Paul Desmond has been involved in the IT trade press since 1988. He is principal with PDEdit (www.pdedit.com), an IT publishing firm he founded in 2002 that produces content for the IT trade press and vendor communities, including white papers, blog posts, case studies and Web content. Prior to founding PDEdit, Paul spent 11 years at Network World, serving as a reporter as well as news editor and features editor. Paul has also served as editor of Redmond magazine and was the founding editor-in-chief of Redmond Channel Partner magazine. He was also founding editor of eComSecurity.com, now known as eSecurityPlanet.com. Reach him at paul@pdedit.com.