InformationWeek

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InformationWeek
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VP, Editor In ChiefRob Preston
CategoriesTechnology B2B
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 220,000
Founded1985
Final issueJune 24, 2013 (print)
Company Informa
CountryUnited States
Based in San Francisco, California
Website www.informationweek.com
ISSN 8750-6874

InformationWeek is a digital magazine which conducts corresponding face-to-face events, virtual events, and research. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was first published in 1985 [1] by CMP Media, [2] later called Informa. [3] The print edition of the magazine has ceased, with the last issue published on June 24, 2013. [4]

Contents

History

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

Mission

InformationWeek's stated mission is "the business value of technology".[ citation needed ] The InformationWeek website features news, an array of proprietary InformationWeek research, 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:

InformationWeek runs events such as the InformationWeek 500 Conference & Gala Awards. [21]

The BrainYard

The BrainYard is a news and commentary website focused on social business produced by InformationWeek and the Enterprise 2.0 Conference. 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 BrainYard was named the winner of the min's Best of the Web Award for the best new business-to-business publication website. [23] [24]

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  15. ↑ "The end of print". Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine. April 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved September 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 from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ "InformationWeek Reports". informationweekreports.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  19. ↑ "InformationWeek 500". InformationWeek. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Informationweek.com Reports". Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Events". InformationWeek. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  22. ↑ "UBM TechWeb Introduces The BrainYard". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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