CMP Media's CRN to Moderate a 20-Year Milestone Panel at PC EXPO

Panel to Reflect on 20 Years of IT Solutions And Look 20 Years Into The Future

PRNewswire-FirstCall
MANHASSET, N.Y.
Jun 19, 2002

CMP Media's CRN, the newsweekly for builders of technology, today announced that CRN's editor/strategy, Heather Clancy will be moderating the '20-Year Milestone: Integrating Business and IT Yesterday -- and Tomorrow' panel along with VARBusiness' Senior Executive Editor, T.C. Doyle, on Tuesday, June 25 from 11:00 am -- 11:50.

Heather Clancy and T.C. Doyle will be joined by respected executives and technologists in the IT industry. The panel participants include: Lazar (Larry) Birenbaum, Vice President, Group General Manager, Ethernet Access Group, Cisco Systems; Dan Bricklin, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Trellix Corporation; Marilyn Edling, Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Systems, Business Customer Organization, Hewlett-Packard Company; David Nagel, President and Chief Executive Officer, PalmSource, Inc.; and Chris Stone, Vice Chairman, Office of the CEO, Novell.

The panel topics will include the role of the PC and the evolving computing form factor; networking and the Internet generation; killer productivity applications; wireless wonders and mobile devices; digital media; and security sensations.

The panel is of the heels of CRN's 20th anniversary issue, which debuted on June 17, 2002. Introduced in 1982, CRN was the first publication to focus on the channel and continues to be the first media outlet that Solution Providers turn to for news and information about the information technology industry. The 20th anniversary special edition reported on the evolution of the Solution Provider industry for the past two decades.

Heather Clancy is the Editor/Strategy for CRN. She is responsible for building new coverage areas in emerging technologies, extending CRN's reach through special reports such as The Annual Top 25 Executives List, The CRN Hall of Fame and the 20th Anniversary Issue, exploring conference opportunities that advocate the IT distribution channel, and building relationships with new readership constituencies. Ms. Clancy has been covering the technology industry for more than 12 years, focusing on beats from Software to Emerging Technology. In Adweek Magazine's Technology Marketing 8th annual 'Influencers Report' (2002), Heather Clancy was recognized as the 15th top media influencer for trade publications.

For additional information on the PC EXPO panel, go to http://www.techxny.com/keynotes/keynotes.cfm. For information on CRN and CRN's 20th Anniversary issue, go to http://www.crn.com/sections/20anniversary/. For information on advertising opportunities with CRN, please visit CRN's online media kit at http://www.crn.com/mediakit.

About CRN

CRN is the nation's leading trade newsweekly that provides timely industry news and analysis for solution providers, integrators and e-businesses building technology solutions. It is the most trusted source of news for 117,500 channel professionals. A media leader in the high-tech industry, CRN provides the most comprehensive suite of online resources: http://www.crn.com/, the site where industry news breaks first; CRN Direct, a daily newsletter that brings personalized news to solution providers' desktops; and CRN News Radio, a daily news broadcast covering the solution provider channel and the industry.

About CMP Media LLC

CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com/) is a leading high-tech 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, custom publishing, testing and consulting.

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