InformationWeek

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| image_alt = Screenshot of InformationWeek website showing latest news on the left side, headline story on the middle, and additional stories on the right side, with ad banner for email list subscription on the bottom

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| editor = Rob Preston

| editor_title = VP, Editor In Chief

| previous_editor =

| staff_writer =

| frequency = Monthly

| circulation = 220,000

| category = Technology B2B

| company = Informa TechTarget

| publisher =

| founded = 1985

| firstdate =

| finaldate = June 24, 2013 (print)

| country = United States

| based = San Francisco, California

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| website = [http://www.informationweek.com/ www.informationweek.com]

| issn = 8750-6874

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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{{cite news|newspaper=Advertising Age|title=Print - CMP Media to launch 'Information Week' in U.K.|url=http://adage.com/print/2872|date=January 13, 1997|quote=CMP Media to launch 'Information Week' in U.K.. ... Its U.S. forerunner, launched in 1985, now has 350,000 readers.}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} by CMP Media,{{cite web|title=CMP Media Inc. History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/cmp-media-inc-history

|publisher=Funding Universe|access-date=December 6, 2015}} later became part of Informa TechTarget. The print edition of the magazine has ceased, with the last issue published on June 24, 2013.{{cite news|title=Bride magazine ends its print run. A list of others who did the same thing|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/glamour-magazine-ends-its-print-run-a-list-of-others-who-did-the-same-thing|access-date=June 1, 2020|work=Fox Business|date=May 15, 2019}}

History

The print edition began in 1985 using the name Information Week.{{Cite journal|title=Information Week (Journal, magazine, 1985)|journal=Information Week|quote=Information week... Publisher: Manhasset, N.Y : CMP, 1985|year=1985|oclc=802627801}}

April 1999 - Information Week began its 14th international edition: Brazil.{{cite news|quote=Information Week, the U.S. magazine owned by CMP Media Inc., has launched its fourteenth version in Brazil|newspaper=Advertising Age|title="Information Week" magazine goes Brazilian|url=https://adage.com/article/news/information-week-magazine-brazilian/13776|date=April 28, 1999|access-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922064639/https://adage.com/article/news/information-week-magazine-brazilian/13776/|archive-date=September 22, 2018|url-status=live}}
May 1997 through 2000 – The worldwide regional publications of LAN Magazine were renamed to the already existing Network Magazine. Networkmagazine.com and lanmag.com now redirect to informationweek.com{{cite web|title=Alan Zeichick|url=http://www.camdenassociates.com/zeichick|website=camdenassociates.com|location=Under the Technical Publishing heading|access-date=April 9, 2015

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414033619/http://www.camdenassociates.com/zeichick

|archive-date=April 14, 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title= New name, hot technologies.(Editorial)

|url= http://business.highbeam.com/787/article-1G1-19383642/new-name-hot-technologies|date=May 1, 1997|access-date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222203056/https://business.highbeam.com/787/article-1G1-19383642/new-name-hot-technologies|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Gazing through the crystal ball - Editorial|url=http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200108/editorial.htm|website=networkmagazineindia.com

|location=India edition (Network Magazine)|date=August 2001|access-date=April 9, 2015

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120328/http://www.networkmagazineindia.com/200108/editorial.htm

|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=The Networking Reference Library |url=https://flylib.com/books/en/3.215.1.9/1 |quote=... 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. |access-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922063754/https://flylib.com/books/en/3.215.1.9/1 |archive-date=September 22, 2018|url-status=live}}

September 2005 – Network Magazine (networkmagazine.com) was renamed IT Architect (itarchitect.com).{{cite web |title=CMP Media's Network Magazine Changes Name to IT Architect

|publisher=BoogarLists Directory of Market Publications

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=umIkmrQD8TAC

|quote=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 ...}}{{cite web|title=CMP Media's Network Magazine Changes Name to IT Architect Effective with September 2005 Issue|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cmp-medias-network-magazine-changes-name-to-it-architect-effective-with-september-2005-issue-54652787.html|website=prnewswire.com|date=September 1, 2005|access-date=2015-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413111741/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cmp-medias-network-magazine-changes-name-to-it-architect-effective-with-september-2005-issue-54652787.html|archive-date=2015-04-13|url-status=live}} The offline publication was shut down after the March 2006 issue.{{cite web

|title = CMP whacks Network Computing, Optimize

|url = http://ztrek.blogspot.com/2007/06/cmp-whacks-network-computing-optimize.html

|website = blogspot.com

|author = Alan Zeichick

|publisher = Former editor-in-chief of Network Magazine

|location = Seventh paragraph

|date = June 13, 2007

|author-link1 = blog

|access-date = April 9, 2015

|archive-date = December 22, 2015

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222170839/http://ztrek.blogspot.com/2007/06/cmp-whacks-network-computing-optimize.html

|url-status = dead

}} itarchitect.com now redirects to InformationWeek.

