March 28, 2007 | Comments: (0)
InfoWorld to Focus Exclusively on Online and Events
Publishes Its Last Print Issue Next Week Amid Brand Expansion
BOSTON (March 26, 2007) - International Data Group (IDG), the leading IT media company, announces a strategic decision as part of its transformation to a web-centric company. InfoWorld's last print edition is April 2, 2007, as the brand focuses its resources on its fast-growing online and events businesses, including InfoWorld.com, the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), SOA Executive Forum, and Virtualization Executive Forum. Unique visitor traffic at infoworld.com has increased 85 percent (February 2006 compared to February 2007), reflecting audience migration online, as well as strategic and ongoing investments in online content, product diversification, and audience development.
Approximately 10 employees, with print-related responsibilities, have been laid off at InfoWorld, which published its first issue in February 1980. InfoWorld continues to expand staffing in high-growth areas, including sales and online production.
"In the past two years, we have invested heavily to grow InfoWorld's non-print business so today its revenue is predominantly from online and events," said Bob Carrigan, president, IDG Communications. "While a weekly issue no longer made sense at InfoWorld, print remains in demand by readers and marketers at IDG's other media brands."
InfoWorld: An Online and Events Brand
InfoWorld has established itself as a leading media brand for decision makers involved in IT solutions management, including formulating strategy and implementing enterprise IT solutions. Marketers to IT solutions management prefer "the immediacy of online and intimacy of events that deliver definitive ROI," according to Bob Ostrow, CEO, InfoWorld Media Group. InfoWorld, with its concentration on emerging technologies, has helped develop the Service-Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Virtualization markets with events and related editorial. Ostrow said: "For the past 24 months, InfoWorld has experienced tremendous growth in online and events by focusing on emerging areas of technology that our competition has either missed or ignored. Our audiences and marketers have expressed their preferences and it made sense for us to devote all our resources to what matters most to them, expanding our 'market maker' focus through online and events."
InfoWorld.com offered blogs and podcasts for news and information before they became commonplace. It has also added video and IT Exec Connect, a peer networking community.
About International Data Group (IDG)
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's online network includes more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and gaming worldwide. IDG’'s lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.
IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 850 IDC analysts in 50 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.
Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at http://www.idg.com.
Contact:
Howard Sholkin, IDG PR, (617) 239-7882 howard_sholkin@idg.com
Paul Calento, InfoWorld (415)-978-3212 paul_calento@infoworld.com
Posted by InfoWorld Marketing on March 28, 2007 11:38 AM
March 15, 2007 | Comments: (0)
InfoWorld Sets Agenda for Eighth SOA Executive Forum
InfoWorld's SOA Executive Forum will take place May 15-16, 2007 at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York City with a focus on Breaking SOA Bottlenecks
March 15, 2007 - San Francisco, CA - IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, today unveiled the agenda for its eighth SOA Executive Forum, taking place May 15th and 16th at New York City's Roosevelt Hotel. The executive-level event provides real-world guidance and best practices for dynamically managing the IT environment. May's event will explore technical and political pitfalls to avoid in order to keep SOA initiatives on track. Plus, end users will share their lessons learned with technologies from mashups to VoIP, from Software-as-a-Service to virtualization, providing a blueprint for making SOA initiatives successful. Sample sessions will include: Governance Gotchas, Building an SOA that Scales, SOA Meet Enterprise Architecture, Nailing SOA Security and InfoWorld's signature Reality Check panel discussion. Passes to attend InfoWorld's SOA Executive Forum are priced at $1,295, with credential, subscriber and early registration discounts available. Members of the press using promotional code MAYPRESS are eligible for complimentary registration. For more details and to register, visit: SOAExecForum.com/register.
"SOA has reached a critical juncture. Most enterprises understand the benefits and many already have an SOA pilot project or department-level initiative underway," said Eric Knorr, InfoWorld's executive editor and content chair for the event. "But few see the path from an SOA project to a broader initiative, with unforeseen obstacles emerging on multiple fronts. At InfoWorld's eighth SOA Executive Forum, IT execs will learn from peers and industry experts about the governance and technology bottlenecks to a successful SOA - and how to break them using tactics and strategies gleaned from real world experience."
