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Karen Goulart, Features Writer

Karen Goulart, Features Writer

Karen Goulart, Features Writer Features Writer CIO/IT Strategy Media Group

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Karen Goulart is features writer for SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. She covers CIO strategies for cloud computing and virtualization, the data center and business application trends.

Prior to joining TechTarget, she worked for more than a decade in newspapers, most recently as a general assignment reporter at The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. Goulart has a master’s degree in journalism from Emerson College. She received her bachelor’s degree from Villanova University, where she studied English and philosophy.
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