NEW WEB SITE OPENS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS (January 1, 1997) -- Opening up for business on the California based Geocities servers is the new resource for information technology professionals, the itm Web Site -- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/1814/. The brain child of founder Russ Finney, the new non-commercial site is targeted to be a premium web destination for people seeking high quality information technology (IT) related papers, tools, and links.
"My goal is for this site to be one of the top five IT web addresses by the end of this year," said Russ Finney, site founder. "Currently some tremendous IT web resources already exist, but each one has its own specific purpose: commercial, academic, or otherwise. The objective for the itm Web Site is to provide an organized gateway for IT practitioners into these vast, scattered materials."
"In addition, the site will provide a home base for some of the highest caliber research papers available in this field," said Finney, who also works as an IS Director for an international high technology manufacturing company. "My hope is that the itm Web Site will become one of the central sources of non-commercial IT research materials on the web. I am especially interested in seeing this happen for IT research papers which have an appeal to IT practitioners."
Site Located in Geocities - The Largest Free Homepage Provider in the US
"Selecting the host service for the site was a difficult decision," stated Finney. "Cost was a big factor in the analysis, as was the technical horsepower of the servers and web connections. With Geocities, we got both - low cost and excellent speed. The only drawback is the lack of a unique domain name. This is an issue I feel can be tackled after an audience has been developed for the site."
"The other important benefits were that hosting the site with Geocities gives immediate web service name recognition, it provides promotion opportunities with Geocities 500,000 subscribers, and it grants access to Geocities excellent site creation and support utilities," explained Finney. "For now, this seems like an excellent starting point for an ambitious web site with only volunteer time and funding."
What Can Visitors Expect to Find at the Site?
The itm (information technology management) Web Site will provide a vast collection of tools and resources for information technology professionals. These will range from methodology and project management white papers, to systems development tools and programming content, to high quality technology links.
"This is a non-commercial site which will be extremely useful for small to medium business technology professionals who are already resource scarce," said Finney. "I really hope it will also prove to be useful to the professionals who are in the big IT shops as well."
Contact: Russ Finney
The itm Web Site
webadmin@itmweb.com
