Stan Gibson

About

Stan Gibson is Executive Editor of eWEEK. In addition to taking part in Ziff Davis eSeminars and taking charge of special editorial projects, his columns and editorials appear regularly in both the print and online editions of eWEEK. He is chairman of eWEEK's Editorial Board, which received the 1999 Jesse H. Neal Award of the American Business Press. In ten years at eWEEK, Gibson has served eWEEK (formerly PC Week) as Executive Editor/eBiz Strategies, Deputy News Editor, Networking Editor, Assignment Editor and Department Editor. His Webcast program, 'Take Down,' appeared on Zcast.tv. He has appeared on many radio and television programs including TechTV, CNBC, PBS, WBZ-Boston, WEVD New York and New England Cable News. Gibson has appeared as keynoter at many conferences, including CAMP Expo, Society for Information Management, and the Technology Managers Forum. A 19-year veteran covering information technology, he was previously News Editor at Communications Week and was Software Editor and Systems Editor at Computerworld.

Dont Take Your Eye Off the Basics

Ive been covering this industry for a lot of years. Hell, I even remember the 80s. So, its with some chagrin that I report in my final column in this space that I have discovered what drives IT purchases and upgrades in the new millennium. Its vanity. Yup. Its the need to have something cool […]

Hacking: Its a Mad, Mad, Mad New World

“Spy vs. Spy” is Mad Magazines classic cartoon that pits two virtually identical characters against each other in an espionage and dirty-tricks contest that never ends. Great news: Hacking is heading straight into “Spy vs. Spy” territory as it moves into its next phase, the for-profit era. It is a natural and predictable progression. Youll […]

Scan the Skies for Gathering Clouds

Sometimes the first cloud that appears in the sky is just a random cloud. Other times, it heralds a downpour soon to follow. So, events sometimes make only modest news impact at a given moment but later loom large in importance. While the nation obsessed with Floridas vote counting for more than a month, the […]

New Domains: Get Ready, Get Set, Litigate!

The Internet domain name chase is about to enter its next phase, when the new domain names become available. Get ready for a “name rush” that will rival the Oklahoma land rush of 1889. Back then, there were problems with squatters, now romantically called Boomers and Sooners, and the new name rush will have plenty […]

Career Moves: Where Will Destiny Lead?

Did you go home for Thanksgiving? If you did, maybe you did some contemplating about how you got where you are and where you are going. Should you go back to school? Ask for a raise? Tell the boss to take a hike? Write a business plan? Sit tight? You should, as Dr. Laura would […]