At the Fall Internet World Show last week here in NY, I picked up a new hosting/e-commerce magazine that just launched. It's free to people in the hosting industry.

It's called HostingTech and you can subscribe at its website,

http://www.hostingtech.com

It has a very interesting article about Rackspace and one on the hosting industry in Germany, but in general I thought the magazine was pretty dry and dull - more geared towards the Exodus and AboveNet crowd than webhosting companies like ours. Still, in a magazine like this, the advertisements are just as important as the articles and I found a few URLs I'll have to follow up on for more information.

Not as entertaining a magazine as Web Hosting Magazine (my first issue arrived last week), which I thoroughly enjoyed. For those that haven't subscribed yet, go to

http://www.whmag.com

But as there aren't many magazines on our industry at all, I thought I'd mention HostingTech and give you all a chance to subscribe.

Sean

I am not sure that I like the fact that you _must_ give out private information such as number of clients, cash expected, expenses expected, nujmber of employee, prefered brand of underwear, you name it.

Seriously... That would be a real good way for any company that has access to this information to know everything about everyone else.

I prefer privacy.

Felix,

I can understand your concern, but that's why the magazine is free. The same goes for eWeek, InternetWorld, Web Hosting Magazine and any other industry magazine.

These magazines can afford to send out the magazines for free because they can tell advertisers their readers are a great demographic market segment that can onyl be reached through their magazine. The only way they can do that is by quizzing their readers when they signup.

I always lie when I fill out the questionnaires anyway.

;)

Being a one-person shop, I'm President, decision-maker on all purchases on all hardware and software in practically all categories, guide my company in all areas of internet business management, etc. I say my business has "less than 10 people" (I'm not lying). The only thing I exaggerate is the size of my revenues and my planned purchases and investments each year. Unless you work for one of the big companies, I think everybody does the same.

Besides, they do not sell away your information, but only aggregate it internally to help mark up their advertising rates.

Sean