Min's b2b on August 23, 2004, published media boxscores for May
and June 2004, confirming that Windows IT Pro held the top-place honor
as the independent Windows site with the highest number of page views. The magazine is one of two published
by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro Group. The American Society of
Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) named SQL Server Magazine
"Magazine of the Year" in the less-than-80,000 circulation category in
2002.

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Of these developers 50%
expect to increase their usage of C# and 20% expect to increase their
usage of Java. First
published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field
and has a paid subscription base of 105,000." Forster helped build the
Windows IT Pro Group starting with Windows NT Magazine in 1996.

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Forty percent of developers in North America use VB6 some of the time
now with that figure expected to drop by nearly 23% next year.
Other findings from the May 2005 survey of more than 400
developers in North America:

The incidence of security breaches in North America has taken
a sharp drop in the last six months from 59% reporting one or
more breaches six months ago to 41% reporting one or more
breaches today.----Peg Miller,
associate publisher of Windows IT Pro (http://www.

About the Windows IT Pro Group

The Windows IT Pro Group, the largest independent Windows IT
community in the world, includes content from flagship print
publication Windows IT Pro, three monthly paid subscription print
newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters and a Web site
resource for more than two million IT professionals each month. The magazine is published
in 13 languages and has an international reach in 160 countries.com/pressroom/ and
www.

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In naming Penton's email newsletter to the Media Power 50 list,
the BtoB Magazine called Windows IT Pro UPDATE "one of the
granddaddies of them all: It started in 1998 and reaches 145,000
registered users. For example , as a result of reader
feedback on Microsoft Operation Manager (MOM) that Forster published
in December, Microsoft has introduced a new trial version of MOM for
medium businesses.

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with it," said Steve Fullmer, Evans Data's North American analyst.

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LOVELAND, Colo.windowsitpro. She
left in 2002 to join Microsoft and was hired back to Windows IT Pro
last year.

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(http://www. This contest was created in 2004 to give the Windows IT
community an opportunity to test their technical Active Directory
prowess against fellow experts .

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The list is published once a year and names the top
advertising venues in publishing. In March, Windows IT Pro was named
Best Publishing Microsite/Landing Page in the Web Marketing
Association's 2005 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) awards for
its Windows IT Prolympics site. Forster supervised
the relaunch of the flagship publication, Windows IT Pro, in 2004,
which has resulted in a significant increase in vendor support and
audience reach.
An in-house analysis of rankings made by major search engines such as
Google , MSN and Yahoo also showed Windows IT Pro in the number one
position in the Microsoft Windows publishing market. The magazine is published in 13 languages
and has an international reach into 160 countries .

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"Microsoft's decision to end support for VB6 has had unexpected
consequences for the language and for their intended goal of migrating
VB6 developers to VB.
"We are honored that these two outstanding organizations in the
publishing and marketing industries have recognized us for our
pioneering success in email newsletters and Web advertising," said
Miller.----Kim Paulsen,
group publisher of the Windows IT Pro Group
(http://www.windowsitpro. Connected Home Media, which serves the
needs of IT professionals with at home/leisure technology products and
systems, will be expanded this year , under Forster's direction.

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evansdata. Evans' syndicated research includes
surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects. "We have played a leadership role in emedia and have grown and
adapted our publications with the industry.

Penton's Windows IT Pro Group Promotes Karen Forster; Former Microsoft Director Credited with Improving Reach of Magazine

Forster said: "This year , we will continue building IT community
and providing practical solutions to help IT pros succeed ."

About Windows IT Pro

First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in
its field and the hub of the Windows IT community.

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Forster has been influential in increasing
the audience reach and vendor support of the publications in the
group, which includes Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and
Connected Home Media.
"We're very fortunate to have Karen back with us after her time at
Microsoft," said Paulsen.windowsitpro.

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com/cgi/relocate.evansdata.com) provides regularly
updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of
the global developer population.
For more information visit www. One
community effort I'm particularly proud of is our engagement with a
blog and forum dedicated to serving women in IT. The
magazine is in a unique position to provide an end-to-end guide to
designing, developing, managing and reporting information from
world-class information systems.

