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2007 Milestones
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Anniversaries
- IDC Portugal celebrates its 10th anniversary year
- IDG’s 50th title in the PC World product line hits the newsstands in Portugal
- CIO celebrates its 20th anniversary
- IDG Hungary turns 15
Awards/Recognition- For the third consecutive year, Boston Business Journal recognizes IDG as one of the Boston area’s best places to work
- CIO, Computerworld, Network World and InfoWorld are named to BtoB magazine’s Media Power 50 listing for 2007
- IDG brands are recognized for superior editorial and design with five gold, six silver and one bronze award in the annual Folio competition
- IDG World Expo General Manager Melinda Kendall is honored as one of five Show Managers of the Year, as selected by The Expo Group
- IDG publications represented three of the top four award-winning businesses at the 29th Annual American Society of Business Publication Editors awards ceremony. In all, IDG publications received a total of 43 national awards
Corporate- IDG’s Finnish partner inks deal to supply Finland’s most popular Web site, Microsoft’s MSN.fi with content from Tietoviikko (Computerworld) and MikroPC (PC World)
- Mike Kisseberth takes the reins as president & CEO of Mac Publishing and PC World Communications
- John Gallant, formerly Network World’s president, editorial director and general manager, online, is named CEO and publisher
Launches- IDC Israel holds the first IDC conference focused on the local consumer gaming market
- IDC’s five Industry Insights companies collaborate on their first conference, educating IT suppliers about technology buyer behavior, needs and investment priorities within the energy, financial services, government, health and manufacturing industries
- IDG India launches Channel-World, the country’s first weekly national channel magazine
- ComputerworldUK, an online-only resource dedicated to addressing the specific needs of IT managers in medium and large enterprises, is launched
- IDG’s publishing partner in Turkey, The Dunya Group, adds a CIO title called IT Pro
- Computerworld launches Tech Dispenser, a one-stop resource for the best IT blogging on the Web
- InfoWorld U.S. goes online only
- IDG’s four enterprise brands launch a first-of-its kind short message service news alert program that keeps mobile users up to date with breaking news in the IT industry
- IDG Germany hosts the first DEMO event to be held in Europe as 21 technology firms introduce their new products in Munich
- IDG Ventures Korea opens for business in Seoul
- IDG World Expo holds the first Green Xchange Global Marketplace Conference
Subsidiaries- IDG’s joint venture partner in Toronto, IT World Canada, acquires Transcontinental Media’s IT Business Group
- IDG Ventures India announces joint investment with SoftBank Bohdi in Kreeda Games, the Indian market’s top online multiplayer gaming company
- IDG Communications acquires the ITworld.com network and its databases
- AdThink Media, a French Internet group, purchases the business assets of IDG France and in the process created a joint venture company with IDG called IT News Info
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