asp.netPRO Joins Penton Media

asp.netPRO JoinsPenton Media

asp.netPRO Joins Penton Media s Information Technology MediaOffering

NEW YORK, NY (January 8, 2008) - Penton Media, Inc. todayannounced the acquisition of asp.netPROmagazine and the brand s related media products, including itswww.aspnetpro.com website and its electronic newsletter, asp.netNOW. Formerly part of Informant Communications Group, Inc., asp.netPRO is a leading informationresource for professional software developers who use Microsoft s ASP.NETtechnology to build, deploy, and manage web-enabled applications and businesssolutions.

asp.netPRO willfurther strengthen Penton s portfolio of products serving the developerInformation Technology community, including WindowsIT Pro Magazine, SQL Server Magazine,System iNetwork, and associatedwebsites. This acquisition builds a more robust offering from Penton in theMicrosoft development space by tightly aligning with Penton s http://www.WinDevPro.com website andcurrent, twice monthly e-newsletter, WinDevProUPDATE. These properties are dedicated to bridging the IT gap betweendevelopers and system administrators.

Kim Hansen, publisher of Penton s IT Developer group,comments on the benefits resulting from this acquisition, The asp.netPRO products nicely complementour online, in person, and print media offering serving the softwaredevelopment professional. Developer readers and vendors will continue to enjoythe high-quality content asp.netPROproducts produced by its staff and contributors; plus they will now have accessto the WinDevPro UPDATE newsletterwith its 88,000 subscribers. Expect to see great synergy between the asp.netPRO and WinDevPro content offerings and Penton s DevConnections conferencesin Orlando (March 22-25, 2009) and in Las Vegas (November 9-12). The asp.netPRO audience can look forward toexpanded offerings, such as webcasts and podcasts, and we invite them to becomeactive participants in building an online developer community through forums, blogs,online training, and virtual events.

Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independentbusiness-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six millionbusiness professionals every month. The company s market-leading brands arefocused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information dataproducts. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is ownedby MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsoredby Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional informationon the company and its businesses, visit http://www.penton.com.