IT Week

PROFILE

Martin Courtney 
Editor at Large
IT Week
VNU Business Publications
32-34 Broadwick Street
London
W1A 2HG

PHONE: 00 44 207 316 9252    
Email: martin_courtney@vnu.co.uk

BACKGROUND

Martin is responsible for the enterprise section of IT Week.

Martin has worked as an IT journalist since 1995, starting by covering LAN and WAN technology for Network Solutions before moving on to write about PCs and peripherals for PC Advisor in 1997 and PC Direct in 1998. He joined IT Week in late 2000, first editing the Network section then becoming the Editor of Network IT Week from February 2004 to December 2006.

Prior to becoming a journalist, Martin worked as a systems support analyst, installing small client-server networks in GP surgeries, delivering PC and software training courses to medical staff, and providing support for PCs, servers and bespoke medical applications. He also worked in the Home Office's research and statistics department, compiling programs to derive specific statistics from the Immigration and Nationality database and writing quarterly and bi-annual reports detailing immigration trends.

KEY COVERAGE AREAS

Servers, server operating systems and server management in the data centre
Direct attached storage and storage management
Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Software development
Systems/application/document management
Databases and corporate email systems