I have been musing and writing about technology since 1999 back in my native country Mauritius, dreaming back in 1997 of a world full of avatars and virtual reality. After completing a degree in Social Studies, I hosted a tech talk show for a national radio and have written for a number of tech websites & magazines after being called "a writer...

Andy Evans has worked in the media industry since 1986. His experience spans traditional offline business and consumer press, radio and television. Now focused on online publishing, audio and video. Andy began working online in 1997, launched Net Communities in 1999, survived the internet boom and is the controlling share holder in the business.

Rob Kerr is the Mobile editor of ITProPortal.com. He is a journalist with more than 13 years experience of news, reviews and feature writing on titles such as WIRED, PC Magazine, The Register, The INQUIRER, Pocket-Lint, Mobile Industry Review, Know Your Mobile and The Gadget Show. The mobile phone world is his real passion and forte, having owned...

Gordon Kelly is a London based writer and journalist specialising in technology, music and film. He has wide range of knowledge across the technology, music and film industries with a focus on producing reviews, news and features.

Sandra has been writing about technology for more than ten years. She has contributed to web sites, written blogs and books, been a consultant, reviewer, features writer, web site editor, awards judge: you name it, she’s probably done it. She has a particular fondness for smartphones, but likes anything tech-related and has a home full of gadgets.

Gerry has over 15 years experience in the technology sector. He currently holds the position of Director of Communications at Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu software platform, and is responsible for coordination of the company’s communications activity globally. Prior to his current role, Gerry...

Axel Pawlik is the Managing Director of the RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC). Axel graduated from the University of Dortmund, Germany, with a Masters Degree in Computer Science. He was later employed at the University of Dortmund from 1985 to 1992, where he contributed to the establishment of UNIX networking as a publicly available...

Ravi Mandalia has cleared his Associate – (ISC)2 Exams and is an ISO 27001:2005 Lead Auditor. He has a Masters in Network Security from Liverpool John Moores University and holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science. His strength areas are Risk Management, Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery, Public Key Infrastructure, Web...

Costis founded Globo in 1997 and became an executive director in 2007. In addition to his role at Globo, Costis serves as the non-executive chairman and a director of Hellenic Capital plc. He is also chairman to the Hellenic Information Technology & Communications Enterprises and the Athens Chamber of...

Rawiya Kameir is a writer and editor with experience across print and the web. After completing a B.A. in writing and an M.S. in journalism, she worked as a journalist, blogger and social media manager. She spends too much time on the internet.

David Sherriff is the CEO of Microgen. Microgen develops and implements enterprise software for some of the world’s largest financial institutions, multi-national corporations and public sector organisations. Microgen’s high performance software and detailed understanding of specific markets enable customers...

History degree in hand, Will graduated from the University of Southampton in 2011. Having dabbled in various forms of journalism including music and sport, technology is being added to his canon at Net Communities, interning as a staff writer for ITProPortal.com.

Steve Wharton is a field engineer at Fusion-io. Steve has been working in IT for more than 15 years and has previously held positions at Data Domain, Dell, Compaq and several bluechip companies in IT delivery roles.

Tom Brand has more than 12 years of business IT experience. Since joining GlassHouse, he has focused on delivering projects that focus on the use of virtualisation. He joined GlassHouse from Morse, where he was a senior consultant delivering virtualisation, storage and backup solutions. Before that, Tom held consulting roles at Deloitte & Touche,...

Chris Richter is VP of Security Services at Savvis. He leads the effort behind implementing standardized control frameworks and risk management processes across Savvis’ dedicated and cloud-based services. Chris has assisted many enterprises in adapting their premise-based infrastructure risk management programs and security controls to outsourced...

Simon Richardson brings more than 15 years of IT industry experience to ITogether. Simon manages the overall technical strategy and service...

Ken Owens is Vice President of Security and Virtualization Technologies at Savvis, where he has made significant contributions in security and virtualization architecture and strategies. Prior to joining Savvis, Ken spent two years as a Network Security Architect at AG Edwards & Sons, Inc. and Edward Jones Investments, respectively. Previously,...

Chris Adlard is the EMEA Marketing and Communications Director at Coverity. He is responsible for all aspects of marketing and communications across EMEA. Chris brings a wealth of B2B technology marketing and communications experience to his role. This includes strategy development, marketing and communications campaign execution, product...

Mark’s background is firmly entrenched in technology marketing. He set up and ran the digital marketing agency, Mason Zimbler, which specialised in working with technology companies such as Microsoft, Toshiba, Google, EMC, Seagate and SAS. Mark sold Mason Zimbler to Harte-Hanks in January 2008. At this time it was clear to Mark that the Smartphone...

Emer was appointed President – BT Global Services UK in August 2010. In this role, she leads BT Global Services’ UK business outside of the government and health sectors, reporting directly to CEO, Jeff Kelly. She is a key member of BT Global Services’ leadership team. Throughout her career, Emer has demonstrated her ability to lead and maintain...