June 2006 – The company announced that offline publication of Network Computing would be merged with Information Week. Online, Network Computing (networkcomputing.com) would provide technical content, whereas informationweek.com would provide news.{{cite web|url=http://www.foliomag.com/2007/major-restructuring-cmp-focuses-online|title=In Major Restructuring, CMP Focuses Online

|date=June 13, 2007 |website=foliomag.com |access-date=April 9, 2015

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222205752/http://www.foliomag.com/2007/major-restructuring-cmp-focuses-online/

|archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=live}} UBM renamed CMP Media to CMP Technology.{{cite web |date=May 23, 2006 |title=United Business Media consolidates health care; CMP Media changes name to CMP Technology |url=http://adage.com/article/btob/united-business-media-consolidates-health-care-operations-cmp-media-cmp-technology/263696 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922102144/https://adage.com/article/btob/united-business-media-consolidates-health-care-operations-cmp-media-cmp-technology/263696/ |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018}}

2008 – CMP Technology was restructured into four independent operating divisions under the common banner of UBM.
2013 – The printed Information Week magazine ceased publication.{{cite magazine

|magazine = Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

|url = http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/13479?page=2

|title = The end of print

|quote = ... business model no longer includes print. Information Week ... will continue online

|date=April 12, 2013

|access-date =September 23, 2018

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180923124546/https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/13479?page=2

|archive-date =September 23, 2018

|url-status = live}} It had 220,000 print magazine subscribers (many of whom received free promotional subscriptions).BPA Worldwide, InformationWeek's December 2012 Audit Statement

2018 – InformationWeek owner UBM (since 2008) merged with Informa.
2024 – Informa Tech's digital business merged with TechTarget, became Informa TechTarget which included InformationWeek.

Mission

InformationWeek's stated mission is "To empower you with trustworthy information".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.{{cite web|url=http://informationweekanalytics.com/|title=InformationWeek Reports|work=informationweekanalytics.com|access-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207202011/http://informationweekanalytics.com/|archive-date=February 7, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://informationweekreports.com/|title=InformationWeek Reports|work=informationweekreports.com|access-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011025907/http://informationweekreports.com/|archive-date=October 11, 2007|url-status=dead}} Among its studies and reports are:

The annual InformationWeek 500{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/IW500|title=InformationWeek 500|work=InformationWeek|access-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115231324/http://www.informationweek.com/iw500|archive-date=2014-01-15|url-status=live}} (a listing of the nation's top users of information technology)
The National IT Salary Survey{{Cite web|url=http://reports.informationweek.com/abstract/166/8739/Professional+Development+and+Salary+Data/research-2012-it-salary-survey.html |title=Informationweek.com Reports|access-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417210356/http://reports.informationweek.com/abstract/166/8739/Professional+Development+and+Salary+Data/research-2012-it-salary-survey.html|archive-date=April 17, 2012|url-status=live}} (IT employee-based compensation and benefits study)
The Global Information Security Study (6 languages, more than 15 countries participate)

InformationWeek runs events such as the InformationWeek 500 Conference & Gala Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/events/|title=Events|work=InformationWeek|access-date=April 15, 2015

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111212955/http://www.informationweek.com/events

|archive-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubm-techweb-introduces-the-brainyard-119065564.html|title=UBM TechWeb Introduces The BrainYard|access-date=July 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160908/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ubm-techweb-introduces-the-brainyard-119065564.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-brainyard-wins-2012-mins-best-of-the-web-award-146838115.html|title=The BrainYard Wins 2012 min's Best of the Web Award |access-date=July 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160113/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-brainyard-wins-2012-mins-best-of-the-web-award-146838115.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.minonline.com/bestoftheweb2012 |title=Min's Best of the Web 2012 Winners |access-date=July 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608025535/http://www.minonline.com/bestoftheweb2012/ |archive-date=June 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}