1105 Media acquires Fawcette and education shows.Closely following its acquisition of PostNewsweek Tech Media (Washington, D.C.) in December and its purchase of Contingency Planning and Management Group (Lambertville, NJ) in November, 1105 Media (Chatsworth, CA), has acquired Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. (FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ; Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , CA) from founder James Fawcette and management. The acquired company is the publisher of five magazines, as well as conferences and online resources for the IT and computer markets. No terms were given. FTP magazine print titles include "Visual Studio Magazine," "Java Pro," "Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. System Magazine" "Enterprise Architect" and "WebLogic Pro." Conferences and exhibitions include VS Live!, Web Design World and Web Builder 2.0. The company also produces related newsletters, books and online resources, including RSS feeds Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. and webcasts. FTP will become a part of 1105 Media's Redmond Media Group (RMG RMG Roularta Media Group RMG RiskMetrics Group, Inc. RMG Revenu Minimum Garanti (French: Guaranteed Minimum Income) RMG Risk Management Group RMG Ready Made Garment RMG Raw Materials Group (mining industry) ), the publisher of "Redmond Magazine," "Redmond Channel Partner" and the recently launched "Redmond Developer News," as well as related web sites and the semiannual Semiannual An event that occurs twice in a calendar year. Notes: A bond with semiannual coupons would issue payment once every six months. See also: Annual, Bond, Coupon Bond TechMentor conference. RMG Publisher Henry Allain said the purchase of FTP positions RMG as the "dominant media outlet serving all facets of the Microsoft IT, channel partner and developer communities ... the efficiencies gained through this acquisition are far-reaching, as many of the RMG and FTP products and audiences are perfectly complementary to each other." Also, 1105 Media has purchased the Florida Educational Technology Conference from The Florida Educational Technology Corp. (FETC FETC Federal Energy Technology Center FETC Florida Educational Technology Conference FETC Florida Educational Technology Corporation ; Tallahassee, FL). FETC was established in 1996 to advocate and support the use of technology in education by providing an annual "world class" conference and other initiatives, including a newsletter and web site, for the education community. (other 1105 ed titles). 1105 Media's Education Technology unit, formerly a part of 101communications, includes "Campus Technology" and "T.H.E. Journal," as well as related conferences, the EduHound web site and a number of e-newsletters, including "EduHound Weekly," "C-Level View," "IT Trends," "News Update" and "SmartClassroom." 1105 Media was formed in April 2006 by Nautic Partners (Providence, RI), Alta Communications (Boston, MA) and 1105 President/CEO Neal Vitale to acquire 101communications (Chatsworth, CA) and Stevens Publishing (Dallas, TX). |
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