Network World is a weekly IT

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

 publication that provides news and information to network executives. The company is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts

Framingham, Massachusetts

Framingham is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 68,318 as of the United States 2010 Census. -History:...

, United States

United States

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Network World was started in 1986 by parent company International Data Group as a spin-off of Computerworld

Computerworld

Computerworld is an IT magazine that provides information for senior IT leaders. It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Its publisher is International Data Group. Computerworld serves the needs of IT management via print and online...

. In 1995 Network World launched a Web site called Network World Fusion which it renamed NetworkWorld.com in 2005. The site is updated daily with news, features, product reviews and tests, opinions, blogs, videos and podcast

Podcast

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s and includes a blog

Blog

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 written by columnist Mark Gibbs.

In 2006, Network World diversified, taking over the management of two online-only IDG titles: LinuxWorld

LinuxWorld

LinuxWorld has various meanings:* LinuxWorld Conference and Expo - a series of Linux conferences worldwide that became OpenSource World in 2009.* LinuxWorld Magazine - a print publication produced from 2003 to 2006...

, and JavaWorld

JavaWorld

JavaWorld is an online technology website focused on Java technologies, founded in 1996. Since 2006, JavaWorld has become a subsidiary of Network World...

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Network World's Events arm holds many conferences and seminars each year, including Demo.

External links

• NetworkWorld.com
• Networld (PL)