JAIKUMAR VIJAYAN is one of the senior-most South Asian technology journalists. He is currently senior editor of ComputerWorld.

EMPLOYMENT
March 1994 to Present
Current title: Senior Editor, Computerworld, Inc. Framingham, MA
I cover user issues relating to enterprise server hardware and relatedtechnologies (high-end Web servers, high-end and midrange Unix servers--including PC server coverage--mainframe hardware/software and high-end storage). Corporate and financial coverage of companies such as IBM, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. (Digital and Tandem technologies). Technology coverage includes user issues such as server consolidation, high-availability, performance management, web-enabling mainframe environments, mainframe software pricing issues, operating systems, clustering technologies, capacity-planning, asset management,and disaster recovery. Other areas I have covered include PCs and PC server hardware and systems integration and outsourcing.

Career highlights at Computerworld:
Winner of the 1996 First prize for Excellence in Technology Journalism awarded by the Public Relations Society of America.

May 1990 to December 1991
Principal Correspondent of The Economic Times in Bangalore.

Oct 1984 to May 1990
Asst. Asociate Editor, Computers Today, Bangalore, India.
Computers Today is India's largest circulated English-language monthly covering the computer industry and is published by Living Media the same group that publishes India Today. Job responsibility involved covering major trade shows, product announcements, covering multi-nationals, software export issues, impact of goverment polices on the IT industry,and labor and technology issues relating to the adoption of computers in core industries. Career highlights: Winner of the 1987 First Prize for Technology Journalism awarded by the Public Relations Society of India. Worked my way up from staff writer to asst.associate. editor.

EDUCATION
Completed all course requirements for Master's Degree in Broadcasting and Electronic Communication from Marquette Univ. Milwaukee, WI. Thesis completion pending.
Masters Degree in Statistics from Bangalore University, Bangalore, India.
Subjects included Econometrics, Operations Research and Statistical Quality Control.

Other Writing Experience: Creative writing. Several English-language short stories published in Indian newspapers such as The Deccan Herald and The Hindu.

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