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Someone recently told me that it may not be obvious why we do this newsletter and blog. Bear with me for a minute as I spell it out. The Origin of PR Vibes: We are a social and traditional PR agency serving the communications technology industry. We have produced the PR Vibes newsletter (at no […]

Jim Rapoza joined the Aberdeen Group as a senior research analyst covering network and application performance and IT infrastructure. Previously, he was the news editor at Network Computing. he also formerly served as the chief technology analyst for eWeek.

Joining Yankee as a new Afffiliate is Bill Lesieur. He is an industry analyst, advisor and research consultant with more than 13 years experience.  Bill will be focused on mobile cloud, looking at the market from vendor, operator and end-user perspectives. Most recently, Bill established GITS Research, which is focused on cloud computing in the […]

Chris Preimesberger has been promoted to editor in chief of features and analysis for eWeek. He was previously a senior writer. He will continue to write the Storage Station blog for the publication. eWeek has a circulation of 225,000 subscribers.

Gene Signorini has been promoted to Senior VP of Research following Gigi Wang’s departure. He is coordinating the team’s focus on analyzing the impact of mobility across enabling technologies, business models and more. Gene is an industry analyst, with more than 17 years experience in the mobile and wireless industry, including 11 years at Yankee […]

Rich Karpinski has signed on as a new Senior Analyst following the closing of Connected Planet, where he was Editor-in-Chief for four years.  Rich will be focused heavily on mobile operator business models, service delivery strategies and the overall dynamics of the mobile ecosystem.

Welcome to PR Vibes™, created by Calysto Communications to provide you with key insights into the publications and events in the communications industry. Today, we’re featuring a short interview with Eddie Hold, VP, Connected Intelligence, part of The NPD Group’s Technology Analyst Business. Enjoy! Can you tell us about NPD Connected Intelligence and how it came about? […]

Industry Dive from FierceMarkets – President, Sean Griffey; Lead Developer, Eli Dickinson and VP of Sales, Ryan Willumson are leaving the online B2B media company, to pursue a new entrepreneurial opportunity. They are co-founding a company called Industry Dive that will create mobile dashboards for B2B industries. Sean had been with FierceMarkets since March 2005, taking on […]

Connected Planet (Previously Telephony) – Penton Media announced today that Connected Planet is ceasing operations. “We tried for some time but it never achieved an appropriate revenue model,” said Warren Bimblick, Penton’s senior VP-strategy and business development. Launched in September 2009, Connected Planet targeted service providers and enterprise users of advanced telecommunications, IT and mobile networking services. Connectedplanetonline.com had more than 127,000 unique […]

Gartner– Research director Michael King is leaving the company after more than 11 years of service. His areas of coverage included enterprise network services, including wireless data and applications in the United States and Canada. A replacement has not yet been named.