Clive Grayson is an experienced IT executive with a background in business development, strategy, consultancy and professional services. As Director of Service Strategy at Business Critical IT company Attenda, he is responsible for the company’s service and product strategy. Prior to his role at Attenda, he was responsible for leading and...

John Humphreys has more than a decade of technology experience in his role as VP, Marketing and has global responsibility for brand awareness, lead generation, sales enablement, product marketing, and channel development at Egenera, a global provider of Elastic Infrastructure-as-a-Service foundations for cloud-computing.

Dr. Taher Elgamal is the Chief Security Adviser at Axway, the leading global provider of multi-enterprise solutions and infrastructure. Dr. Elgamal is a leading expert in computer, network and information security. Also, recognised in the industry as the "inventor of SSL," Dr. Elgamal led the SSL efforts at...

I have been involved with everything Cisco since December 97 when AGS routers were considered 'state of the art' and CISCO7000 routers fully loaded sold for over £100k each! In those days if you wanted to know the specs of a Cisco router you flicked through the Cisco product manual which was thicker than the yellow pages. My company specialises in...

Glenn Fassett joined Network Hardware Resale in 1996 and is today general manager of the company's international operations. His responsibilities include strategic direction and revenue development for Network Hardware Resale throughout the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. Glenn led Network Hardware...

Andy Perrin is Senior Product Manager, Cloud Services, at Virgin Media Business. In this role, Andy is responsible for defining and executing the Cloud Services market strategy and product development, overseeing the Virtual Private Data Centre offering, as well as other key applications and...

Nigel Beighton recently joined Rackspace as Vice President Technology. He is responsible for driving the OpenStack Cloud community internationally and for delivering world-class offerings for Rackspace in the international markets it serves. He is Rackspace’s voice in the market place across EMEA and Asia...

Tom Kelly President and CEO of enterprise social software company Moxie Software is a leading authority on achieving business results through collaborative innovation. He's helped hundreds of global organizations change the way they create value and compete. Tom collaborates closely with Don Tapscott, Chairman of Moxie Insight a business unit of...

Andrew McCreath is an Engagement Partner with Glasshouse Technologies (UK), a global provider of IT infrastructure services, with more than 16 years experience of Infrastructure and Management Information Systems. Prior to joining GlassHouse, Andrew managed multi-million dollar projects while employed with Accenture, Credit Suisse First Boston,...

Andreas Bernström is the CEO of Rebtel, the world’s second largest mobile VoIP company. Prior to Rebtel, the Goldman Sachs alum was COO of Taptu, a leading UK-based mobile search engine, and TradeDoubler, Europe's leading performance based marketing company.

From his base in Sheffield, England, Steve has been a business journalist/techical writer for 25 years, 23 of them full-time. He has specialised in IT security, healthcare technology (he worked in the NHS for 11 years), business matters, the Internet and communications for most of that time.

Mehul completed his post graduate degree in International Business from the University of Greenwich. Though born in the UK, Mehul lived luxuriously in India for a while but decided to leave his comfort zone and challenge himself to a fast paced life in London. In his spare time he likes photography and repairing his friend’s faulty gadgets!...

As an “accidental” project manager and marketing veteran with over 25 years of experience, Ty writes about project management, leading teams, and basically getting work done. Ty makes the concepts and best practices of managing project-based work accessible to both the expert and novice (or accidental) project professional by weaving personal...

Hunter Richards graduated in 2010 from Washington University in St. Louis. He is a market manager and blogger for Software Advice, an online resource for information on business software.

Since completing a doctorate in physics from Oxford University in 1974, Melvyn Hunt has worked continuously in speech technology research. Among several innovations made by Hunt and now in widespread use is the application of linear regression for speaker adaptation (MLLR). Hunt's career in speech technology began at the British Government's...

Geoff Izzard has over 16 years of experience as a strategic consultant, with a principal focus upon the communications industry. His primary focus has been on business management and ensuring that the technology supports the business through and beyond any business change.

Ben Chai works at Lanix UK Limited helping businesses to gain competitive edge via technology. He was one of the first UK engineers to receive both the prestigious Microsoft MCSE and Novell MCNE qualifications and qualify as a Microsoft Certified Trainer. For a number of years Ben Chai was Technical Marketing Director of a leading UK Microsoft...

Bryan Doerr is Chief Technology Officer at SAVVIS. Bryan provides technology leadership for infrastructure and product development, M&A support, and next generation platform evaluation. Before joining SAVVIS, he held positions in management, software technology research, and software development at Bridge Information Systems, Boeing, and the...

Adam Miller is a senior strategy consultant, focussing on IT Service Management. He has been with GlassHouse Technologies since July 2008 working across a wide range of engagements in the UK, Europe, and Latin America. Previous to that, he has worked for Wavex Technologies and Wincor Nixdorf, as a Client Services Manager and Regional Service...

