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 became part of Informa TechTarget. The print edition of the magazine has ceased, with the last issue published on June 24, 2013.[3]
The print edition began in 1985 using the name Information Week.[4]
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.[17][18] Among its studies and reports are:
InformationWeek runs events such as the InformationWeek 500 Conference & Gala Awards.[21]
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]
