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Cameron Purdy, CEO of Tangosol, the leading provider of reliable data grid solutions, was named one of three "Rock Star" speakers for the annual JavaOne Conference. JavaOne, May 8-11 in San Francisco, is regarded as the industry's leading Java event, highlighting the latest innovations and successes in Java technology. The conference's Rock Stars are recognized as outstanding speakers and experts in their areas, selected by their peers. Purdy will speak on "The Top 10 Ways to Botch Enterprise Java Application Scalability and Reliability" at the conference. Purdy is the founder of Tangosol, which since 2000 has led the industry in data grid computing solutions with its innovative Coherence Data Grid. He is the Specification Lead for JSR 107 (jCache) in the Java Community Process program, which promotes the evolution of the Java platform through the international Java developer community. Purdy is also a contributor to the XML specification and is co-author of a component-based development patent. Coherence reliably manages data in-memory in a data grid, offering true linear scale, continuous availability of data, dynamic and transparent data management, significantly reduced transactional latency, and highly performant data access. Tangosol customers are from a broad range of industries and include notable companies such as Putnam Investments, Wachovia, Starwood Hotels (Sheraton, Westin, etc.), Delta Air Lines, GEICO, and Hotwire. Purdy will also speak at the QCon Conference in London on March 14, on "Performance & Scalability". This event brings the leaders of the Agile, Java, .NET, Ruby, and SOA communities together. It is hosted by the JAOO conference and the InfoQ.com Enterprise Software Development Community. On March 22, Purdy is a featured speaker at the The ServerSide Java Symposium in Las Vegas. The event focuses on enterprise Java emerging technologies, and all sessions are led by thought leaders, renowned experts, and key industry contributors. Purdy will speak on "Creating Grid-Based Data Infrastructures for the Enterprise".