UBM Tech Launches All LED Lighting - First Online Community Targeted to the Global Lighting Industry

NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Tech, which serves design engineers and the electronics industry with essential business and technical information, today launched All LED Lighting (allledlighting.com), the first comprehensive online community devoted to the unique needs of solid-state lighting technologists.

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Powered by UBM DeusM, the integrated marketing services arm of UBM, All LED Lighting will serve as an online community for technologists involved with all aspects of high-brightness, high-power LEDs, which continue to redefine the global lighting industry. The website, which is targeted to equipment designers, lighting engineers, and other lighting professionals, is a reliable source for the latest LED-related news, views, and how-tos they need to keep on top of this fast-moving industry. All LED Lighting will cover the full range of indoor, outdoor, and industrial lighting applications, including high-power drivers, optics, thermal management, lighting control systems, emerging government, and industry standards.

"LEDs provide many advantages over previous lighting technologies. However, engineers will need to master many new skills and unique technical challenges as they put these remarkable devices to work in their products," said Kathy Astromoff, CEO, Electronics, UBM Tech. "The All LED Lighting community was created to address the needs of solid-state lighting technologists. This all-in-one destination provides solid-state lighting engineers and designers with the information they require, in the format they want, when they need it."

UBM Tech named the veteran journalist, author, and engineer Lee Goldberg as Editor in Chief of All LED Lighting. Goldberg brings 18 years of experience designing microprocessors, embedded systems, renewable energy applications, and an interplanetary spacecraft. In addition, he has 20 years of experience as a technology journalist and author. Goldberg brings unique expertise to All LED Lighting and will offer his perspectives on the technologies, products, and economic factors fueling the explosive evolution of this industry.

"It's a privilege to launch a community that serves the solid state lighting professionals who are already making dramatic improvements in the quality of life in homes, workplaces, and virtually every other place where artificial lighting is used," said Goldberg. "Our mission is to help our audience acquire the knowledge and skills they need to create and use the LED-based products that are transforming the global lighting industry. In addition to providing information on the latest technologies, products, and design practices, the site will serve as a forum where engineers and industry professionals are encouraged to interact with our industry experts and share their own knowledge with other community members."

To register for the All LED Lighting site and weekly newsletter, visit http://www.allledlighting.com/register.asp.

The All LED Lighting community is supplemented by a presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Visit All LED Lighting at allledlighting.com.

About UBM Tech
UBM Tech is a global media business that provides information, events, training, data services, and marketing solutions for the technology industry. Its media brands and information services inform and inspire decision makers across the entire technology market — engineers and design professionals, software and game developers, solutions providers and integrators, networking and communications executives, and business technology professionals. UBM Tech's industry-leading media brands include EE Times, Interop, Black Hat, InformationWeek, Game Developer Conference, CRN, and DesignCon. The company's information products include research, education, training, and data services that accelerate decision making for technology buyers. UBM Tech also offers a full range of marketing services based on its content and technology market expertise, including custom events, content marketing solutions, community development and demand generation programs. UBM Tech is a part of UBM (UBM.L), a global provider of media and information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

About UBM DeusM
UBM DeusM is an integrated marketing services company owned by UBM plc, targeting the fastest growing segment of the online publishing industry: business social media. The company is led by Managing Director Stephen Saunders, Min's Marketer of the Year 2010. He and the other UBM DeusM principals have built and delivered more than thirty successful sites and online communities over the last 2 years. UBM DeusM's service is based on a unique platform, called Community in a Box (CiaB), which employs a structured system of proven B2B Web publishing best-practices, combined with a breakthrough integrated multimedia publishing platform ("n-Server") to enable marketers to quickly and profitably set up specialized communities for their target customers.

For more information on UBM Tech please contact:
Felicia Hamerman, Vice President, Marketing, Electronics
516-562-5652
felicia.hamerman@ubm.com

For more information on UBM DeusM please contact:
Amy Averbook, Marketing Director
917-743-2693
averbook@deusm.com

SOURCE UBM Tech