New FBM Asia Online Editor Zafar Hasan Anjum previously helped launch Singapore's leading classifieds website, Mocca and was its Content Editor. He has also worked as Web Editor - Sub Editor for Singapore's second most read newspaper website, Todayonline.

FBM Asia's Publisher and Regional Manager, Andrew Smart, said Hasan's appointment was part of a strategy to develop the online properties of its four established print magazines in Asia.

FBM Asia publishes MIS Asia (www.misweb.com), CIO Asia (www.cio-asia.com), plus Computerworld Singapore (www.computerworld.com.sg) and Computerworld Malaysia (www.computerworld.com.my) magazines.

FBM Asia is also the official IT media partner of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT, www.wcit2008.org) to be held in Kuala Lumpur May 18 - 22, 2008.

WCIT will be the world's premier information and communications technology (ICT) forum in 2008 and FBM Asia will provide comprehensive coverage through its print and online properties.

Hasan joins experienced FBM Asia Web Producer Ong Chun Yeow to review and upgrade FBM Asia's websites with multi-media content and to expand and integrate its digital publishing capabilities.

Mr Smart said FBM Asia operated an integrated media model with print, online and event channels and it was progressively strengthening all of these channels, including online.

"Integrating these channels empowers our audiences to engage us as, when and how they wish," Mr Smart said. "It also allows our clients to use multiple, highly targeted ways to connect with our audiences throughout their campaign lifecycles.

Online Editor Hasan said he was proud to have been appointed to this key position with Asia's leading enterprise IT publisher.

"This is a great opportunity to be working with such an established and respected publisher in an area where I can combine my creative and technical skills," Hasan said. "I am looking forward to helping Fairfax grow its web presence as a family of 'must visit' websites for the enterprise IT community."

FBM Asia Magazine Titles:

MIS (Managing Information Strategies) Asia (www.misweb.com). This is the leading IT management magazine circulated to some 10,650 CIOs and senior IT management in Asia's large to medium-sized enterprises, encouraging business-guided IT strategy by offering case studies and best practices. In July 2007, MIS Asia won the Best Business Technology Title award for the second year, at the MediaConnect Asia Technology Journalist Awards 2007.

CIO Magazine (www.cio-asia.com) - This respected magazine links CIOs and senior executives with business strategy and technology innovation. It builds the IT business case for the highest-level members of the executive suite, and is aimed at the C-level leader who needs to know the business essentials of IT, with enough technical information for informed decision-making. CIO magazine gives the budget proposers (for example, the CIO) the means to drive strategy and the budget gatekeepers (such as the CFO and CEO) the means to judge its value.

Computerworld - Computerworld Singapore (www.computerworld.com.sg) and Computerworld Malaysia (www.computerworld.com.my) magazines carry a stimulating mix of analytical reporting, in-depth discussions of current and emerging technology trends, enterprise IT, plus key technological developments and solutions that have an impact on regional IT professionals. Computerworld Malaysia received an honourable mention at the MediaConnect Asia Technology Journalist Awards 2007.