Manek Dubash Associates

Who are we and
why should you care?

Manek Dubash Associates consists of a tightly focused, select group of professional writers with decades of expertise between them. Managing director Manek Dubash and his associates collectively offer high quality journalism, research, analysis and consultancy skills.

Deeply involved with the IT business for well over 20 years, is interested in hardware and software technology and issues, as well networking and communications.

In October 2006, Manek was selected to be one of the judges for the prestigious FT World Communications Awards 2006.

NetEvents TV
Manek is Editorial Director of NetEvents TV -- NetEvents is the established way for bringing IT networking companies and journalists together -- which has launched a TV arm. NetEvents TV addresses the top issues in the networking and telecoms world. NetEvents TV is a multi-lingual operation, bringing you streamed video and text in a huge variety of languages.

Network Weekly
Manek Dubash Associates publishes Network Weekly, which has been supplying analysis and headline news links to the IT networking, wireless telecoms and storage communities, as well as to end users, since October 2001. You can find out more here.

Webster Buchanan Research
In 2002, Manek became a director of and launched the infrastructure channel for global research company Webster Buchanan Research (WbR). WbR provides corporates with business case justifications for IT investments via vendor-sponsored white papers and other material. If you want to know more about WbR's services, please contact us.

Previous experience
Manek has worked on a number of IT publications, including the nine years up to 2000 being spent at PC Magazine UK where he became Editor-in-Chief. After that, he created and occupied the position of technology strategist at market research and analysis company Datamonitor, and went on to join the features team at Techworld, where he managed the OS & Servers section of the site for four years.

Core skills

Writing and editing
Multimedia
- Video
- Audio
- Photography
- Voiceovers

Benefits to you
If you need:
- to improve communication with end users, the press or PR contacts using the written word or video, audio and/or images;
- a moderator for a conference or webinar;
- a speaker, especially on networking and telecommunications topics;
- to know more about the white paper services of Webster Buchanan Research, then
please don't hesitate
to contact us.

For more about specific areas, use the links at the top of the page, or get more about us here.

Services
Our long-standing list of contacts and deep experience within the IT industry provide us with a knowledge base that allows us to speak and/or write knowledgeably on a wide range of topics.

Services we offer include writing, editing, market analysis/trends reports (deliverables include both hard copy and/or presentation), and media/writing training.

Projects we have undertaken include white papers (both market and technology-led), case studies, company profiles, feature writing, media audits, proof-reading, editing corporate publications. We also provide technology and market advice to PR companies.

You'll find examples of the kinds of work we do here.

Unique prospects
Among the unique prospects we bring to the market are experience, good communication, and an insight into both the analyst and journalist communities.

Latest news:

We do voiceovers
Do you need a voice for your advertisement or messaging? Manek is an experienced voice artist and his warm, engaging voice offers a great way of animating your vocal messages.

He majored in radio at journalism college, has performed on stage (in an amateur capacity), and possesses extensive public speaking experience. He also developed his own regular podcast, and is the public face of NetEvents TV, where he presents to camera and voices the website's documentaries.

Manek offers a British baritone speaking voice from the south of England with a trace of London.

If you need a voice that offers assurance and authority with animation, and where appropriate, a hint of humour, let us know.

We've also been doing a lot of Webcasting -- audio and video -- recently , and have had tremendously positive feedback. If you're heading in the Web 2.0 direction, why not give us a call...?

This site is tweaked and updated on a regular basis. Please check in from time to time...

Key links:

Manek's blog, Big Tin, is here.
Manek's Flickr photostream is here.