INBOX - The Email Event - Day One Review; Everything Email in One Place, INBOX 2006 is Best Yet!

The general sessions for INBOX are split into four tracks:

-- Email Systems and Technology

-- Email Security

-- Email Marketing - Strategy, Creative and Delivery

-- Email Marketing - "Opened and Clicked, Now What?"

Attendees heard industry thought-leaders address topics such asthreat management, new messaging, accreditation and reputation, Webanalytics, marketing pitfalls, customer retention and more.

Accreditation and reputation proved to be a hot topic yesterdaymorning as Peter Christy of Internet Research Group, GeorgeSchlossnagle of OmniTI, Jordan Ritter of Cloudmark, JF Sullivan ofHabeas, and Leslie Price of Return Path spoke to a jam-packed audiencecomprised of attendees from both the IT and the marketing sides ofemail. Their session titled, "What You Don't Know Can Hurt You,"addressed the most common methods of accreditation and reputation,such as Sender ID and Domain Keys, as well as a forward-thinking opendiscussion of the challenges marketers still face.

This topic carried over to the Email Service Provider (ESP)Shootout moderated by David Daniels of JupiterResearch. The panelistsincluded Jim Herbold of EmailLabs, Steve Webster of iPost, JaredReitzin of mobileStorm, George Schlossnagle and Joshua Baer ofSKYLIST. These ESP representatives had the opportunity to discusstheir company's products, services and unique solutions to marketer'sdemands such as accreditation, reputation, list management, spamfilters, relevance and more. Interaction with the audience sparkeddebates among the panelists and sparked interest among the attendees.

The opening keynote session titled, "The Art of Innovation," wasdelivered by Guy Kawasaki, founder of Garage Technology Ventures andformer evangelist for Apple Computers, Inc. Mr. Kawasaki discussed thetop 12 tips that drive an innovation and how marketers can apply theseconcepts to their campaigns. Among other points, he emphasized that,in order to be effective, marketers must make meaning, jump to thenext curve and "niche thyself." Today's keynote, a panel entitled,"The Truth About the Email Ecosystem: A View from Both Sides of theRoom," and moderated by Peter Christy, confronts the most importantissues of the email ecosystem and discusses how our peers are drivingthe future of email and messaging in the real world.

Premier sponsors of the event include OmniTI, SKYLIST andIronPort. Supporting sponsors are Goodmail Systems and Clearswift. Thevendor hall also includes 17 additional companies. The Email SecurityShootout takes place today at 10:00 a.m. PST.

"INBOX has clearly found a place in the email community,"commented Jon Price, INBOX managing director. "The support from allareas of the industry, a curriculum that addresses all the hot,cutting-edge issues, lots of familiar faces and plenty of new ones area testament to the relevance and impact this conference has on thecommunity as a whole. We look forward to Day Two and the continuedgrowth of INBOX for years to come."

About The Golden Group:

Founded in 2002, The Golden Group (www.thegoldengroup.net) is atrade conference and event management business with headquarters inGolden, CO and offices in northern California. The business was builton the notion that conferences should be profound and intuitivegatherings for market communities to exchange ideas, buildrelationships and gain knowledge with a significant return oninvestment. ISPCON, the definitive event for wired and wireless ISPs,is a cornerstone event driven by these highly regarded qualities thathas served the ever-evolving global ISP community for over a decade.The company recently launched INBOX -- The Email Event(www.inboxevent.com), which is scheduled for its fourth event May 31 -June 1, 2006 in San Jose, CA.

About Jupitermedia Corporation

Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq:JUPM), (www.jupitermedia.com)headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of originalinformation and images for information technology, business andcreative professionals. Jupitermedia includes Jupiterimages, one ofthe leading images companies in the world with over 7.0 million imagesonline serving creative professionals with brands like BananaStock,Brand X, FoodPix, Botanica, Nonstock, The Beauty Archive, IFABilderteam, Comstock Images, Creatas Images, PictureQuest, LiquidLibrary, Thinkstock Images, Thinkstock Footage, Bigshot Media,Goodshoot, ITStockFree, Stock Image, Pixland, Photos.com,Ablestock.com, PhotoObjects.net, Clipart.com, FlashFoundry.com andAnimationFactory.com. The online media division of Jupitermedia isJupiterWeb, which operates four distinct online networks: internet.comand EarthWeb.com for IT and business professionals; DevX.com fordevelopers; and Graphics.com for creative professionals. JupiterWebproperties include more than 150 Web sites and over 150 e-mailnewsletters that are viewed by over 20 million users and generate over350 million page views monthly.