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InformationWeek
VP, Editor In ChiefRob Preston
CategoriesTechnology B2B
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation220,000
Founded1985
Final issueJune 24, 2013 (print)
CompanyInforma
CountryUnited States
Based inSan Francisco,California
Websitewww.informationweek.com
ISSN8750-6874

InformationWeekis a digital magazine which conducts corresponding face-to-face events, virtual events, and research. It is headquartered inSan Francisco,Californiaand was first published in 1985[1]byCMP Media,[2]later calledInforma.[3]The print edition of the magazine has ceased, with the last issue published on June 24, 2013.[4]

History

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The print edition began in 1985 using the nameInformation Week.[5]

  • April 1999 - Information Week began its 14th international[1]edition: Brazil.[6]
  • May 1997 through 2000 – The worldwide regional publications ofLAN Magazinewere renamed to the already existingNetwork Magazine.Networkmagazine.com and lanmag.com now redirect to informationweek.com[7][8][9][10]
  • September 2005 –Network Magazine(networkmagazine.com) was renamedIT Architect(itarchitect.com).[11][12]The offline publication was shut down after the March 2006 issue.[13]itarchitect.com now redirects to InformationWeek.
  • June 2006 – The company announced that offline publication ofNetwork Computingwould be merged withInformation Week.Online, Network Computing (networkcomputing.com) would provide technical content, whereas informationweek.com would provide news.[14]UBM renamed CMP Media to CMP Technology.[3]
  • 2008 – CMP Technology was restructured into four independent operating divisions under the common banner ofUBM.
  • 2013 – The printedInformation Weekmagazine ceased publication.[15]It had 220,000 print magazine subscribers (many of whom received free promotional subscriptions).[16]
  • 2018 – InformationWeek owner UBM (since 2008) merged withInforma.

Mission

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InformationWeek's stated mission is "the business value of technology".[citation needed]TheInformationWeekwebsite features news, an array of proprietaryInformationWeekresearch, analysis on IT trends, a whitepaper library, and editorial content.

InformationWeek Research identifies and interprets business technology trends and issues, producing more than 100 studies each year.[17][18]Among its studies and reports are:

  • The annualInformationWeek500[19](a listing of the nation's top users of information technology)
  • The National IT Salary Survey[20](IT employee-based compensation and benefits study)
  • The Global Information Security Study (6 languages, more than 15 countries participate)

InformationWeekruns events such as theInformationWeek500 Conference & Gala Awards.[21]

The BrainYard

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The BrainYardis a news and commentary website focused on social business produced byInformationWeekand theEnterprise 2.0Conference. It covers the business uses of social media and collaboration technologies, including enterprise social networks for internal collaboration, social communities for customer support, and the sales, marketing, and customer support uses of public social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The site also covers other enterprise collaboration technologies, such as videoconferencing and unified communications, particularly to the extent these are converging with social software.

The website was launched in April 2011.[22]A year later,The BrainYardwas named the winner of the min's Best of the Web Award for the best new business-to-business publication website.[23][24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"Print - CMP Media to launch 'Information Week' in U.K."Advertising Age.January 13, 1997.CMP Media to launch 'Information Week' in U.K..... Its U.S. forerunner, launched in 1985, now has 350,000 readers.
  2. ^"CMP Media Inc. History".Funding Universe.RetrievedDecember 6,2015.
  3. ^ab"United Business Media consolidates health care; CMP Media changes name to CMP Technology".May 23, 2006.Archivedfrom the original on September 22, 2018.RetrievedSeptember 21,2018.
  4. ^"Bride magazine ends its print run. A list of others who did the same thing".Fox Business.May 15, 2019.RetrievedJune 1,2020.
  5. ^"Information Week (Journal, magazine, 1985)".Information Week.1985.OCLC802627801.Information week... Publisher: Manhasset, N.Y: CMP, 1985
  6. ^""Information Week" magazine goes Brazilian ".Advertising Age.April 28, 1999.Archivedfrom the original on September 22, 2018.RetrievedSeptember 21,2018.Information Week, the U.S. magazine owned by CMP Media Inc., has launched its fourteenth version in Brazil
  7. ^"Alan Zeichick".camdenassociates.com.Under the Technical Publishing heading. Archived fromthe originalon April 14, 2015.RetrievedApril 9,2015.
  8. ^"New name, hot technologies.(Editorial)".May 1, 1997. Archived fromthe originalon December 22, 2015.RetrievedApril 9,2015.
  9. ^"Gazing through the crystal ball - Editorial".networkmagazineindia.com.India edition (Network Magazine). August 2001.Archivedfrom the original on March 4, 2016.RetrievedApril 9,2015.
  10. ^"The Networking Reference Library".Archivedfrom the original on September 22, 2018.RetrievedSeptember 21,2018.... a vendor's technical manual, on the Internet, or even in the pages of Network Magazine.... The book's title is overly modest; in fact, it comprehensively presents the technical underpinnings... the founder of LAN Magazine, which became Network Magazine in 1997.
  11. ^"CMP Media's Network Magazine Changes Name to IT Architect".BoogarLists Directory of Market Publications.For some time, they've been writing Network Magazine for the new IT professional who is... Their new name, IT Architect, better reflects their content and...
  12. ^"CMP Media's Network Magazine Changes Name to IT Architect Effective with September 2005 Issue".prnewswire.com.September 1, 2005.Archivedfrom the original on April 13, 2015.RetrievedApril 9,2015.
  13. ^Alan Zeichick(June 13, 2007)."CMP whacks Network Computing, Optimize".blogspot.com.Seventh paragraph: Former editor-in-chief of Network Magazine. Archived fromthe originalon December 22, 2015.RetrievedApril 9,2015.
  14. ^"In Major Restructuring, CMP Focuses Online".foliomag.com.June 13, 2007.Archivedfrom the original on December 22, 2015.RetrievedApril 9,2015.
  15. ^"The end of print".Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine.April 12, 2013.Archivedfrom the original on September 23, 2018.RetrievedSeptember 23,2018.... business model no longer includes print. Information Week... will continue online
  16. ^BPA Worldwide,InformationWeek's December 2012 Audit Statement
  17. ^"InformationWeek Reports".informationweekanalytics.com.Archived fromthe originalon February 7, 2009.RetrievedApril 15,2015.
  18. ^"InformationWeek Reports".informationweekreports.com.Archived fromthe originalon October 11, 2007.RetrievedApril 15,2015.
  19. ^"InformationWeek 500".InformationWeek.Archivedfrom the original on January 15, 2014.RetrievedApril 15,2015.
  20. ^"Informationweek.com Reports".Archivedfrom the original on April 17, 2012.RetrievedApril 18,2012.
  21. ^"Events".InformationWeek.Archivedfrom the original on November 11, 2013.RetrievedApril 15,2015.
  22. ^"UBM TechWeb IntroducesThe BrainYard".Archivedfrom the original on September 24, 2015.RetrievedJuly 26,2015.
  23. ^"The BrainYardWins 2012 min's Best of the Web Award ".Archivedfrom the original on September 24, 2015.RetrievedJuly 26,2015.
  24. ^"Min's Best of the Web 2012 Winners".Archived fromthe originalon June 8, 2015.RetrievedJuly 26,2015.
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