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A year usually passes away quickly, often in a few blinks. In a jiffy, the days turn into weeks and then into months and before you know it, a year has passed and then a few many. In the bigger scheme of things, these 365 odd days don't seem to be too much. And yet, going by the wuzzy haired Einstein's Theory of Relativity, a year is not all that small either; there are 365 days, 52 weeks, 8760 hours, 525600 minutes, and so on, but more importantly, a year has 12 months and for a magazine like IT Next, that comes out once in a month, that means 12 issues a year. So, much as we ring in 2011, we also happen to complete a small milestone at our end. Namely, IT Next is now a year-old
In the one year that has gone by, not only have we created history, but also lived it ourselves. At the very start, we just had a simple target in our minds, a simple mantra that we repeated to ourselves daily - IT Next is the media for the Next CIO, everything we did, right from the way the magazine was designed to how the articles were structured to how the website was constructed
to how the events and conferences were designed.
In every act, we tried to stay true to that mantra. In fact, one can look at the past issues of the magazine to understand the same. The first one detailing the way to the top, to a special issue in March that was completely crafted by nearly 100 odd senior IT managers. Next, we had a special on Green, in which again more than 50 odd managers had participated. We also did a comprehensive report on the changing face of BI, and last up, we did a security special that had various security experts and CISOs sharing their opinions on various
technologies, etc.
In all these issues, there was one remarkable thing, namely, the community participation.Finally, magazine is not the be-all and end-all of our efforts. We have a burgeoning website, where with the loads of information,we also have a section for jobs. More recently, we launched the IT Next Forum.
We also have a thriving community on LinkedIn and Facebook that has become a hotbed to discuss and debate various tech issues.
And then, we have the events and conferences that have been specifically designed keeping the community in mind. Recently, we had the big daddy of all such conferences, namely the Next 100, where we presented before hundred IT managers that were ready to make the cut to the next level.
In the end, it has just been a year and there are many more to come. But going by the way this one has gone, you can be sure of one thing. It is going to be an exciting and enthralling journey ahead. We are all buckled up and raring to go, and cordially invite you to join us on this journey.
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