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Corporate and product branding within the expanding ecosystem of Grid, SOA, Virtualization and Service-Oriented IT has never been more important. While GRIDtoday offers a number of excellent advertising and visibility options, the greatest opportunity for maximum, steady exposure, keeping your organization in front of thousands of IT decision makers as they move in and out of the buy cycle, is to be positioned as a Leading Solutions Provider with GRIDtoday. This includes the entire partner benefits listed below and the lowest published rates. Position yourself now as a leader by becoming a Leading Solutions Provider Sponsor with Gridtoday. We also have available Table of Contents Banners, Special Feature Banners, and Section Banners. Let our targeted audience know who you are and why you are important to the Grid community. Our targeted reader base consists of the business drivers you will be looking at to deploy your technology into the Grid sector.

GRIDtoday provides a number of cost-effective methods with which to reach our readers. For information on sponsorship and advertising rates send email to promote@gridtoday.com.

Editorial Sections

  1. SPECIAL FEATURES
    The Special Features section allows readers to become aware of the most vital information about Grid. Anything and everything that has the most direct, immediate impact upon Grid is detailed in this section. An advertising banner position precedes this section.
  2. SYSTEMS/ENTERPRISE
    This section gives readers crucial information on how Grid is being used today in business or large organizations. This can include security, case studies, how, who and why Grid is being utilized. An advertising banner position precedes this section.
  3. SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS
    This section is designed to inform readers of the developments that affect the future technical evolution of Grid. While some of these developments may not yet have been implemented, industry is aware of them and working on them. An advertising banner position precedes this section.
  4. BREAKING NEWS
    This section informs readers about ongoing news in the following key segments:

    Security
    Platforms
    Networking
    Storage
    Operating Systems & Middleware
    General

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  5. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
    This popular section provides a quote from an industry expert. An advertising banner position precedes this section.
  6. GRIDtoday JOB BANK
    The Job Bank Section is maintained within GRIDtoday's weekly issue, and, emails separately every two weeks.
  7. CONFERENCES & EVENTS
    The Conference and Events section offers information related to conferences, seminars, workshops, and user group meetings, within the USA, Europe, and Asia.
  8. LAST WEEK'S TOP 5 ARTICLES
    This section lists the most read articles from the previous week. This section is a favorite among our readers. An advertising banner position precedes this section.

Who Reads GRIDtoday? - Email Reach: 47,000

GRIDtoday provides critical information to professionals involved with Grid, SOA, Service-Oriented IT and Virtualization. If your marketing strategy includes sales to the most qualified adopters of Grid or SOA in the world, please consider the following:

  • GRIDtoday reaches tens of thousands of qualified professionals on a weekly basis, worldwide.
  • GRIDtoday provides timely and accurate news and information from top industry experts.
  • GRIDtoday is proactive and delivers your advertising message right to the subscribers' desktop via email. Readers can either read articles and advertisements from the email version or link directly to GRIDtoday website.

Where Are They?

USA 45%
EUROPE 30%
ASIA / PACIFIC 21%
OTHER 4%

What Is Their Title/Job Function?

CxO 10%
VP, General Manager, Director 16%
Marketing, Sales Executive 5%
Project Leader / Team Leader 11%
Engineer / Non-University Scientist 15%
Scientist / Researcher Applications 24%
Professor / University Researcher 14%
Other 5%

Company's Primary Business:

Banking / Finance / Insurance / Investment 8%
Research & Development 20%
Medical / Healthcare / Pharma / Bio IT 17%
Telecommunications / Multimedia / Broadcast 3%
Aerospace / Government / Defense 13%
Manufacturing / Industrial 19%
Petrochemical / Utilities / Earth Sciences 11%
Online / Internet Services / E-Commerce 4%
Other 5%

Purchasing Budget within the Next 12 Months:

Less than $100,000 42%
$100,000 - $500,000 27%
$500,000 - $1 million 14%
$1 - $2.5 million 7%
$2.5 - $5 million 1%
Over $5 million 8%

How Can I Reach These Buyers?

The Grid industry is expected to grow from $714.9 million in 2005 to nearly $19.2 billion in 2010. GRIDtoday creates an ideal forum for attracting a qualified audience of buyers at extremely reasonable rates.

Effective, targeted advertising requires:

  • Impact - Impress your audience. Look like the leader. Advertising reaches more people than any other promotion medium.
  • Frequency - Reinforce name recognition. Increase sales leads. Reach buyers when they are entering the buying cycle.
  • Continuity - Enhance brand preference and product sales. Continual reinforcement of message builds momentum.
  • Concentration - A concentrated campaign significantly increases ROI. Multiple positions in an issue allow domination and increased exposure to targeted buyers.

Corporate Information

GRIDtoday Staff:
Diane Lieberman - Publisher
Derrick Harris - Editor
John S. Hurley - Editor at Large
John Shandor - Webmaster
Tony Fogle - Systems Administrator
Jeff Hyman - Corporate Liaison
Contributing Editors:
Fran Berman, Director, SDSC & NPACI
Mike Bernhardt, Grid Strategies, Inc.
Rajkumar Buyya, GRIDS Lab, U of Melbourne
Charlie Catlett, General Chair GGF, ANL
Kevin Franklin, UC, Humanities Research Institute
Wolfgang Gentzsch, Managing Director, MCNC Grid Computing & Networking Services
Tom Gibbs, Director, Worldwide Strategy & Planning, Customer Solutions Group, Intel Corporation
Brooklin J. Gore, Senior Fellow, Micron Technology
Tony Hey, Director, UK e-Science Program
John Hurley, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Distributed Systems Integration, Boeing
Mark Linesch, Chair, GGF
Radha Nandkumar, Sr. Research Scientist, NCSA
Alan Weissberger, Technical Director, Data Communications Technology
Rich Wellner, Enterprise Architect, Univa Corp.
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