Category: Media Vibes

Tim McElligott Leaves Virgo

Billing & OSS World – Tim McElligott has left his position as Editor-in-Chief at Virgo Publishing after more than four years. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at the now defunct Telephony. Tim’s replacement at B/OSS World has not yet been named. He is currently working as a freelance writer covering science and technology. Billing & OSS World is seen by 25,000 […]

Tara Seals Joins TMCnet & GigaOM Pro

TMCnet – Former Executive Editor for Virgo Publishing’s xChange Magazine for 12 years, Tara Seals is now a Contributing Editor for TMCnet covering video and wireless. Tara has also signed on as an analyst for GigaOM Pro covering the wireless beat.

Tony Rizzo Joins TMCnet

Joining TMCnet is Tony Rizzo. He is now a senior editor covering mobile issues. He previously served as the editor in chief for Mobile Enterprise, which he joined in September 2011. TMCnet sites reach more than 1.5 million unique visitors each month.

Sam Lucero Joins IHS

IHS – Sam Lucero is now Sr. Principal Analyst, M2M & Connected Devices at HIS. He previously served as a Practice Director at ABI Research for seven years. Sam was responsible for managing the firm’s strategic and quantitative assessment of the global markets for Cellular M2M Connectivity and Wireless Sensor Networking technologies.

New Hires at CNET

CNET News – Shara Tibken is leaving her role as a reporter covering semiconductors, computer hardware and related technology industries at Dow Jones Newswires to join CNET News as a consumer technology reporter. Casey Newton has also joined CNET as a senior writer covering Google. He was most recently a technology reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, a position he had held since November 2010. CNET’s site attracts 32 million […]

Media Update: The Reorganization of Yankee Group

As Calysto reported nearly one year ago, Yankee Group repositioned its’ mission to focus exclusively on the mobility revolution.   The firm’s value proposition for its clients is to help them make money, save money and mitigate risk with their critical strategy, product, technology and marketing decisions in the new mobile economy. With its focus on mobility, […]

Gene Signorini Leaving Yankee Group

Yankee Group – Gene Signorini, Senior Vice President and Head of Research plans to leave Yankee Group at the end of this month. Gene was promoted from Vice President, Mobility Research to Senior VP of Research following Gigi Wang’s departure in December 2011. Gene has been with Yankee for more than 12 years, where he was responsible […]

Kevin Burden Joins Strategy Analytics

Strategy Analytics – Kevin Burden has been named the Director, Mobility at Strategy Analytics. Prior to this, he was with ABI Research since March 2010 where his most recent title was VP & Group Director, Mobile Devices. His areas of coverage included handset vendor strategies, device functionality, form factors, and user interfaces. His special concentration is in evaluating […]

David Snow Joins Current Analysis

Current Analysis – David Snow has been named Principal Analyst to lead the IP Services Infrastructure Practice. He is responsible for tracking the evolution and key developments within the IP Services Infrastructure market. Coverage areas include Hosted Multimedia Application Servers, IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS), Mobile Softswitching, Policy Control, Service Delivery Platforms (SDPs), Session Border Controls (SBCs) and Softswitches. […]

Pike Research Acquired

Pike Research – Navigant, a strategic consulting and advisory services firm based in Chicago, announced that it has acquired Pike Research to expand its energy sector market intelligence and industry report capabilities. Founded in 2009, Pike Research is a market intelligence firm that provides analysis of global clean technology markets. Pike Research Senior Analyst, Neil Strother, is now a […]

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