NEW YORK, July 10 NY-TechWeb-Elects
NEW YORK, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TechWeb the global leader in
business technology media, today announced that Mary Jander will oversee the
ThinkerNet blogosphere of Internet Evolution, a Web 2.0 site dedicated to
investigating the future of the Internet. As ThinkerNet editor, Jander will
coordinate Internet Evolution's bloggers that include luminaries and
visionaries like Craig Newmark of craigslist; Ralph Szygenda, CIO of General
Motors; and security consultant and former NSA staffer Ira Winkler, among many
others. As the site's third full-time editor, she will report to Terry
Sweeney, Editor in Chief of Internet Evolution.
"Mary's ability to anticipate technical trends and how they impact
businesses and consumers will be a tremendous asset to the Internet Evolution
readership," Sweeney said. "Her ability to understand technical developments
and identify important trends will ensure the lively reader dialog on Internet
Evolution continues and accelerates."
Prior to joining Internet Evolution, Jander was Site Editor of TechWeb
storage networking portal Byte and Switch (http://www.byteandswitch.com) and a
longtime Senior Editor of Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com). She
brings more than 18 years of experience in writing and editing on a variety of
information technologies and data center management issues. She worked for
Data Communications magazine for nine years and co-wrote Foundations of
Service Level Management (Macmillan Sams, 2000). Jander earned bachelor's
degrees in English and business from City College of New York and Marymount
College of Fordham University in Tarrytown, N.Y.
Jander is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and can be reached at
jander@internetevolution.com.
About Internet Evolution
Internet Evolution hosts more than 100 world-famous Internet experts --
such as Kevin Mitnick, once the most-wanted computer hacker in the world; Dr.
Lawrence Roberts, inventor of packet switching and one of the world's foremost
authorities on telecom network architectures; Jack Uldrich, futurist, scholar,
and author; Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.com; David Weinberger,
technologist and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto; Howard Schmidt, former
White House cybersecurity adviser; and Norman J. Ornstein, political scientist
and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) -- all of
whom are addressing today's critical socioeconomic issues within its
ThinkerNet blogosphere. Internet Evolution also offers broadcast-quality
broadband video documentaries and interviews; investigative reports; and
user-generated content facilitated via the latest Web 2.0 technology.
About TechWeb (http://techweb.com/aboutus)
TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative
business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and
marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media
brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million*
business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created
around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and
VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading,
Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial
Technology Network; and the market-leading, award-winning InformationWeek,
TechNet, MSDN, and Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides
end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance marketing,
integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of
United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist
information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.
*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on # of monthly connections
Contact
Amy Averbook
TechWeb's Internet Evolution
212-925-0020 x112
averbook@lightreading.com
SOURCE Internet Evolution