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Developers have mixed strategies for bringing software
packages to new platforms, 22% are considering shifting to a
Web-based user interface and 20% are considering rewriting the
code for the new platform , 43% are not considering a new
platform at all.

About Evans Data Corporation

Evans Data Corporation (www.5 million unique visitors to their Web
sites monthly, and have more than one million readers with opt-in
subscriptions to their email newsletters.
One of Forster's major contributions to Windows IT Pro has been
her monthly column "Hey Microsoft!" in which Forster connects readers
directly with Microsoft developers, providing a forum to present user
needs and concerns.

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Current VB.
Plans to develop 64-bit apps in more than 2 years jumped from
6% six months ago to 30% in this latest survey.
(http://www.windowsitpro.
The Windows IT Pro Group continues to maintain its position as the
largest independent Windows community in the world.

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(http://www .NET next year, 20% are expecting to increase their usage of Java,
37% expect to use C# more and 10 % will increase their usage of "other"
programming languages instead.NET developers are also in a state of flux with 28%
expecting to decrease their usage of VB.com

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Developers' plans to develop new applications for 64-bit
architectures jumped significantly in the last six months.
The franchise also includes SQL Server Magazine, with 30,000 paid
subscribers, more than 210,000 Web site visitors monthly and two email
newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. The two publications generate nine million page
impressions monthly, host 2. Her tenure at Microsoft as director of Windows
Server user assistance gives Forster unique insight and connections
into Microsoft that have proven mutually beneficial to Windows IT Pro
readers and Microsoft itself.

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----In light of
Microsoft's intentions to stop supporting Visual Basic 6 and earlier,
developers have been migrating to other languages, according to Evans
Data Corporation's Spring 2005 North American Development Survey. The reality is that developers are exploring
their options to see if there are other programming languages that
will work for them without the steep learning curve that VB.evansdata. Since its inception
it has grown into an information network that includes the magazine, 3
print newsletters, 12 direct-request email newsletters , Web sites and
in-person events such as Web seminars, roadshows, trade shows and
conferences.

The magazine has a paid subscription base of 105,000;
more than 2 million IT professionals are reached through the Windows
IT Pro network every month.

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Visual Basic Developers Jump Ship for Other Languages

com/cgi/relocate.evansdata." The IAC recognized the creativity behind the IT
Prolympics. Since re-joining the Windows IT Pro
Group in early 2004, Ms.

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com/cgi/relocate. The first-time contest attracted
participants from all over the world.com) a Penton Media (OTCBB:PTON) property,
announced that Karen Forster has been promoted to the position of
editorial and strategy director. Kathy Blomstrom , editor in chief of SQL Server
Magazine, with over 13 years at the company, will provide the depth
and knowledge of the SQL industry, leading the expert staff in
producing quality content.com

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Windows IT Pro Wins Prestigious Award and Ranking in Publishing's `Power 50'; Accolades from BtoB Magazine and Web Marketing Association Granted in the Same We

It is rewarding to have
our hard work recognized. The Windows IT Pro Group is
the world's leading producer of custom Roadshows, paid conferences and
paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.

About SQL Server Magazine

In the five years SQL Server Magazine has been published, it has
built a devoted audience of DBAs, developers and BI architects.

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The American
Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) named SQL Server
Magazine "Magazine of the Year" in the less-than-80,000 circulation
category in 2002. She is currently working to reinforce SQL Server
Magazine and its products in its leading role as independent support
for database administrators, developers and business intelligence
architects during the coming Microsoft introduction the SQL Server
2005 database platform. "She is one of the reasons Windows IT Pro
Group is continuing to hold our position as the publisher of choice in
the independent IT professional community.penton.

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named to BtoB Magazine's 2005 Media Power 50 list, winning recognition
in the email newsletter category for its Windows IT Pro UPDATE email
newsletter.com and
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