About Drew

Drew has been covering enterprise IT as a writer and editor since 1998, with a particular focus on enterprise networks and data centers, cloud computing, and information security.

Prior to joining Packet Pushers, Drew was Director of Content & Community for the Interop conference, where he led efforts to refocus workshops and conference tracks to emphasize independent, practitioner-focused learning on both core and emerging technologies.

Before Interop, Drew was Editor in Chief at Network Computing, and has held senior editorial positions at InformationWeek and Network Magazine.

At Packet Pushers, Drew co-hosts the weekly Network Break podcast and also appears on the Heavy Networking, and Datanauts. He offers analysis and context about enterprise IT via his writing on the site. He produces the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and manages contributors to the Packet Pushers Community blog.

Drew is a Tech Field Day delegate and has been invited to attend numerous IT events as a blogger and “influencer” (whatever that means).

When he’s not influencing, Drew writes fiction. Some of it even gets published.

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