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1990s Milestones
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IDG Company Milestones
1990 I 1991 I 1992 I 1993 I 1994 I 1995 I 1996 I 1997 I 1998 I 1999
1960s - 1980s milestones
2000 - 2005 milestones
2006 milestones
1990- IDG Switzerland launches Macworld Schweiz
- Demo conference debuts in U.S.
- Computerworld Czechoslovakia debuts
- Computerworld Poland rolls off the presses
- IDG World Expo's PC World Forum opens in Moscow
- IDG hoists flag in Philippines through affiliation with PC Digest, which will use PC World content
- CIO hosts its first conference
- IDG enters Turkish market with Computerworld Monitor
- IDG acquires Macworld trademark from Apple
1991- IDG's first publication in the Arab world, PC World Middle East, debuts
- PC World Philippines launched
- Macworld Expo/Mexico debuts
- Computerworld Philippines debuts
- PC World Peru launched
- PC World Turkey debuts
- Macworld Japan debuts at first Macworld Expo/Tokyo
- IDG sponsors largest independent study ever conducted on the dynamics of the IT purchasing: "Buying IT in the '90s: The People, Patterns and Products"
- IDC's first European IT Forum attracts 200 to Venice
- Macworld Expos draw throngs to Hong Kong and New Zealand
- Sunworld Japan debuts
- Inaugural IDC European IT Forum
1992- IDG Japan and World Expo team up to produce PC Windows/Tokyo
- First IDG Global Summit for top technology marketers in U.S. launches
- IDC establishes offices in Greece, Nigeria, Turkey, South Africa and Egypt
- In its second year, IDG New Zealand's Computerworld Expo is country's largest computer exhibition
- Macworld Expo/Boston draws record crowd of 52,000
- IDG journalists, publications capture 11 Computer Press Association awards
- IDG Netherlands launches Computer!Totaal
- PC World Ecuador debuts
- IDG enters South Africa with Computing S.A.
- IDG Italy launches NetWorking Italia
- Computerworld U.S. hosts first technical recruiters conference
- Second annual Macworld Expo/Stockholm draws 15,000
- Tietoviikko, published by IDG's Finnish partner, starts online news component
- PC World launches in Slovenia
- PC World Vietnam, the country's first computer publication, debuts
- Macworld Korea debuts
- IDG Poland launches Komputer/PC World
- Macworld Expo/Barcelona debuts
- IDG Argentina launches InfoWorld
1993- CIO named to Folio Magazine's list of the top 500 publications in the U.S.
- CIO Canada debuts
- IDG Shanghai established
- PC World Panama debuts
- China Network World launches
- Computerworld Romania debuts
- PC World and Computerworld launch in Portugal
- Computerworld Peru, a bi-weekly tabloid, debuts
- IDG Sweden launches MaxiData Explosion, the country's first SOHO show
- China Computerworld Expo launched with 70,000 attendees
- PC World Romania launches
- IDG Australia launches Network World
- IDG signs deal with ComputerScope tabloid in Ireland
- CIO, Computerworld, Macworld and PC World receive awards from Society of Publication Designers (U.S.)
- Network World S.A. debuts in South Africa
- Computerworld Middle East debuts
- Macworld Expo/Tokyo attracts close to 100,000 attendees, the largest Macworld Expo ever
- IDG dominates U.S. Computer Press Association Awards with 15 awards; top honors go to Computerworld, Macworld and CIO
- More than 70,000 attend first China Computerworld Expo
1994- IDC celebrates 30th anniversary
- IDG names Kelly Conlin as president
- PC World launched in Colombia
- IDG Switzerland unveils PCtip
- IDG to collaborate with Chengdu Electonic Research Institute to publish China's largest technical newspaper, Electronics Week
- IDG publications garner 12 nominations at U.S. Computer Press Association Awards; Computerworld earns "Best Computer Newspaper" for unprecedented second consecutive year
- IDC opens office in Colombia
- IDG Hungary focuses on PC games for kids with new PC-X magazine
- PC World Singapore and PC World Malaysia launched
- PC World Pakistan launched
- IDG strengthens presence in the U.K. with acquisition of 11 titles from Europress Publications
- PC World Costa Rica debuts
- PC World launches in Indonesia
- IDG signs deal to publish Popular Computer Week in China
- IDG extends PC World global product line to Myanmar
- IDG breaks into list of top 10 U.S. publishing companies in terms of share of total ad dollars ($289,745,000)
- IDG acquires China Great Wall Electronics Exhibition Corp., the largest computer expo company in China
- IDG enters Macedonia with PC World Macedonia
- Computerworld Kiev (Ukranie) launched
- IDG Chairman Pat McGovern is named Delaney Report's Business Publishing Executive of the Year
- Computerworld Indonesia debuts
1995- IDG establishes home page on World Wide Web
- IDC establishes first subsidiary in Brazil
- Computerworld, Macworld and PC World capture nine awards at American Society of Business Press Editors awards
- IDG Netherlands' Computer!Totaal tops 100,000
- PC World becomes first IDG technology publication to reach 1 million paid circulation mark for its rate base
- Sunworld Online web-based magazine launched in U.S.
