InfoWorld

{{Short description|Information technology media business}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020|cs1-dates=y}} {{Infobox magazine | title = InfoWorld | logo = InfoWorld Logo with Maroon Background.svg | image_file = InfoWorld cover.png | caption = March 26, 2007 cover of ''InfoWorld'' | firstdate = {{Start date and age|1978|12|11|df=yes}} | finaldate = {{End date|2007|04|02|df=yes}}<ref name="IW_2007-04-02"/> (since published online) | finalnumber = | category = | frequency = | company = FoundryCo, Inc. ([[Regent LP]]) | country = United States | based = [[San Francisco]] | language = English | website = {{URL|www.infoworld.com}} | issn = 0199-6649 }} '''''InfoWorld''''' ('''''IW''''') is an American [[information technology]] media business that began as a monthly magazine in 1978, but transitioned to a [[World Wide Web|Web]] publication in 2007. Having ''[[Macworld]]'' and ''[[PC World]]'' as its sister publications, it has been owned by [[Regent LP]] since 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/article/corporate-one/press-releases/blackrock-acquires-hps-investment-partners|title=Blackstone-backed IDG Completes Sale of Foundry to Regent|work=Regent LP|access-date=2025-09-10|language=en}}</ref>

==Overview== Based in [[San Francisco]], ''IW'' has contributors and supporting staff based across the U.S.<ref name="IW_2018-12-06"/> Since its founding, ''InfoWorld''{{'}}s readership has largely consisted of [[IT]] and business professionals.

''InfoWorld'' focuses on how-to, analysis, and editorial content from a mixture of experienced technology journalists and working technology practitioners. The site averages 4.6 million monthly [[page view]]s and 1.1 million monthly unique visitors.<ref name="IW_2016-06-16"/>

==History== {{quote|''InfoWorld'', the weekly paper of the personal-computer industry ... has enough gossip, shoptalk, and scandal to be interesting even if you don't get excited about computers.|[[Edward Mendelson]] in ''[[The Yale Review]]'', 1986<ref name="mendelson1986spring">{{Cite journal |last=Mendelson |first=Edward |date=Spring 1986 |title=Word Processing: A Continuing Guide for the Perplexed |url=https://mendelson.org/WordProcessingAContinuingGuide.pdf |journal=The Yale Review |issue=75 |pages=454-480}}</ref>}}

The magazine was founded by [[Jim Warren (computer specialist)|Jim Warren]] in 1978 as ''The Intelligent Machines Journal'' (''IMJ'').<ref name="McCracken_2008-11-20"/>

In February 1980, one year after being sold to [[International Data Group]] (IDG),<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/business/media/05idg.html |date=5 May 2008 |title=Publisher Tested the Waters Online, Then Dove In |last=Lohr |first=Steve |url-access=limited |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126062207/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/business/media/05idg.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the magazine changed its name to ''InfoWorld''.<ref name="IW_2007-04-02"/> In 1986, the [[Robert X. Cringely]] column began; for many, that pseudonymous column was the face of ''InfoWorld'' and its close ties to [[Silicon Valley]] in particular.<ref name="IW_2007-04-02"/><ref name="CSR_2006-04-18"/><ref name="Freiberger_2000"/>

Up to and including the 15 June 1987 issue 24, volume 9, ''InfoWorld'' was published by [[Popular Computing, Inc.]], a subsidiary of [[CW Communications, Inc.]] Since then, it has been published by InfoWorld Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of [[IDG Communications, Inc.]]

[[Ethernet]] inventor [[Bob Metcalfe]] was CEO and publisher from 1991 to 1996, and contributed a weekly column until 2000.<ref name="Metcalfe_1993-08-23"/><ref name="Metcalfe_1993-12-13"/> As the magazine transitioned to be exclusively Web-based, the final print edition was dated 2 April 2007 (Volume 29, Issue 14, Number 1384).<ref name="IW_2007-04-02"/>

In its web incarnation, ''InfoWorld'' has transitioned away from widely available news stories to a focus on how-to, expert testing, and [[Thought leader|thought leadership]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2009/07/17/17idg-the-nsa-wiretapping-story-that-nobody-wanted-10561.html |title=The NSA Wiretapping Story That Nobody Wanted |date=17 July 2009 |first=Robert |last=McMillan |agency=IDG News}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Metcalfe_1993-08-23">{{cite magazine |title=Telecommunicating via ISDN is getting cheaper |series=From the Ether |author-first=Bob |author-last=Metcalfe |author-link=Bob Metcalfe |magazine=InfoWorld |date=23 August 1993 |volume=15 |issue=34  |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rjsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 |access-date=2010-08-24}}</ref> <ref name="Metcalfe_1993-12-13">{{cite magazine |title=Stuck in the non-eeny PC mindset for 15 years |series=From the Ether |author-first=Bob |author-last=Metcalfe |author-link=Bob Metcalfe |magazine=InfoWorld |date=13 December 1993 |volume=15 |issue=50  |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47 |access-date=2010-08-24}}</ref> <ref name="IW_2016-06-16">{{cite web |title=Media Kit 2015 |website=InfoWorld |date=2015 |url=http://marketing.infoworld.com/pdf/IFW_Media_Kit_2015.pdf |access-date=2016-06-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616203003/http://marketing.infoworld.com/pdf/IFW_Media_Kit_2015.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-16}}</ref> <ref name="IW_2007-04-02">{{cite magazine |title=InfoWorld Through the Years |magazine=InfoWorld |date=2 April 2007 |volume=29 |issue=14 |id=#1384  |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17 |access-date=2010-08-24}}</ref> <ref name="IW_2018-12-06">{{cite web |title=About Us |website=InfoWorld |date=6 December 2018 |url=http://www.infoworld.com/about/about.html |access-date=2018-12-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206150254/https://www.infoworld.com/about/about.html |archive-date=2018-12-06}}</ref> <ref name="McCracken_2008-11-20">{{cite news |author-first=Harry |author-last=McCracken |author-link=Harry McCracken |title=The Twelve Greatest Defunct Tech Magazines Ever |work=[[Technologizer]] |date=20 November 2008 |url=http://www.technologizer.com/2008/11/20/the-twelve-greatest-defunct-tech-magazines-ever/ |access-date=2015-08-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809185745/http://www.technologizer.com/2008/11/20/the-twelve-greatest-defunct-tech-magazines-ever/ |archive-date=2015-08-09}}</ref> <ref name="CSR_2006-04-18">{{cite book |title=Computer Science Resources: A Guide to Professional Literature |date=18 April 2006 |publisher=[[American Society for Information Science]] |isbn=9780914236801 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WywIAAAAIAAJ |access-date=2010-08-24}}</ref> <ref name="Freiberger_2000">{{cite book |title=Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer |author-first1=Paul |author-last1=Freiberger |author-link=Paul Freiberger |author-first2=Michael |author-last2=Swaine |author-link2=Michael Swaine (technical author) |publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]] |date=2000 |edition=illustrated 2nd |isbn=0-07135892-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/fireinvalleymaki00frei |url-access=registration |access-date=2010-08-24 }}</ref> }}

==External links== * {{Official website|www.infoworld.com}} * [https://books.google.com/books?id=KzAEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1&atm_aiy=1990#all_issues_anchor Digitized InfoWorld magazines] on [[Google Books]]

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