Video: CMP Launches Internet Evolution - A Web 2.0 Site Focused on the Future of the InternetAnnounces the First 60 All-Star Contributors to Site's 'thinkerNet' Blogosphere; Offers Editorial, Opinion, Video & User-Generated ContentPRNewswire-FirstCall NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP today launched a new Web 2.0 site dedicated to investigating the future of the Internet. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/cmp/29931/ Called Internet Evolution (http://www.internetevolution.com/), the site draws content from four sources: insightful opinion from world famous Internet experts contributing to the site's "thinkerNet" blogosphere; broadcast-quality broadband video documentaries and interviews; investigative reports by CMP's reporters and analysts; and user-generated content facilitated via the latest Web 2.0 technology. "Internet Evolution will chronicle the next huge leap forward in the history of the Internet," says Steve Weitzner, CMP President and CEO. "This is one of CMP's most significant new launches of 2007 and embodies everything CMP stands for, including the best analysis of technology issues -- provided by our writers, our readers, and the most famous experts in the communications industry." World-Famous Contributors A cornerstone of the site is the thinkerNet -- where world-famous Internet experts blog and interact with the site's audience via message boards. Contributors include authors, entertainment executives, musicians, economists, politicians, CIOs, investors, activists, and Internet entrepreneurs. The first 60 contributors to the thinkerNet are announced today. They feature the CIOs of Boeing (John Hinshaw), General Motors (Ralph Szygenda), and the US Department of Defense (John Grimes) -- also, Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.com, and Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Labs, the company that develops and maintains Second Life. Other contributors include:
* Kevin Mitnick, security maven
* Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts, inventor of packet switching
* Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity adviser
* Thomas Dolby, musician, pioneered confluence of music and technology
* Erez Liebermann, cybercrime prosecutor
* Matt Bross, CTO, BT, the UK national telecom operator
* Don Tapscott, best-selling author of Wikinomics
* Parry Aftab, leader of the fight against online child porn and
cyber bullying
* Harry Knowles, online film critic, founder of Aintitcool.com
* Ira Winkler, former National Security Agency analyst, author of
Spies Among Us
Investigative Reports
Internet Evolution provides in-depth and comprehensive analysis of key Internet issues via investigative reports. The first, titled "Digital Content & the Enterprise -- Resistance Is Fatal!" is published on the site today, and explains how enterprise organizations are better off embracing digital content technologies as a means to increase profitability, rather than trying to control their encroachment on corporate networks. Other topics addressed on the site over the next six months include the impact of digital content on enterprise networks; using videoconferencing to reduce the amount of business travel and thus aid with the problem of reducing carbon emissions; addressing the poverty gap between industrialized nations and the developing world; education; entertainment; and social interaction. Broadband Video Internet Evolution will also feature "The Web Wide World," a global video series that will present an engaging look at how businesses, localities, and cultures use the Internet differently around the world. The videos are presented in small-form broadband video format. The first episode of "Web Wide World," available on the site now, focuses on new Internet developments in London. User-Generated Content Internet Evolution is designed from the ground up to support a slate of Web 2.0 features that transform it from a static, text-driven model into an interactive community. At the core of each feature is the goal of giving the user more power and control over the information on the site, encouraging them to become part of the Internet Evolution community and contribute to it. Features include: blogs equipped with widgets; personalized-user home pages with "favorite" tags and Websites; and "Find a Friend" algorithms that recommend users to community members with similar interests. "At Internet Evolution we believe that the Internet is at a tipping point, not just in terms of the number of people using it, but also how they use it," says James C. Johnson, Site Editor of the new publication. "In addition to presenting huge opportunities for companies to invent new businesses and improve the ways they run their old businesses, Internet Evolution will explore the Internet's likely impact on every aspect of life as we know it." Internet Evolution, and its thinkerNet blogosphere, was conceived by Stephen Saunders, an independent consultant helping B2B publishers launch and develop successful online businesses. Prior to his current role, Stephen was the Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/), an online startup, which was purchased by CMP in 2005. Anyone interested in contributing to Internet Evolution or the thinkerNet should email the site's editors at editors@internetevolution.com About CMP CMP (http://www.cmp.com/) is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event, and print brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times, and TechOnline; produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developer Conference, and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing services such as the International Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights, and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. For more CMP news, go to cmp.com/news. Contact Information Alix Raine CMP 516.562.7827 araine@cmp.com Video: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/cmp/29931 SOURCE: CMP Technology CONTACT: Alix Raine of CMP, +1-516-562-7827, araine@cmp.com Web site: http://www.cmp.com/ |