- GamePro Greece debuts
- The Web Magazine launched in the U.K.
- Multimedia World launched in Portugal
- IDG in Bucharest organizes first Romanian Computer Show
- IDC completes first Global New Media Consumer Survey across 13 countries
- IDG extends Computerworld, Macworld, PC World product lines to India
- ExecuTrain tops 100 training center locations worldwide
- PC World Iceland, the country's only locally produced IT title, debuts
- IDG Spain launches Dealer World
- IDG Sweden launches PC World Online
- Macworld and Publish debut in Taiwan
- Inaugural IDG Global Summit/ Europe held in Barcelona
- CIO, InfoWorld and Computerworld earn total of six Folio awards
- IDG acquires 50% interest in World Times, publisher of The World Paper
- PC World Chile debuts
- IDG marks 15th anniversary of publishing in China
- Telecom Product World debuts in China
- PC World Belarus debuts as nation's first computer magazine
1996- IDG Netherlands produces first European edition of InfoWorld
- Macworld/Expo Taiwan debuts
- Seven IDG publications take home 22 awards in the American Society of Business Press Editors' excellence competition
- IDG establishes presence in the Baltics with debut of DatorPasaule/PC World in Latvia
- New Kenyan licensee publishes PC World East Africa
- PC World (U.S.) becomes world's largest PC magazine
- IDG launches Computerworld Hrvatska in Croatia
- IDG acquires PCAdvisor, fastest-growing computer publication in the U.K.
- IDG launches China's first Internet publication
- IDC opens Latin America research office in Miami
- IDG ranks No. 32 in Advertising Age's listing of 100 Leading U.S. Media Companies
- IDG plants flag in Malta with PC World
- IDG purchases China Comptuer Users, the country's second-largest PC magazine
- IDC extends Directions briefing sessions to 20 countries
- PC World product line extends to Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Click! for multimedia PC users launched in Philippines
- Computerworld launches Emmerce, the first Webzine to explore electronic commerce market
- Vietnam Computerworld Expo debuts
- IDG Turkey begins publishing Network World
- IDC opens first dedicated market research center in Moscow
- PC World Bangladesh, country's first major IT publication, debuts
- IDG launches Web-only magazine JavaWorld
- Computerworld Colombia receives National Prize for Information Journalism for second consecutive year
- Internet Commerce Expo (ICE) debuts
- IDG Poland organizes ComNet Warsaw
- Seven IDG publications are listed in the Ad Age 300, an annual listing of the top 300 U.S. publications based on estimated advertising revenues
1997- Three IDG Australia publications earn Australia Business Publishers awards for excellence
- IDG announces IDG.net
- IDG launches Intranet Magazine in South Africa
- IDG's Web offerings total 200 publications in 52 countries
- IDG launches Channel Services Group
- IDG announces Webshopper
- Computerworld launches "coolest site on the Web" - Computerworld Antarctica
- IDG launches Software Magazine, its 16th title in China
- PC World Lithuania debuts
- IDG Switzerland relaunches PCtip as stand-alone publication
- Prime Minister of Hungary holds first virtual press conference on IDG's Internetto
- Gamestar launches in Germany
- Six IDG publications earn Computer Press Association awards (U.S.)