The SOA Executive Forum agenda features dynamic stories from best-laid SOA plans to successful implementation from end users and leading analysts in the space. Presenters and panelists from the Technology and Business tracks include: Andy Brown, CTO, Infrastructure, Credit Suisse; Thomas Krotchko, Director, Web Architecture, Amtrak; David Linthicum, CEO, Linthicum Group, LLC; Anne Thomas Manes, Research Director, Burton Group; Maja Tibbling, Lead Enterprise Architect, Con-way, Inc.; Timothy Vibbert, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin; and Hong Zhang, Global Director & Chief Architect, IT Architecture and Standards, General Motors. Plus, InfoWorld's top editors will be on hand to share their expertise. The complete agenda is available online at: SOAExecForum.com.
InfoWorld's SOA Forum continues to attract support from top SOA vendors, including: BEA Systems (Cornerstone sponsor); Oracle Corporation (Diamond-level sponsor); and IONA Technologies (Gold-level sponsor).
About InfoWorld Media Group
InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, a weekly print publication, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at www.infoworld.com.
About International Data Group (IDG)
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and gaming worldwide. IDG's lead generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.
IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including E for All Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 850 IDC analysts in 50 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.
Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at www.idg.com.
Note: Product names and company names are trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
Kaitlen Murphy
Content Manager
InfoWorld Media Group
415-978-3251
kaitlen_murphy@InfoWorld.com
Posted by Kaitlen Murphy on March 15, 2007 12:59 PM
March 07, 2007 | Comments: (0)
InfoWorld's Open Source Business Conference Announces Keynote Speakers for May Event
OSBC will feature Keynote Addresses from Red Hat, Inc., H&R Block, Columbia Law School, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, MySQL and E*TRADE Financial
San Francisco, CA - March 7, 2007 - InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, today announced the keynote lineup for the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), the premier event for open source software and business, scheduled to be held May 22-23, 2007 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. OSBC is the industry's only forum for senior business leaders, C-level technical strategists, lawyers and venture capitalists to collaborate on emerging business models, strategies and profitability for open source software use. The 2007 program focuses on current open source issues and opportunities, trends, products, services and legal content, as well as analyst insight into the world of open source business. Passes to attend InfoWorld's Open Source Business Conference are priced at $1,495, with early registration and group discounts available. Members of the press using promotional code OSBCPR are eligible for complimentary registration (subject to verification). To register, visit: http://www.osbc.com.
The 2007 OSBC program will provide content-rich sessions from well-known thought leaders and industry executives on how open source technology is being used. Featured keynotes include:
- Matthew J. Szulik - Chairman, CEO and President, Red Hat, Inc.
- Marc West - Senior Vice President and CIO, H&R Block
- Eben Moglen - General Counsel of the Freedom Law Center and Professor, Columbia Law School
- Rob Curley, Vice President, Product Development, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
- Marten Mickos - CEO, MySQL
- Lee Thompson, Vice President and Chief Technologist, E*TRADE Financial
"This year's roster of keynotes and other speakers is unprecedented in its depth and breadth of open source acumen," said Matt Asay, conference chair and vice president, business development for Alfresco. "We've never before had this range of open source IT experience, nor the experience in building the world's most successful open source businesses. OSBC continues to be the place to learn how to thrive with open source, and never more so than this year."
In addition to the featured keynotes, such companies as: AIG, Activision, Alfresco, Cleversafe, Hyperic, SugarCRM, WSO2 and Walmart.com will speak in the following topic tracks:
- What's Now - CIO issues, implementation strategies and cost savings, as well as ways to work with open source communities and get quality support
- What's Next - Open source business models, emerging issues (attribution, effective download conversion strategies), and other topics of interest to the rising tide of open source vendors
- What's Legal - How to take a proprietary product into the open, the mechanics of setting up an open source review board for enterprises, what GPLv3 means for the industry, and more
- Products and Services - Live demonstrations from leading open source solution providers
Current sponsors of OSBC include: Adaptive Planning, Akin Gump, Cooley Godward LLP, DLA Piper, EMC, EnterpriseDB, Fenwick & West LLP, Funambol, GlobalRoads, Goodwin Procter LLP, GroundWork Open Source, Inc., HRO, Intel, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Microsoft, MySQL, OpenLogic, Optaros, Oracle Corp., Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, The rSmart Group, Red Hat, SNAP, SugarCRM, Trolltech, Unisys, WSO2 and Zenoss Inc.
About InfoWorld Media Group
InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, a weekly print publication, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.
About International Data Group (IDG)
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and gaming worldwide. IDG's lead generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.
IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including E for All Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 850 IDC analysts in 50 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.
Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at http://www.idg.com.
Note: Product names and company names are trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
Kaitlen Murphy
Conference Content Manager
InfoWorld Media Group
415-978-3251
kaitlen_murphy@InfoWorld.com
Posted by Kaitlen Murphy on March 7, 2007 10:43 AM
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