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Beginning next month with the April issue, we will welcome Hal Pomeranz as the new technical editor of Sys Admin. Hal has had a 15-year career in the areas of System and Network Management and Security, and currently runs his own independent consulting practice. He is a Senior Faculty member for the SANS Institute, and is the track coordinator and primary instructor for the SANS/GIAC Unix Security Certification track (GCUX). Hal is also the technical lead in developing the Unix Security Benchmark documents for the Center for Internet Security.

Hal has been a member of the Board of Directors for the USENIX Association, BayLISA, and BBLISA. He has written or co-written dozens of technical articles and several books, including Solaris Security: Step-by-Step -- an essential guide for "hardening" the Solaris operating system -- and SANS Security Essentials. In 2001, he was given the SAGE Outstanding Achievement Award for his teaching and leadership in the field of systems administration.

Along with these formidable credentials, Hal brings fresh enthusiasm and ideas to the Sys Admin team, and we feel pleased and fortunate to work with him.

Joe Casad, our previous technical editor, has served Sys Admin and other publications in various roles during his years with CMP, including Managing Editor of Network Administrator and Senior Editor of C/C++ User's Journal. We're pleased that Joe will be continuing to work with us in yet another capacity, and we welcome him in his new role as a regular contributor to Sys Admin's online sister publication, UnixReview.com. For a sample of Joe's work, check out his recent review of Lindows at the UnixReview.com Web site.

Next month, we'll highlight an updated Call for Papers from Hal, but in the meantime, we're looking for article proposals within the topics of Networking and Clustering. Please send your ideas for articles to me or to Rikki Endsley at: rendsley.cmp.com.

Sincerely yours,

Amber Ankerholz
Editor in Chief