· Business IT website extends its offering – as a one-stop-shop for the sector’s community of professionals

· Despite the recession, IT events sector continues to thrive

TechWeekEurope UK, the business IT website, has launched an Events channel, giving a comprehensive run down of events for professionals in the IT sector.

The Events channel gathers in one place a wealth of information, giving the UK’s tech community a single source for a detailed view of IT happenings. It covers exhibitions, conferences, workshops, seminars and training events for IT, marketing and PR professionals in the UK. All the listings contain full details and contacts, and can be viewed as a list or on a calendar.

“Despite the current economic climate, the UK’s IT sector still has a huge demand for education and information, provided by a thriving events community,” said Peter Judge, Editor of TechWeekEurope UK. “Our new channel aims to give users access to the events and training they need.”

Each event has a dedicated page, with information including a location map, and the aims of the event. The channel is filling rapidly, and has space for readers’ discussion and feedback – allowing users to enter details of their own events and launches.

TechWeekEurope is the new authoritative UK source for news, features and reviews of business technology. Drawing on a pool of UK tech journalists, and in association Ziff Davis Enterprise’s eWEEK.com, its aim is to help readers enhance their business with technology.

The TechWeekEurope Events Channel can be found on: http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/category/events

To list details of an event on the channel, information should be sent to:

croux@netmediaeurope.com

Europe’s leading pure-play online B2B IT publishing house to publish ZDNet.de, Silicon.de and CNET.de

NetMediaEurope, the leading pure-play B2B online IT publishing house in Europe, has acquired the well known websites ZDNet.de, silicon.de and CNET.de, adding to its existing stable of German sites – ITespresso.de,Gizmodo.de and Channelbiz.de. The combined entity will see close to 20 million page impressions per month, and five million unique users.

The two companies will merge their Munich operations, with all six websites coming under the NetMediaEurope brand.

Dominique Busso, CEO of NetMediaEurope, commented: “We have established a strong brand across Europe, and aim to provide a one-stop shop for advertisers and sponsors looking for innovative opportunities to reach out to target audiences. He continued: “This acquisition makes NetMediaEurope one of the key tech players in Germany, and will provide our international client base with powerful advertising reach.”

NetMediaEurope publishes in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, and was founded in July 2007 as a result of an MBO by senior VNU managers. In 2010-11, the company saw revenue growth of over 30 percent. And, during 2012 it plans to make further acquisitions across its relevant markets.

Dominique Busso added: “This is an exciting phase for the business, and we look forward to developing the brands, as well as serving our global client base and community of tech professionals moving forward.”

Notes to editors:

NetMediaEurope was founded in July 2007 after a group of leading managers in VNU joined forces with Truffle Ventures in Paris to successfully carry out a Management Buy-Out of the online assets of VNU Business Media Europe (now known as the Nielsen Company) in four countries.

NetMediaEurope publishes a portfolio of websites aimed towards IT professionals and end-users. With its more than 40 sites across Europe, NetMediaEurope is the leading European B2B sales house to target this audience and market segment.

NetMediaEurope is also the exclusive pan-European sales representative for the online properties of various third parties in the UK, Belgium, Spain, Italy and other European countries.

The portfolio includes brands such as: Gizmodo, ITEspresso, Silicon, TechWeekEurope, ChannelBiz and PC Pro across different territories.

TechWeekEurope has ten tickets to give away to newsletter subscribers.

The new year may be less than a week old, but Mobile World Congress (MWC) is just around the corner and thanks to TechWeekEurope and App Planet, you could be attending the event in Barcelona by subscribing to our mobile newsletter.

We have ten tickets to give away for the world’s largest mobile exhibition, although you will be responsible for arranging your own travel and accommodation.

Mobile Capital of The World

To get your hands on the tickets, all you have to do is sign up to TechWeekEurope UK’s weekly Mobile Roundup newsletter.

Barcelona will be the capital of the mobile world during the event, which takes place this year between 27 February and 1 March. The world’s largest mobile manufacturers will all be exhibiting their wares and rumours suggest that RIM’s BlackBerry 10 operating system could make its first public appearance during the show. Other potential debutants include the rumoured Samsung Galaxy S III and two quad-core smartphones from HTC.

Entries must be made before the end of January and the winners will be selected at random. Don’t worry if you are already subscribed to any of our newsletters as you will be automatically entered into the competition.

Subscribers to the Mobile Roundup – or to any of our other newsletters -  will also be  entered into our other competition, which will see the winner become one of the first owners of the wildly popular Amazon Kindle Fire tablet in the UK.

TechWeekEurope’s newsletters include a daily news bulletin, as well as weekly roundups for Security, Green IT, Mobile and Cloud.

Subscribe to one of our newsletters for the chance to be one of the first UK owners of an Amazon Kindle Fire.

The Amazon Kindle Fire has enjoyed great success since it was launched in the US last month, and TechWeek Europe is offering our readers the chance to be one of the first proud owners of the device in the UK.

To be in with a chance of winning this prize, all you have to do is subscribe to TechWeek Europe UK’s daily newsletter or any one of our security, mobile or green round-ups.

