Network Computing
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Network Computing is an online technical news publication that began as a printed magazine.OCLC Number: 19910522 During that period, Advertising Age ranked it among the Top 300 print magazines.{{cite news|work=Advertising Age|url=https://adage.com/article/news/ad-age-300-top-magazines/80898|title=Ad Age 300 Top Magazines|date=June 19, 1995}} and advanced in 1995 from #146 to #133 with a circulation of 38,500. It still has trade show affiliations.
History
The print magazine's resources including six evaluation labs.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
- 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|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|website=highbeam.com|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|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}}
- June 2004 - All security-related topics centralized within CMP under Network Computing umbrella.{{cite news|work=Advertising Age|url=https://adage.com/article/news/e-online/57760|title=CMP groups security information products under Network Computing|date=June 16, 2004}}
- July 2004 - The print magazine was one of approximately 1,500 included on a US Postal Rate Commission survey regarding postal rates.{{cite web|url=https://www.prc.gov/docs/41/41123/TWetal-ABM-1-9.pdf|title=COMPLAINT OF TIME WARNER INC. ET AL. CONCERNING PERIODICALS RATES Docket No. C2004-1|date=July 27, 2004|access-date=July 31, 2020}}
- 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|url=https://wn.com/Bathmate_Hydromax_Reviews_Information_(_Week_4_)_18|title=Bathmate Hydromax Reviews Information Week 4 18|website=WN.com WorldNews Network|quote=Bathmate Hydromax Reviews Information Week 4 18 on WN Network ... Network Magazine (networkmagazine.com) was renamed IT Architect|access-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922024515/https://wn.com/Bathmate_Hydromax_Reviews_Information_(_Week_4_)_18
|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|date=June 13, 2007|authorlink1=blog}} 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|url=http://adage.com/article/btob/united-business-media-consolidates-health-care-operations-cmp-media-cmp-technology/263696|title=United Business Media consolidates health care; CMP Media changes name to CMP Technology|date=May 23, 2006}}
- 2008 – CMP Technology was restructured into four independent operating divisions under the common banner of UBM.
- 2009 - Network Computing given own (revived) online identity{{cite news|work=Advertising Age|title=TechWeb revives 'Network Computing' online|date=July 28, 2009}}
- 2013 – Parent UMB announced that "print publications will end production as of July 1."{{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. ... 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}}
- 2018 - Network Computing owner UBM (since 2008) merged with London-based Informa.
- 2020 - web site cookie analytics for Network Computing to be handled by internal UBM unit named informationweekanalytics.com{{cite web|url=https://atlas.eff.org//domains/networkcomputing.com.html|title=HTTPS Everywhere Atlas: networkcomputing.com|quote=redirects to cms.informationweekanalytics.com|date=May 20, 2020}}
Affiliations
Although Network Computing has its own editorial/content unit
- Marketing/Advertising functions for Network Computing are handled by Informa's Informationweek unit.{{cite web|url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/about-us|title=Contact Us|access-date=July 31, 2020}}
- it also has an affiliated conference, Interop{{cite news|work=Advertising Age|url=http://adage.com/article/249043|title=Ziff-Davis plans to spin off ZD Events|date=March 7, 2000}}{{cite web|url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/about-us|title=What's our role?}}{{cite journal|
url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1527476412467075|title=Direct Marketing and the Productive Capacity of Commercial Television|quote=CableLabs Advanced-Ad Interop Draws 24 Companies|author=L. McGuigan|journal=Television & New Media |date=December 11, 2012|volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=196–214 |doi=10.1177/1527476412467075 |s2cid=144912899 |url-access=subscription }}
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Their Twitter account began in December 2008. A 2009 headline in Advertising Age announced "TechWeb revives 'Network Computing' online."{{cite news|newspaper=Advertising Age|url=http://adage.com/article/276296|title=TechWeb revives 'Network Computing' online|date=July 28, 2009}}
Awards
The magazine gives awards for companies, products and services in various categories.{{cite web
|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060606005797/en/Interactive-Intelligence-Wins-Network-Computing-Magazines-Well-Connected|title=Interactive Intelligence Wins Network Computing Magazine's ... award|date=June 6, 2006}}