- ExecuTrain marks 200th office milestone with Barcelona location
- ComNet/ICE Shanghai debuts with 30,000 attendees
- Newly launched IDCNet Internet service gives IDC customers 24-hour access
- IDG launches PC World Zimbabwe
- PC World Venezuela debuts
- IDG Australia dominates that country's Bell Awards for journalism excellence
- IDG Chairman Pat McGovern receives James Smithsonian Centennial Award
- IDG and Ziff Davis form Macintosh Publishing joint venture
- IDG's Gary Beach recognized by President Bill Clinton
- IDG World Expo opens office in Vietnam
- ChannelWorld Philippines debuts
- Computerworld Greenland debuts
- IDG's first Global Summit/Asia Pacific launched
1998- IDG Chairman Patrick McGovern named Delaney Report's Publisher of the Year
- IDG launches new advertising campaign focusing on delivering "Answers for the Information Age"
- Pat McGovern meets with Chinese President Jiang Zemin, pledges $1 billion investment in Chinese IT market
- IDG scores most Neal Awards of any publisher
- IDG announces new standard for editorial ethics online
- IDG World Expo launches ICe
- IDG and Reed extend alliance to UK channel titles
- Network World and PC World honored in 13th Computer Press Association Awards (U.S.)
- IDG online network grows to 240 Web sites in 55 countries
- IDG.net unveils Web's first multilingual technology search engine
- China Computer Reseller World launched
- PC World China goes weekly; now largest weekly computer magazine in China
- IDG launches Global Quick Quote
- Hearst Magazines and IDG publish Cosmopolitan in China
- IDG and IBM sign unprecedented 80+ Site, Global Web Advertising Agreement
- IDG publications win four Maggie Awards (U.S.)
- CNN Interactive and IDG.net form strategic relationship
- IDG Executive Forums launches Vortex98 conference
- IDG wins nine national awards for editorial excellence from the American Society of Business Press Editors (U.S.)
- Linuxworld Magazine launched online
- China Internetworld launches in Beijing
- PC World Belgium license signed
- IDC Asia/Pacific holds first IT Forum
- IDG Spain launches PC Expo
- PC World Egypt debuts
- Computerworld Ecuador launched
- Computer Partner Benelux launches in the Netherlands
- IDC holds first Internet Executive Forum
- Network World Middle East launched
- IDG-PenWell pact broadens China telecom coverage
- IDG Australia wins 12 Bell Awards from Australian Business Publishers
- IDG Bulgaria launches PC Games Bulgaria
- IDG, Ziff Davis underwrite unprecedented independent comprehensive study of IT buyers' purchasing processes
- IDG.net and CNN Interactive expand alliance to include Spanish-language IT content
- PC Welt's 15th anniversary issue sets new German circulation record
- IDG Vietnam website goes live
- The Weekly Channel launched in South Africa
- IDG Australia celebrates 20 years
- ComNet celebrates 20 years
- Infoworld celebrates 20 years
- IDG France Distributique celebrates 15 years
1999- IDG.net launches TechInformer MicroNetwork
- Network World honored in first PRESStige Awards (U.S.)
- IDG's Global Technology News featured on CNN/U.S. weekly consumer technology program, CNNdotCOM
- IDG.net launches E-Business World (www.e-businessworld.com)
- NetworkWorld Germany launched
- Personal Companion World debuts in Sweden
- PC World and InfoWorld receive top honors at 10th Annual Folio Show
- IDG and CNN websites announce innovative Volume Web Advertising Program
- PC World is world's largest personal computer publication
- IDG expands global online network to 250 computing websites
- IDG wins 15 national awards from American Society of Business Press Editors
- IDG publications take top honors in Marketing Computers' 1999 Media Report (U.S.)
- CNN News Group, IDG announce $50 million strategic alliance
- IDG Games Media Group announces partnership with Entertainment Brands, LLC, to launch GamePro-branded e-commerce site and retail store chain
- Macworld launches MacBuy.com
- IDG World Expo announces first Windows 2000 Conference & Expo
- IDG launches IT-Branchen, first IT channel publication in Denmark
- JavaWorld Magazine opens JavaWorld Store (www.pparadise.com/javaworld)
- IDG publications win nine Maggie Awards (U.S.)
- IDG appoints Kelly Conlin as Chief Executive Officer
- Network World's Virtual Seminars Program receives Best Application of the Year Award from International Teleconferencing Association
- PC World and Office Depot form strategic partnership
- IDG launches JobUniverse in New Zealand
- LinuxWorld Conference & Expo debuts
- IDG Games Media Group launches GameProWorld Online
- PC World wins Grand Neal Award
- CNN Interactive and IDG.net expand strategic relationship to feature coverage from CIO Online
- IDG.com receives 1998 "Standard Of Excellence" Award
- InfoWorld launches InfoJobs, an online career website
- CNN Interactive and IDG.net expand global alliance to include Brazilian technology news
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