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SearchNetworkingChannel.com has a team of dedicated editors who bring you the best Networking Channel information. Our staff keeps in constant contact with users and top technical experts to bring you a constant stream of fresh, original content. Here's a look at who's behind the site:

Rivka Gewirtz Little

Rivka Gewirtz Little Senior Site Editor rlittle@techtarget.com

Rivka Gewirtz Little is the Senior Site Editor for SearchNetworkingChannel.com, SearchNetworking.com and SearchNetworking.co.UK. She works with editorial staff to develop content aimed at readying solution providers and technologists for the changing nature of the network, including its infrastructure and applications. Rivka was previously a senior news writer at www.SearchITChannel.com. Rivka has been covering telecommunications and networking since deregulation of the FCC in 1996. She began her career as a daily news reporter in Texas and has been a frequent contributor to The Village Voice, The Houston Chronicle and numerous technology and business publications. She can be reached at rlittle@techtarget.com or on AIM at rivkalittle.

Rachel Shuster

Rachel Shuster Associate Site Editor rshuster@techtarget.com

Rachel is an Associate Editor for TechTarget’s Networking Media Group, with focus on SearchNetworking.com, SearchNetworking.co.UK and SearchNetworkingChannel.com. Prior to joining TechTarget, Rachel was a part of the Editorial team at Jones and Bartlett Learning, a college and higher education textbook and multimedia publisher, where she handled final editing and production for all academic and professional textbooks in the nursing education division. She also worked closely with the IT department to launch companion websites and online testing programs for many of the division’s books, as well as other digital products. Currently, Rachel is also a freelance writer and columnist for the Pulse Magazine, a lifestyle and entertainment magazine for central Massachusetts, where she covers a wide variety of stories on health, dining, technology, style, and culture. Rachel is a graduate of Worcester State College with a B.A. in English and Writing Concentration.

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