CMP Media and Miller Freeman have named Bruce Armstrong CEO of CMPNet, the Internet company they are publicly committed to spinning off within a few months.

Armstrong was co-founder of Broadbase, leaving just as it went public this summer. It is an Internet e-commerce infrastructure company. He was also at Sybase as Vice
President and General Manager of the Server Products Group and at AT&T as Vice President and General Manager of Teradata.

Big changes are ahead. He's meeting with the editorial, sales and technical staffs. He's listening. He's talking the talk. I am optimistic he will, at the appropriate time, walk the walk.