In High Demand

The Kindle Fire boasts a multi-touch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 8GB of storage, a battery life of up to eight hours as well as a fast web browser and easy access to Amazon content such as audio, video and applications through the Amazon App Store.

Its popularity has led to suggestions that it could secure as much as 50 percent of the Android tablet market in 2012.

If you are already a subscriber, don’t worry. Existing subscribers will also be entered into the draw and a winner will be chosen randomly after the competition ends on 22 January. In the US, the Kindle Fire is currently on track to sell four million units before Christmas but, rest assured, we will deliver the tablet as soon as it is released in the UK.

Contact details

Phone: +44 (0)207 087 2868
Email: croux@netmediaeurope.com

Contact details

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Email: nparkes@netmediaeurope.com

· NetMedia Europe creates a new technology website for the UK.

· TechWeekEurope UK builds on the success of eWEEK Europe.

NetMedia Europe, the only pure-play online IT publishing house in Europe, has launched a new website, for IT professionals. TechWeekEurope UK will provide authoritative guidance on the business impact of changes in information technology.

Launched with the tagline: ‘enhancing business with technology’, TechWeekEurope UK will draw on international strengths to continue the success of eWEEK Europe, published by NetMedia Europe since 2009.

“Business technology is going through unprecedented changes, with the rise of mobility, increasing security threats, and the move to the cloud,” said TechWeekEurope UK Editor, Peter Judge. “Businesses also face a vastly increased pressure to be more efficient. In all these areas we will strive to deliver the best and most timely guidance.”

As well as the continuity provided by the editorial and sales team from eWEEK Europe, TechWeekEurope will benefit from a partnership with Ziff Davis Enterprise, which gives readers access to content from eWEEK.com.

Dominique Busso, CEO of NetMedia Europe, commented: “We are excited to be bringing a new brand to market. We have seen real success with eWeek Europe UK, and are keen to build on the achievements made to date.

“Our clients will continue to see the same high levels of service and content, and, we are excited to be moving into the New Year with a new brand.

“I am thrilled by this new phase in NetMedia Europe’s service to tech professionals in the UK,” added Peter Judge. “TechWeekEurope will expand and continue the work we have done so far.”

TechWeekEurope UK is now live and is open for editorial ideas and advertising commissions.

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Notes to editors:

TechWeekEurope UK (www.techweekeurope.co.uk), is an online publication providing authoritative guidance on the impact that technology will have on the future of business. Its tagline is ‘enhancing business with technology’.

The site provides insight on topics including mobility, security, cloud computing and sustainable IT to a rapidly growing audience that increasingly sees the issues as business-critical.

Also established in mainland Europe and the US, TechWeekEurope UK provides a one-stop shop for advertisers and sponsors looking for innovative pan-European opportunities.

TechWeek Europe UK is published by NetMediaEurope, which publishes in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, and was founded in July 2007 as a result of an MBO by senior VNU managers.

For further information and interviews, please contact:

Katrina Suppiah, Publicité
Tel: + 44 (0)20 8543 6582
Email: k.suppiah@publicite.co.uk

eWEEK Europe UK will be giving away a Samsung Galaxy Tab to a lucky reader who subscribes to one of our email newsletters.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab has come to the forefront of the Android tablets on the market, and runs Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb, on a 1GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, with a 1280 x 800 resolution. One of these will be on its way to a reader chosen at random from our newsletter subscribers – before Christmas too!

Your favourite tablet

It should be a popular choice. Not only did the Galaxy Tab get a good review from eWEEK’s labs, it also came top of a reader poll of tablets for business.

Android tablets have emerged as a very fragmented market, extending down to low-end devices such as the Kogan Agora, and upwards to more up-market models such as the Galaxy Tab.

Its role as the main challenger to Apple’s market-leading iPad was sealed when Apple sued Samsung in various countries, to try and remove it from the market.

We won’t let that worry us though. To qualify for this competition, all you need to do is subscribe to one of newsletters before 27 November. It’s that simple!

A year ago, we asked what applications you would put on the cloud – now we want to know how your ideas have changed. Would you trust the cloud for email? For storage? For office productivity applications like Google Apps, or Office 365? For security services such as network access control (NAC)? Would you use it for CRM? For financials? For ERP, or what?

Tick all the answers that apply this time, and if you want another application added, use the “Other” box.

It is a confused market, but are any of the rival tablets making a success of it? If we rule out the iPad, which of the contenders would you use for business?  Would it be the Samsung Galaxy Tab?  Or the Lenovo ThinkPad? The venerable Dell Streak?  Or the newly arrived Motorola ET1? How about the PlayBook, from troubled RIM?

There is also the HTC Flyer, and the convertible Asus EEE Pad. There  is the hard-drive-toting Archos G9 and the low-cost mass-market Amazon Kindle Fire (admittedly those last two are not really conceived as a business device, but you might need their ability or price point).

Whatever your favourite business tablet, let us know. If we have missed it off the list, use the ‘Other’ field to add it.