Welcome to TotalCIO, a blog by the editors and reporters of SearchCIO.com. TotalCIO is a place to collaborate with peers, gather information and share your opinions with your peers. Our bloggers:

Scot Petersen is editorial director of TechTarget’s CIO/IT Strategy Media Group. He oversees three sites: SearchCIO.com, SearchCIO-Midmarket.com and SearchCompliance.com. Scot has more than 20 years of experience in journalism and is a past editor of eWeek Magazine. He has an MA in English and an MBA from Northeastern University. Write him at spetersen@techtarget.com.

Chris Gonsalves is executive editor of the CIO/IT Strategy Media Group. He’s the former editor in chief of Baseline Magazine and previously served as executive editor at eWEEK, Channel Insider and VARBusiness. His mainstream media experience includes editing stints at The Providence Journal and Dow Jones. Write to him at cgonsalves@techtarget.com.

Christina Torode is news director for SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. She has been a high-tech journalist for more than a decade. Before joining TechTarget, she was a reporter for technology trade publication CRN and a business reporter and editor with Eagle Tribune Publishing in eastern Massachusetts. Write to her at ctorode@techtarget.com.

Linda Tucci is senior news writer for SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. Before joining TechTarget’s CIO/IT Strategy Media Group, she was business columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Her freelance work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The New York Times. Write to her at ltucci@techtarget.com.