 Computerworld cover for Volume 45, Issue 14, August 8, 2011 | |
| Executive Editor | Ken Mingis[1] |
|---|---|
| Categories | Computer magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly (digital)[2] |
| Publisher | John Amato[3] |
| Total circulation (December 2012) | 101,598[4] |
| Founder | Patrick Joseph McGovern |
| Founded | 1967 (1967) |
| First issue | June 21, 1967; 58 years ago (1967-06-21) (an introductory issue called v. 1, no. 0 issued June 14, 1967)[5][6] |
| Final issue | June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23) (print)[2] |
| Company | IDG |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Framingham,Mass. |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0010-4841 |
Computerworld (abbreviated asCW) is acomputer magazine published since 1967 aimed atinformation technology (IT) andbusiness technology professionals.[7] Original a print magazine,Computerworld published its final print issue in 2014; since then, it has been available as an onlinenews website and as anonline magazine.
As a printed weekly during the 1970s and into the 1980s,Computerworld was the leading trade publication in the data processing industry.[8][9] Based on circulation and revenue it was one of the most successful trade publications in any industry.[8] Later in the 1980s it began to lose its dominant position.[9]
It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Each country's version ofComputerworld includes original content and is managed independently.[citation needed] The publisher ofComputerworld, Foundry (formerly IDG Communications), is a subsidiary ofInternational Data Group.[10][11]
The publication was launched in 1967 byInternational Data Group inBoston, whose founder wasPatrick J. McGovern.[12][13]
The companyIDG offers thebrand "Computerworld" in 47 countries worldwide, the name and frequency differ slightly though.[14] 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 namedComputer Sweden [sv]. The corresponding German publication is calledComputerwoche (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.[15][16][17]
In June 2014,Computerworld US abandoned its print edition, becoming an exclusively digital publication.[2] In July 2014, the publisher started the monthlyComputerworld Digital Magazine.[18] In 2017 it published features and stories highlighting the magazine's history on the fiftieth anniversary.
Computerworld's website first appeared in 1996.[19]
Computerworld US serves IT and business management with coverage ofinformation technology,[20] emerging technologies and analysis of technology trends.[21] Computerworld also publishes several notable special reports each year, including the 100 Best Places to Work in IT,[11] 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.[22][23]
The executive editor ofComputerworld 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).[24]
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