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ITProToday.com is a leading online source of daily news, analysis, opinions and how-to’s about the information technology industry. Along with offering practical IT operations and career insights, we help IT professionals and technology stakeholders learn about, assess and manage the acquisition of next-gen technology that drives business innovation, including — but not limited to — analytics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, cloud computing, low-code/no-code, DevOps, NoOps, DataOps, compute engines, containers, edge computing, hyper-converged infrastructure, security, software development and storage.

About Our Team

The ITPro Today team is made up of a dedicated group of reporters, editors, analysts and IT industry professionals who work continuously to cover the industry’s ever-changing landscape. 

Staff

WENDY SCHUCHART

Wendy Schuchart is the Editor in Chief of ITPro Today. She has more than a decade of experience writing about the IT landscape and has another decade’s experience working in enterprise IT as a coder, business analyst and software developer. Before joining ITPro Today she was the managing editor/executive editor at VentureBeat. Her work has been featured in many IT publications, including InformationWeek, Network Computing, Datacenter Dynamics, Green Data Center News, SDX Central and TechTarget. Follow her on Twitter @wendyschuchart.

BRIAN HOLAK

brian holak- headshot.jpgBrian Holak is the Senior Managing Editor of ITPro Today. He has more than nine years of experience in the IT journalism realm, both as a reporter and an editor. Prior to joining ITPro Today, he was site editor for TechTarget's SearchBusinessAnalytics and SearchDataManagement. Along with BI, analytics and data management, Brian has covered a wide range of enterprise IT beats, including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, digital transformation, innovation management and general IT strategy.

RICK DAGLEY

Rick-dagley-headshot.jpgRick Dagley is senior editor at ITPro Today, covering a wide range of enterprise IT topics, including IT operations and management, cloud computing, edge computing, software development and IT careers. Prior to joining ITPro Today, Rick was a longtime editor at PCWeek/eWEEK, with stints at Computer Design and Telecommunications magazines before that.

SPENCER SMITH

spencer smith headshotSpencer Smith is senior editor at ITPro Today, a leading online source of news, analysis and how-to’s about the information technology industry. He focuses on IT security, compute engines, data analytics and data management, end user platforms, and storage technology. Prior to joining ITPro Today, Spencer was site editor for TechTarget’s SearchITChannel.com, where he covered the IT channel industry and business strategy.

DYLAN FISHER

dylan fisher headshotDylan Fisher is the Digital SEO Content & Copy Editor at ITPro Today, Data Center Knowledge, Information Week, and Network Computing. He's also the author of "The Loneliest Band in France." He lives with his wife, Danielle, and their two adopted dogs, Rosie and Daisy, in Atlanta, GA.

BRANDON TAYLOR

brandon taylor headshotBrandon Taylor is the Digital Editorial Program Manager across Enterprise IT media brands: Data Center Knowledge, InformationWeek, ITPro Today and Network Computing. He enables the successful delivery of sponsored content programs, secures speakers for the brands' many events, and assists in content strategy.

 

Regular Contributors

CHRISTOPHER TOZZI

Cchristophertozzihristopher Tozzi is a technology analyst with subject matter expertise in cloud computing, application development, open source software, virtualization, containers and more. He also lectures at a major university in the Albany, New York, area. His book, “For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution,” was published by MIT Press.

BRIEN POSEY

Brien_Posey.jpgBrien Posey is the vice president of research and development for Relevant Technologies. He writes technical content for a variety of publications and Web sites and covers the security and data storage beats for ITPro Today. 

 

KAREN D. SCHWARTZ

Karen_Schwartz.jpgKaren D. Schwartz is a technology and business writer with more than 20 years of experience. She has written on a broad range of technology topics for publications including CIOInformationWeekGCNFCWFedTech, BizTecheWeek and Government Executive.

 

SEAN MICHAEL KERNER

SSM-kerner.pngean Michael Kerner is an IT consultant, technology enthusiast and tinkerer. He consults to industry and media organizations on technology issues.

 

STEPHEN SWOYER

Head shot of researcher and analyst Stephen SwoyerStephen Swoyer is a researcher and analyst with 25 years of experience. His research has focused on business intelligence (BI), data warehousing, analytics, data science, machine learning and the larger information management segment for nearly 20 years. He also enjoys researching and writing about software development and software architecture – or technology architecture of any kind, for that matter. Swoyer is a recovering philosopher, with an abiding focus on ethics, philosophy of ideas and philosophy of science.

TERRI COLES

Coles-Terri-Headshot-187.jpgTerri Coles is a freelance reporter based in St. John's, Newfoundland. She has worked for more than 15 years in digital media and communications, with experience in writing, editing, reporting, interviewing, content writing, copywriting, media relations, and social media. In addition to covering artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and other topics for IT Pro Today, she writes about health, politics, policy, and trends for several different publications.

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If you’re an IT practitioner, we welcome article submissions from you about how to strategically assess and/or tactically deploy technologies within your organization, especially when the submission highlights the business benefits of specific processes or policies. To be considered for publication, submissions must adhere to our editorial standards: The content must be exclusive to ITPro Today (cannot have been published elsewhere); it cannot market a vendor’s products or services; it must be relevant to a topic we cover on ITPro Today; and it must be written for our core audience of IT professionals. If we do accept the content for publication, we typically edit for style, clarity, grammar and length (600 to 1,000 words is ideal) and send it back to you for review if substantial edits are made. We expect that you will fact-check your submission before sending it to us for review. Unfortunately, we can’t pay for unsolicited contributions. If you’re interested in contributing under those guidelines, feel free to send your topic suggestions to [email protected].

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