InformationWeek is a weekly print magazine, an online site with corresponding face-to-face and virtual events, and research. It is headquartered in San Francisco,
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and was first published in 1979 by CMP Media, later called CMP Technology. On February 29, 2008, CMP Technology was restructured into four independent operating divisions under the common banner of
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InformationWeek is published by UBM TechWeb.
InformationWeek's stated mission is "the business value of technology". 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. Among its studies and reports are:
- The annual InformationWeek 500 (a listing of the nation's top users of information technology)
- The National IT Salary Survey (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.
Markets served
There are 1.8 million average unique monthly visitors to InformationWeek.com, 440,000 magazine subscribers (many of whom receive free promotional subscriptions), and more than 40,000 attendees of face-to-face and virtual events. The
InformationWeek media platform yields reach to more than 2 million business technology buyers.
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