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Computerworld
American information technology magazine

Computerworld (abbreviated as CW) is a computer magazine published since 1967 aimed at information technology (IT) and business technology professionals. Original a print magazine, Computerworld published its final print issue in 2014; since then, it has been available as an online news website and as an online magazine.

As a printed weekly during the 1970s and into the 1980s, Computerworld was the leading trade publication in the data processing industry. Based on circulation and revenue it was one of the most successful trade publications in any industry. Later in the 1980s it began to lose its dominant position.

It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Each country's version of Computerworld includes original content and is managed independently. The publisher of Computerworld, Foundry (formerly IDG Communications), is a subsidiary of International Data Group.

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History

The publication was launched in 1967 by International Data Group in Boston, whose founder was Patrick J. McGovern.89

Going international

The company IDG offers the brand "Computerworld" in 47 countries worldwide, the name and frequency differ slightly though.10 When IDG established the Swedish edition in 1983 i.e., the title "Computerworld" was already registered in Sweden by another publisher. This is why the Swedish edition is named Computer Sweden [sv]. The corresponding German publication is called Computerwoche (which translates to "computer week") instead.

Computer Sweden was distributed as a morning newspaper in tabloid format (41 cm) in 51,000 copies (2007) with an estimated 120,000 readers. From 1999 to 2008, it was published three days a week, but since 2009, it was published only on Tuesdays and Fridays.111213

Going digital

In June 2014, Computerworld US abandoned its print edition, becoming an exclusively digital publication.14 In July 2014, the publisher started the monthly Computerworld Digital Magazine.15 In 2017 it published features and stories highlighting the magazine's history on the fiftieth anniversary.

Computerworld's website first appeared in 1996.16

Ongoing

Computerworld US serves IT and business management with coverage of information technology,17 emerging technologies and analysis of technology trends.18 Computerworld also publishes several notable special reports each year, including the 100 Best Places to Work in IT,19 IT Salary Survey, the DATA+ Editors' Choice Awards and the annual Forecast research report. Computerworld in the past has published stories that highlight the effects of immigration to the U.S. (e.g. the H-1B visa) on software engineers.2021

Staff

The executive editor of Computerworld in the U.S. is Ken Mingis, who leads a small staff of editors, writers and freelancers who cover a variety of enterprise IT topics (with a concentration on Windows, Mobile and Apple/Enterprise).22

See also

Further reading

References

  1. "Computerworld's 2015 forecast predicts security cloud computing and analytics will lead IT spending". Forbes. Retrieved March 26, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2014/11/26/computerworlds-2015-forecast-predicts-security-cloud-computing-and-analytics-will-lead-it-spending/#441abfb421a0 ↩

  2. Endres, Kathleen L., ed. (1994). Trade, Industrial, and Professional Periodicals of the United States. Greenwood Press. p. 146. ↩

  3. Chief Executive Magazine. No. 55. 1990. p. 49. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) /wiki/Template:Cite_news ↩

  4. Endres, Kathleen L., ed. (1994). Trade, Industrial, and Professional Periodicals of the United States. Greenwood Press. p. 146. ↩

  5. Chief Executive Magazine. No. 55. 1990. p. 49. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) /wiki/Template:Cite_news ↩

  6. "IDG Communications Transforms into Foundry • Foundry". Foundry. February 17, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2024. https://foundryco.com/news/after-nearly-60-years-idg-communications-becomes-foundry/ ↩

  7. "Computerworld Names International Paper to 2018 List of 100 Best Places to Work in IT". The New York Times. August 26, 2018. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203201446/https://markets.on.nytimes.com/research/stocks/news/press_release.asp?docTag=201806181000PR_NEWS_USPRX____CL28893&feedID=600&press_symbol=168066 ↩

  8. "ComputerWorld – First Issue". ComputerHistory.org (Computer History Museum). Description. Black and White reproduction of first issue of Computerworld newsweekly. June 21, 1967 25 cents. http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102631381 ↩

  9. Johnson, Maryfran (September 30, 2002). "Computerworld's Founder Looks Back on 35 Years". Computerworld. Retrieved April 25, 2023. https://www.computerworld.com/article/2577819/computerworld-s-founder-looks-back-on-35-years.html ↩

  10. International brands of Computerworld International Data Group https://www.idg.com/brand/computer_world/ ↩

  11. "Computer Sweden". LIBRIS. Retrieved April 29, 2012. http://libris.kb.se/bib/8260437 ↩

  12. "Så gör vi om CS". Computer Sweden. Retrieved April 29, 2012. http://computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.205185/sa-gor-vi-om-cs ↩

  13. "Mediefakta: sök mediefakta – ts.se – Computer Sweden". ts.se. Retrieved April 29, 2012. http://ts.se/Mediefakta/Index.aspx?mc=004277 ↩

  14. "Scot Finnie: The continuing evolution of Computerworld". computerworld.com. June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249103/Scot_Finnie_The_continuing_evolution_of_Computerworld ↩

  15. "Get CW's new monthly digital magazine". computerworld.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910201618/http://www.computerworld.com/article/2491471/it-management/get-cw-s-new-monthly-digital-magazine.html ↩

  16. Russel Brown (October 22, 2014). "The early days of the internet, 1990s". 1996: Computerworld became the first print newspaper to hire dedicated online editorial staff https://teara.govt.nz/en/digital-media-and-the-internet/page-2 ↩

  17. Robert McMillan (September 15, 2009). "New York Times tricked into serving scareware ad". Scammers tricked the New York Times' Digital Advertising department into ... the company confirmed Monday. https://www.computerworld.com/article/2527511/enterprise-applications/new-york-times-tricked-into-serving-scareware-ad.html ↩

  18. "Cloud Computing Skills Pay The Most According To Computerworld". Forbes. April 30, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2017/04/30/cloud-computing-skills-pay-the-most-according-to-computerworld/ ↩

  19. "Computerworld Names International Paper to 2018 List of 100 Best Places to Work in IT". The New York Times. August 26, 2018. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203201446/https://markets.on.nytimes.com/research/stocks/news/press_release.asp?docTag=201806181000PR_NEWS_USPRX____CL28893&feedID=600&press_symbol=168066 ↩

  20. "IT workers' voices heard in the Senate, confidentially -- Senate Judiciary Committee debates the H-1B visa and worker displacement". computerworld.com. March 17, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015. http://www.computerworld.com/article/2897620/it-workers-voices-heard-in-senate-confidentially.html ↩

  21. "'Elena's Inbox' details H-1B battle in Clinton White House -- Memos to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan from Clinton administration opens door to battle over H-1B visa in critical year". computerworld.com. July 2, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2015. http://www.computerworld.com/article/2518662/technology-law-regulation/-elena-s-inbox--details-h-1b-battle-in-clinton-white-house.html ↩

  22. "Computerworld Editorial Beats/Contacts". IDG Enterprise. Retrieved September 12, 2014. http://www.computerworld.com/about/editorial.html#editcontacts ↩