Journalists Alexander Wolfe and Cristina McEachern Join CMP Media's VARBusiness; Marilyn O'Hara PromotedBeat Assignments Realigned to Address New Opportunities for Solution ProvidersPRNewswire CMP Media's VARBusiness, the bi-weekly magazine that covers the business of technology integration, has expanded its editorial staff with the addition of Alexander Wolfe and Cristina McEachern as senior editors. In addition, Marilyn O'Hara has been promoted to editorial research director. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010808/UNEWYLOGO ) Alexander Wolfe, who has unparalleled expertise in the microprocessor and systems arenas, will bolster the magazine's already-strong, technology- reporting team and will develop big-picture technology coverage for VARBusiness readers. In his two decades as a technology editor, Wolfe has tracked the industry for Electronics magazine, Supercomputing Review, Computers in Physics and Mechanical Engineering. During a nine-year stint at CMP's Electronic Engineering Times he wrote the popular "Wolfe's Den" column and broke the acclaimed story of the Pentium floating-point division bug. Cristina McEachern joins VARBusiness to cover the customer segment. She is charged with talking to CIOs and CTOs who work with solution providers to deploy technology initiatives, developing case studies and covering customer news. McEachern, who previously was a financial writer at JPMorgan Chase, began her career as senior editor of CMP's Wall Street & Technology magazine where she won American Society of Business Publication Editors national and regional Awards for Excellence in the news article category for her investigative reporting on Bloomberg's sales- and use-tax overcharges. Marilyn O'Hara has been promoted to research director from associate director. Prior to joining the editorial research staff, she was a researcher on the Channel Group's sales and marketing staff and helped establish the unit's consulting business. Previously, O'Hara was a researcher at Ziff Davis Media. "Our readers will benefit greatly from the expertise that Alex and Cristina bring in technology and business journalism," says VARBusiness Editorial Director Robert C. DeMarzo. "Under Marilyn's guidance, research continues to be the engine that powers this publication." Editorial Assignments Under DeMarzo's guidance, editorial assignments have been fine-tuned to better serve the information needs of solution providers. He outlined beat assignments and company coverage of the magazine's writers and editors: T.C. Doyle, senior executive editor -- industry leaders and feature- and cover-story planning and execution. Steven Lang, managing editor/strategy -- VARBusiness 500, GovernmentVAR coordination, "How-To Run Your Business Better" features, VAR500 newsletter. Focus on global integrators. Cristina McEachern, senior editor -- customer trends, finance industry, vertical markets such as financial services, retail, manufacturing, health care, government. Jeffrey Schwartz, senior editor -- storage, systems management. Company coverage includes IBM, EMC, Hitachi, HP, Veritas, Tivoli, CA. Alexander Wolfe, senior editor -- microprocessors, systems, utility computing, Linux. Company coverage includes Intel, AMD, Motorola, IBM, HP, Sun, Red Hat, Novell SuSE. Carolyn A. April, senior writer -- application development, middleware, data management. Company coverage includes IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, BEA, SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft. Luc Hatlestad, senior writer -- security, networking infrastructure and wireless. Company coverage includes Cisco, HP Procurve Division, Extreme, Avaya, SMC, Symantec, CA, Tivoli, Network Associates, Trend Micro, Checkpoint. Robert Wright, senior writer -- solution provider community, distribution, SP strategy, system builders. Company coverage includes Ingram, Tech Data, Avnet, Arrow, Agilysys, D&H, ScanSource, Synnex plus TechSelect and VentureTech networks. About VARBusiness Magazine For the past 17 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, http://www.varbusiness.com/. About CMP Media CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com/) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing. Contact: Gordon Plutsky
VARBusiness Magazine
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