NEW MAGAZINE/WEB SITE COVERS HIGH-TECH INDUSTRY CONVERGENCE.

Cahners Business Information (Newton, MA) will begin the production of CommVerge, a combined magazine and Web-based resource targeted to professionals involved in the convergence of the computer, communications and electronics industries, in January. Regular monthly publications of the magazine will begin in March.

Cahners said the print product will have a controlled circulation of 40,000 professionals involved in converging industries, including engineers, marketers, managers, and legal, financial and information technology professionals. Editorial will be designed to carry information relevant to the development of products, services and infrastructure technologies that allow data to flow from a server and across networks to a variety of end-devices. The Web site will be updated daily. The magazine/Web site is a part of Cahners Electronics Group which also includes EDN, Electronic Business and Electronic News magazines and e-inSITE.

Cahners publishing director Tim Tobeck noted that "there's no longer a clear distinction between computers, consumer electronics and communications devices." Cahners said CommVerge will provide "need-to-know information about the equipment., services and enabling technologies that bring these devices to the marketplace." Tobeck said that "most business-to-business magazines feature a wide scope of products and services that fall within a focused subscriber niche. CommVerge is different because it delivers focused content to a much wider subscriber base that puts everyone from design engineers to corporate management on the same page."