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Alan Zeichick

Alan Zeichick brings 30+ years as a software developer, technology analyst and industry journalist to the company.

Alan is a co-founder of BZ Media, and founding editor of SD Times. He serves on the Editorial Committee of American Business Media.

After starting his career as a mainframe programmer and systems analyst in the 1970s, Alan shifted over to the world of technology journalism in 1984, beginning at a small publishing company in rural New England. From 1987-1990 he worked for IDG Communications and was recruited to Miller Freeman Inc. in 1990.

As an editor-in-chief and editorial director at Miller Freeman, Alan led the content-oriented aspects of the start-up, acquisition and repositioning of several publications, as well as several trade shows and conferences. His final project at the company was the award-winning repositioning and redesign of LAN Magazine into Network Magazine.

In April 1999, Alan partnered with Ted Bahr to launch BZ Media LLC, where he launched SD Times, Software Test & Performance, Systems Management News, and many technology conferences and newsletters.

A prolific author and popular speaker, Alan is President and Principal Analyst of Camden Associates, a technology analysis and consulting firm launched in the early 1980s. 

Read Alan's blog at ztrek.blogspot.com. Follow Alan on Twitter at twitter.com/zeichick.


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Zeichick’s Take: In-memory databases poised for takeoff The secret of this less costly, more efficient (under certain circumstances) database type is out 5/17/2013 4:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Power down… or airplane mode? It's time to end the ban on turning off devices on airplanes below 10,000 feet 5/10/2013 3:50:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Boosting developer velocity by 30x Microsoft's plans for speeding up development include working even more with open-source communities 5/3/2013 1:30:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Looking for girls who code The software development world needs female coders to be involved, and that requires creating a welcoming atmosphere 4/5/2013 2:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Mobile developer mojo If company developer events are any indication, mobile development is more popular than ever 4/26/2013 1:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: When Big Data becomes Bad Data It’s not enough to just collect Big Data, you have to target it intelligently as well 12/7/2012 4:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Coping with the data Black Duck's survery on open-source software adoption reveals some interesting attitudinal shifts 4/19/2013 3:55:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Big Data and PC sales data Following Big Data TechCon, we have more insight into what goes into Big Data, and also the changing face of computers 4/15/2013 1:30:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Learn how to cope with Big Data We’re presenting Big Data TechCon, the HOW-TO conference for Big Data, to guide you through it 9/17/2012 1:30:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: We want your nominations for the 2013 SD Times 100 Which projects, companies, products or people were the leaders in 2012? 1/25/2013 12:20:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Honors for the father of fuzzy logic, Lotfi Zadeh Dr. Zadeh’s breakthrough helped make imprecise concepts easier for machines to handle 1/18/2013 1:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Android + Chrome = Confusion The recent leadership shakeup is confusing those who keep an eye on Android’s growth 3/18/2013 1:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Bug Invaders! Angry Code! World of Compilecraft! Do you use gamification to motivate your employees? 3/1/2013 4:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: From Apple to Microsoft to Tesla, rumors abound No news, but plenty of talk this week about cars, watches and supply shortages 2/15/2013 12:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Big challenges with data and Big Data IT decision-makers lay out what Big Data problems they face, and how they plan on taking them on 2/25/2013 1:00:00 PM
A decade of the SD Times 100’s top influencers Readers have picked the companies and organizations that have made the biggest difference over the years 5/31/2012 10:30:00 AM
Zeichick’s Take: Why my MacBook Air is turning into a giant iPad Recent changes in OS X 10.8 signal a future where users have less control over what apps are allowed on their devices 2/24/2012 1:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Oracle, Google, Motorola and patents The fallout of Google's lawsuit victory over Oracle. Should Google's competitors be worried? 5/25/2012 8:30:00 AM
Zeichick’s Take: Java, Java everywhere The results are in from SD Times' Java & SOA Study, and it shows that out-of-date systems are still being widely used 2/15/2012 12:00:00 PM
Zeichick’s Take: Moving into Big Data mode What you should look out for when you come to Big Data Techcon 3/26/2013 12:00:00 PM

 
 
 




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