James Yates has more than 14 years experience in business IT, working in both distribution and reseller environments. 15 months ago, he set up Servers Plus, a specialist server, storage and networking reseller focused on delivering bespoke solutions to SMBs through a volume web based model. Previously...

Larry Steele brings more than 20 years of experience in technology to his role as technical vice president of Software-as-a-Service at Savvis, Inc., a leading provider of infrastructure services purpose-built for SaaS. He leads the overall global strategy for SaaS solutions for Savvis and is a frequent participant in CTO advisory boards and...

Steve joined Savvis in April 2010 as Product Marketing Manager for the EMEA region. Key responsibilities include managing the Savvis product roadmap, launching new Savvis products into EMEA, and ensuring EMEA requirements are prioritised by the central product development teams. Steve started his career in sales and account management roles at...

Andrew Gradwell has experience in all levels of IT, as a user, support engineer and a company director. Heading up Cloud Hypermarket, Andrew is on a mission to bring cloud savings to companies that really need it, rather than those its most profitable to sell to.

Andrew Frowen MBCS is the Managing Director of IntaForensics, a Midlands-based Digital Forensics Company who provide services to both the public and private sectors. Andrew is responsible for overseeing all aspects of business from recruitment to marketing. Andrew is a practicing Digital Forensic...

Stewart had over 20 years of experience in the print publishing industry working at the bleeding edge of technology before deciding that this new-fangled interweb thingummybob was the way forward for a jaded middle-aged hack who likes to spend more time with his dogs than is probably healthy. He stole a Sinclair ZX81 from a rich friend who...

Graduated at the University of Bournemouth in 2008 with a BA (Hons) Degree in Interactive Media and Production. Abtin was previously working for BskyB and now works as online consultant for Net Communities and its publications.

James Campanini is the Managing Director of Cisco WebEx for EMEA and LATAM. Cisco WebEx, a division of Cisco, is the global leader in on-demand collaboration services and web conferencing. James is responsible for the business unit’s strategic growth across all routes to market in the region, including direct sales, the channel and new routes to...

Dr Graham Oakes, is a highly skilled systems engineer and project manager with over 20 years’ industry-proven experience backed by a track record of delivering highly innovative and effective solutions. Dr Graham Oakes helps people untangle complex technology, relationships, processes and governance. As an independent consultant, he helps...

Mark Swanston, Infrastructure Operations Services Manager at UK Data Centre Consulting Firm GlassHouse Technologies UK (LTD) and a contributor to ITProPortal.com Swanston brings over 12 years experience within the support services arena. During his time at GlassHouse, he has worked with numerous organisations delivering a wide variety of support...

With a passion for online and all things advertising, Babac has been writing about digital marketing ever since his university thesis on Viral Marketing. Babac lives in London and runs Metric Science - a cloud based software which enables advertising professionals to better understand the media that they...

A Chartered Marketer, who is working hard to ensure Telco's suck just a little less everyday, James leads marketing for BlueVia, the new developer platform from Telefonica. In addition he is a global board member of the Mobile Entertainment Forum and chairs the Technology Market Interest Group of The Chartered...

Barry works for Kit Digital, and has over 21 years extensive experience dealing with strategic and tactical security initiatives for a variety of organisations . He advises on the security requirements on a variety of subjects, and has carried out security research on information security, cyber crime and social media. A Speaker at various...

Phil Smith is UK & Ireland CEO of Cisco and is responsible for the company’s largest operation outside of North America. He has a thirty year track record within the ICT industry, advising leading global organisations in the private and public sector on how to drive transformation, productivity and sustainable growth. Phil is also an advocate of...

A chap who is in constant awe and also madly frustrated by technology.

Manoj is Director Global Marketing with Nimsoft. He is a proven marketing strategist and sales enabler in the B2B market with more than 16 years of experience in Enterprise Management, impacting the profitability and performance of diverse organisations by expertly guiding numerous aspects of enterprise management.  He was a key contributor of the...

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Gerd Schauss is director, market intelligence EMEA at Samsung Semiconductor Europe

Martyn has been an IT and games reviewer for 20 years for a wide range of magazines and gaming websites. He's an avid fan of World of Warcraft, The Witcher, Portal and anything involving shooting, adventuring and role-playing, and he has a stupidly large 3D HDTV. He still thinks the Game Gear was the best portable games console, ever.

Geoff has over 12 years of experience working with online media, cutting his teeth in 1999 back before the first Web Bubble burst. After running his own reviews site while at university and a stint at Eurogamer, Geoff served as Deputy Editor of the popular tech enthusiast website, bit-tech.net. Following the site’s acquisition by Dennis Publishing...

Michael Ide was a university graduate working toward a PhD in physics when a change of plans took him to South Africa to teach. Since then he has worked as a journalist in Cairo and a freelance writer in Cyprus. He is interested in online privacy, and changing notions of intellectual property and can often be found in the vicinity of his favorite...