LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 21 November, 2008 – Computing Now has launched a new blog by IEEE Computer Society 2008 President Rangachar Kasturi. The blog offers Computing Now readers and Computer Society members an opportunity to get in touch with the organization’s leadership. In the blog, Kasturi will discuss current Computer Society efforts, computing challenges, and the future of the Society.

In his first blog entry, Kasturi wrote about how in our increasingly global society, technical professionals must constantly adjust to changes in technology rather than rely on the skills they had when they first entered the workforce. The full entry is available via Computing Now (http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/cspresident).

Readers and Computer Society members can keep up to date on new entries by subscribing to the RSS feed and/or the free Computing Now newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter, go to http://computingnow.computer.org/newsletter.

Computing Now (http://computingnow.computer.org) provides free access to content from the IEEE Computer Society’s 13 peer-reviewed magazines, highlighting cross-magazine coverage of hot topics such as game technology, agile methods, and e-voting.

About the Computer Society

With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world’s leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 39 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computer and information-processing technology, and is known globally for its computing standards activities.

The Computer Society serves the information and career-development needs of today’s computing researchers and practitioners with technical journals, magazines, conferences, books, conference publications, and online courses. Its Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) program for mid-career professionals and Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) credential for recent college graduates confirm the skill and knowledge of those working in the field. The CS Digital Library (CSDL) is an excellent research tool, containing more than 250,000 articles from 1,600 conference proceedings and 26 CS periodicals going back to 1988.