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Established in 1979 and serves as a source of news and analysis on leading-edge products, technology, vendors and trends, all focused on the business and customer value of IT, for people who manage, buy and build technology in business. Combines the goals of business with technology and delivers in-depth, mission-critical editorial that reinforces the strategic side of technology and the technical aspects of smart business including the people, products and issues facing the industry each week. Sections include News, Blogs, Software, Security, Hardware, Mobility, Windows, Internet, Global CIO, Government and Careers. The site also features tools and customizable resources built to provide timely, accessible content to the site's community of CIO's, IT executives and corporate managers. My.InformationWeek.com is a featured tool designed to meet the needs of its loyal readers. It was designed to match readers' preferences with relevant, filtered information with the minimum amount of searching. Additional tools featured on the site include: InformationWeek Download, compiles the editor's picks of CMP's best articles, reports and white papers and bundles for its readers to assist them in making key technology decisions. Five key areas of interest include data center and servers, business intelligence and analytics, networking and infrastructure, mobile and wireless and security and privacy; InformationWeek News Flashes, personalized e-mail notifications alert readers to breaking news with a choice of more than a hundred different subject areas; Study: Analyze the Outsourcer, an in-depth study surveys the community on a range of topics, trends and opportunities in the world of outsourcing (the report enables managers to gather the right information from global service providers as they explore their outsourcing options); and Tech Careers, provides a comprehensive, co-branded career resource which updates the community on the latest hiring trends, career-related tools and current job openings. InformationWeek Research identifies and interprets business technology trends and issues, producing more than 100 studies each year. Among its studies and reports are: The annual InformationWeek 500 (a listing of the nation's top users of information technology), The National IT Salary Survey (IT employee-based compensation and benefits study) and The Global Information Security Study (6 languages, more than 15 countries participate). Other information: InformationWeek runs events such as the InformationWeek 500 Conference & Gala Awards. InformationWeek DOES NOT cover career moves or appointments announcements. InformationWeek DOES accept bylined articles/submissions in the form of columns. They are not looking for "neutral." From the editor: "Columns have to challenge our readers' thinking and take a hard point of view. They have to be written by a person, not a marketing department. The bar is very high for vendor contributions, since it's