Category: PR Vibes®

Liz Gannes has joined the technology blog as a senior writer. She previously served as an editor for the GigaOM network owned blog NewTeeVee, and remains an editor-at-large for the site. Stacey Higginbotham has been promoted from staff writer to senior writer at GigaOM. She also contributes to the NewTeeVee and Earth2Tech blogs.

AMR Research was acquired by Gartner for $64m in an effort to expand research coverage, consulting, events and other services, acquire their client base and acquire their sales representatives. AMR is primarily focused on ERP/enterprise applications, manufacturing, supply chain, retail and sourcing. L. Frank Kenney, research director covering marketing and advertising technology trends has left […]

Jason Meyers has returned to Penton Digital Media and Communications Division in the newly created position of Director Of Custom Content And Events for Connected Planet and Telephony Online. He will direct sales strategy and execution of custom content projects created on behalf of advertisers, as well as projects created in conjunction with industry organizations, […]

The team at mBLAST has launched a completely FREE service aimed at providing up-to-date awards program information to marketing and PR professionals. AwardSync features awards programs across dozens of vertical markets, including telecom, IT, wireless and consumer electronics. Information is searchable by industry, keyword, geographic region, gender, and much more, and there are tips for […]

Following its recent acquisition by Bloomberg L.P., more staff cuts were made at BusinessWeek. Community editor Shirley Brady, senior technology writer Stephen Baker, Damian Joseph, writer for the Innovation Design channel and technology columnist Steve Wildstrom were all recently laid off. Jon Fine is also leaving his post as a columnist. Silicon Valley bureau manager […]

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) made staff cuts as part of an ongoing effort to consolidate all outreach to the cable technology community and bring more of an engineering focus to the organization. Debra Swann, vice president, marketing and business development, Louise Games, vice president, membership services, and Cheryl Taylor, administrator, were let […]

The publication announced Frontline Challenges, a new column to be launched with the January 2010 issue. Frontline Challenges will be written by new columnist Byron McDaniel. During the last 12 years of his career, Byron held the position of Vice President – Construction and Engineering for AT&T West. Byron is now retired from AT&T with […]

Michele Masterson has left her position as senior editor with CRN where she covered technology news. She had been with CMP Media since February 2008 writing for CRN magazine, Everything Channel and VARBusiness. Prior to that, she was an analyst at Simba Information for three years. No replacement has been named.

The GSMA’s daily news service, relaunched this week. The eNewsletter is now supported by a website offering a news archive, independent analysis reports, blogs and discussion. The editorial team of Justin Springham and Matt Ablott, previously of Light Reading/Unstrung and Informa, respectively, have also given the eNewsletter a makeover. This is the same team that […]

TMC and Crossfire Media have teamed up to publish a new website and newsletter dedicated to the rapidly developing technology that surrounds Machine to Machine technology. The weekly M2M Evolution e-Newsletter and online portal’s coverage will include topics such as: how federal regulators and carriers are approving M2M devices, how carriers are meeting the challenge […]