| Computerworld cover for Volume 45, Issue 14, August 8, 2011 | |
| Executive Editor | Ken Mingis [1] |
|---|---|
| Categories | Computer magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly (digital) [2] |
| Publisher | John Amato [3] |
| Total circulation (December 2012) | 101,598 [4] |
| Founder | Patrick Joseph McGovern |
| Founded | 1967 |
| First issue | June 21, 1967 (an introductory issue called v. 1, no. 0 issued June 14, 1967) [5] [6] |
| Final issue | June 23, 2014 (print) [2] |
| Company | IDG |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Framingham, Mass. |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0010-4841 |
Computerworld (abbreviated as CW) is a computer magazine published since 1967 aimed at information technology (IT) and business technology professionals. [7] Original a print magazine, Computerworld published its final print issue in 2014; since then, it has been available as an online news website and as an online magazine.
As a printed weekly during the 1970s and into the 1980s, Computerworld was the leading trade publication in the data processing industry. [8] [9] Based on circulation and revenue it was one of the most successful trade publications in any industry. [8] Later in the 1980s it began to lose its dominant position. [9]
It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Each country's version of Computerworld includes original content and is managed independently.[ citation needed ] The publisher of Computerworld, Foundry (formerly IDG Communications), is a subsidiary of International Data Group. [10] [11]
The publication was launched in 1967 by International Data Group in Boston, whose founder was Patrick J. McGovern. [12] [13]
The company IDG offers the brand "Computerworld" in 47 countries worldwide, the name and frequency differ slightly though. [14] When IDG established the Swedish edition in 1983 i.e., the title "Computerworld" was already registered in Sweden by another publisher. This is why the Swedish edition is named Computer Sweden . The corresponding German publication is called Computerwoche (which translates to "computer week") instead.
Computer Sweden was distributed as a morning newspaper in tabloid format (41 cm) in 51,000 copies (2007) with an estimated 120,000 readers. From 1999 to 2008, it was published three days a week, but since 2009, it was published only on Tuesdays and Fridays. [15] [16] [17]
In June 2014, Computerworld US abandoned its print edition, becoming an exclusively digital publication. [2] In July 2014, the publisher started the monthly Computerworld Digital Magazine. [18] In 2017 it published features and stories highlighting the magazine's history on the fiftieth anniversary.
Computerworld's website first appeared in 1996. [19]
Computerworld US serves IT and business management with coverage of information technology, [20] emerging technologies and analysis of technology trends. [21] Computerworld also publishes several notable special reports each year, including the 100 Best Places to Work in IT, [11] IT Salary Survey, the DATA+ Editors' Choice Awards and the annual Forecast research report. Computerworld in the past has published stories that highlight the effects of immigration to the U.S. (e.g. the H-1B visa) on software engineers. [22] [23]
The executive editor of Computerworld in the U.S. is Ken Mingis, who leads a small staff of editors, writers and freelancers who cover a variety of enterprise IT topics (with a concentration on Windows, Mobile and Apple/Enterprise). [24]
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