W-JAX has been held in Munich at the end of the year. The meaning of the letter W is not clear. It can stand for W inter or W eb, at first the organizer used it as an abbreviation for W ebservices. The W-JAX takes place in the Westin Grand Munich and is slightly smaller than the main fair, but has seen increasing numbers of visitors in recent years. In 2018, 1,300 computer scientists took part in the W-JAX.

Other subsidiary conferences are JAX Asia and JAX India, which have been held since 2006 and 2007, respectively. In February 2009, the first JAX San Jose took place in California. At the end of September 2010 a JAX "Fall Edition" took place in London.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://it- Republik.de/jaxenter/java-magazin- Ausgabe/Java-Messaging-Service- 000178.html
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ https://www.heise.de/developer/artikel/developer_artikel_996949.html
  4. ↑ http://it- Republik.de/konferenz/jax2010/aussteller/
  5. ↑ W-Jax Conference | IT conferences. Retrieved February 15, 2019 .
  6. ↑ http://jaxlondon.com/

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