Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine Receive Six Awards from Industry Group; One Bronze National Award; Four Gold, One Silver Regional Awards Won.LOVELAND, Colo. -- Penton Media's (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :PTON) Windows IT Media announced that Windows IT Pro Windows IT Pro (ISSN-1552-3136) is a trade publication and web site owned by Penton Media serving the information needs of IT professionals in various fields including data processing, software development and programming. and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. Magazine won six awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE ASBPE American Society of Business Publication Editors (professional membership society established in 1964 for business press editors) ASBPE American Society of Business Press Editors ) in the 28th Annual Awards of Excellence competition. Kim Paulsen, group publisher of Windows IT Media, said: "We've been honored once again to receive national and regional awards from the ASBPE. Our writers and editors are exceptional in their field, and we're very pleased they have been recognized for their outstanding work." At the national level, Douglas Toombs, a contributing editor A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. for Windows IT Pro, won the Bronze award Several organizations issue awards with this name:
The five regional awards went to: "The Business End" by Ben Smith, Windows IT Pro, May and October 2005: Gold, Regular Column, Contributed "Hey Microsoft!" by Karen Forster, Windows IT Pro, August and December 2005: Gold, Regular Column, Staff Written "Salary and Industry Survey Focus," SQL Server Magazine, December 2005: Gold, Special Section "IT Industry Survey," Windows IT Pro, December 2005: Gold, Special Section "Virtual Server 2005 Cluster Setup Kit" by Michael Otey, Windows IT Pro, May 2005: Silver, How-To Article The ASBPE is the professional association for full-time and freelance editors and writers employed in the business, trade and specialty press. ASBPE's Awards of Excellence recognize print, editorial and graphics as well as publication-associated Web sites. The Awards of Excellence program is highly competitive and is judged by business editors, designers, consultants and academicians. ASBPE divides the awards into two categories of circulation. All the awards to SQL Server Magazine are in the under 80,000 circulation category; the awards to Windows IT Pro are in the over 80,000 circulation category. About Windows IT Media Penton's Windows IT Media, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes flagship print publication Windows IT Pro. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 105,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach into 160 countries. Windows IT Pro UPDATE, the group's flagship email newsletter, is the only e-newsletter to make BtoB Magazine's Media Power 50 list. Windows IT Media also includes SQL Server Magazine and MSD (MicroSoft Diagnostics) A utility that accompanied Windows 3.1 and DOS 6 that reported on the internal configuration of the PC. A variety of information on disks, video, drivers, IRQs and port addresses was provided. 2D. SQL Server Magazine has 30,000 paid subscribers, and three email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. MSD2D is a rich online information resource for IT professionals, with a focus on the software developer community. MSD2D has a robust product mix that includes a vertical search engine A Web-based search engine that indexes content specialized by location (local venues and activities), by topic, typically for consumers, or by industry, geared to businesses (B2B). , Web sites, partner directories, email newsletters, trade show programs and Web seminars. The Windows IT Media network has 2.5 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. to its websites each month, and over one million (gross) subscribers who opt-in to one or more of our email newsletters. Windows IT Media is the world's leading producer of custom roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals. For more information, visit: http://www.windowsitpro.com/pressroom. |
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