Unisphere Media, LLC is a diversified information company that provides independent editorial content and peer-based market research to targeted IT communities through its own print and electronic media, and custom and contract publishing. Unisphere Research, the company's market research unit, conducts proprietary, custom research projects in conjunction with the top data management and IT user groups, as well as with other leading industry communities. Combined, the company’s principal executives have logged over 60 years of experience in the IT marketplace. Unisphere has pioneered user group-based research and has built its editorial products in conjunction with its user community-based market insight. Through service to a variety of specific user communities, Unisphere's media and marketing products reach the full information management marketplace both as a whole, and through specific segments. For this reason, over 350 IT-oriented companies have chosen Unisphere as a marketing partner, and the company has grown from one print magazine to an integrated media company with close to 20 specific vehicles serving the IT universe.

Thomas J. Wilson - Thomas J. Wilson is the president and CEO of Unisphere Media, LLC. Over the past 27 years, he has published and managed a range of business-to-business publications at Crain Communications, The New York Law Publishing Company, International Data Group and CMP Media. In July of 2000, Unisphere Media was established and shortly after the company purchased Database Trends and Applications magazine, which is published quarterly. Over the past three years, Unisphere has expanded its media family by developing sponsored e-newsletters, including the 5 Minute Briefing series, while partnering with prominent user groups and suppliers to produce similar news products in specific IT segments.

Calvin Carr - Calvin Carr is a partner and executive vice president of publishing at Unisphere Media, LLC. He is based in Palo Alto, CA, and serves as the publisher of Unisphere Media's entire range of products, including Database Trends and Applications magazine and Unispheremag.com, the company's Web sites, and its 5 Minute Briefing family of e-newsletters. Since 1986, Carr has held senior publishing positions at Cahners Business Information, where he served as publisher of Scientific Computing & Automation magazine and launched a trade show and publishing operation in Thailand. He joined BCI in 1996, where he achieved major revenue and profit growth within his group of IT publications in the IBM, HP and Unisys market segments. Among other magazines, he was the publisher of Enterprise Systems Journal and launched Enterprise Linux Magazine.

Elliot King - Elliot King Ph.D. is a partner and executive vice president of editorial at Unisphere Media LLC. He serves as the editorial director of Unisphere Media's entire range of products including Database Trends and Applications magazine and Unispheremag.com, the company's Web sites and its 5 Minute Briefing family of e-newsletters. King has reported on the use of technology for the past 20 years for industry and specialized publications, as well as the general media. He launched the initial Web sites for the New Products Information division of Cahners Business Information in 1995. In addition to his background in journalism, Dr. King is an associate professor of communication at Loyola College in Maryland, where he directs the Digital Media Lab. He is co-author of five books about the use of new communications technology.

Net Effect Technologies - Net Effect Technologies is a partner in Unisphere Media. Net Effect is a business incubator located in Monrovia, CA. For more information about Net Effect and its activities click here.