GRAND RAPIDS and BIRMINGHAM – MITechNews.Com, an online technology news portal, announced a media partnership with IT-Harvest, a security news portal, that will include combined news, podcasting, live events and advertising to a nationwide audience of security professionals.
MITechNews.Com includes a Security section that features news, information and events listings. That news is packaged every other Friday in a Security eNewsletter that goes to more than 32,000 email subscribers, primarily to an audience in the Great Lakes Region.
IT-Harvest produces the Cyber Defense Weekly that goes to 4,500 security professionals, 90 percent in the United States and 10 percent worldwide.
Starting immediately, the two organizations will share news stories and co brand the Security podcasting channel produced by MITechNews.Com. Both also will offer co branded advertising and live Security events.
“I’m very excited to be working with noted Security expert and industry analyst Richard Stiennon, who will bring a whole new dimension to the Security news and information we already offer our readers and listeners,” said Mike Brennan, Editor & Publisher of MITechNews.Com. “Richard also will be encouraging all the vendors and fellow security experts he works with to contribute white papers, best practices and much more, which will make our media partnership a valuable resource for anyone who needs to stay on top of what’s happening in Security today, both physical and cyber.”
“MITechNews is an established brand in technology journalism,” said Stiennon. “It is an honor to be associated with Mike Brennan and be able to combine our security information portals.”
Stiennon writes at ThreatChaos.Com and is the founder of IT-Harvest, an independent analyst firm that researches the 1,200 IT security vendors. He was Chief Marketing Officer for Fortinet, Inc. the leading UTM vendor. Prior to that he was VP Threat Research at Webroot Software.
Before Webroot, Stiennon was VP Research at Gartner Inc. where he covered security topics including firewalls, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, security consulting, and managed security services for the Security and Privacy group. He is a holder of Gartner’s Thought Leadership award and was named “One of the 50 most powerful people in Networking” by NetworkWorld Magazine.
Brennan is founder of Michigan News Network and has worked since 1980 as a technology reporter and editor at newspapers in New York City, San Jose, Ca., Seattle, Wa., Memphis, TN., and Detroit, MI. He co founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service, which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries. He founded MITechNews.Com in April 2000, the first Great Lakes portal for technology news, and launched its Security section and eNewsletter in 2002. A Security podcasting channel was added in 2007.
For editorial, contact:
Mike Brennan email [email protected]
Richard Stiennon email [email protected]
For advertising information email [email protected]
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