IDG's InfoWorld Wins Award for Editorial Excellence.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1999-- IDG's InfoWorld, the IT newsweekly news·week·ly n. pl. news·week·lies A weekly newsmagazine or newspaper that reports current events. that defines technology for business, was honored with the Folio (1) Text management software for the professional reference publishing market from Fast Search & Transfer, Oslo, Norway and Boston, MA (www.fastsearch.com). Known as FAST Folio since its acquisition in 2004 from NextPage, Inc. : Editorial Excellence Award for Best Trade Publication in the information technology category at last week's 1999 Folio: Show in Boston. The Folio: Editorial Excellence award honors overall excellence and rewards achievement in accomplishing a magazine's editorial mission. This year, more than 400 magazines were measured against how well they fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. their mission statements and the quality of their content. Winners will be featured in the December issue of Folio:. "What makes the Folio: award especially meaningful is that publications are judged on how they meet their own objectives, not just a set of arbitrary publishing criteria," said Sandy Reed, editor in chief and editorial director of InfoWorld. "InfoWorld's mission is to be the definitive source on information technology for business, so IT professionals can leverage technology for business advantage. This award validates our mission of helping our readers succeed. That has always been our first priority." The awards were announced at the 1999 Celebration of Excellence Awards Gala held at the 10th annual Folio: Show, the conference and exhibition for the magazine industry. Folio: Shows are comprehensive magazine publishing events where the entire publishing team -- from consumer, business-to-business, association, corporate and newsletter publications of all circulation sizes -- join together to sharpen sharp·en tr. & intr.v. sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens To make or become sharp or sharper. sharp their skills. This year's show was sponsored by Folio, American Business Press, Magazine Publishers of America and FIPP FIPP Fédération Internationale de la Presse Périodique (International Federation of the Periodical Press) FIPP Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice FIPP Family Infant and Preschool Program FIPP Faculty in Progress Program . About InfoWorld Headquartered in San Mateo, in the heart of Silicon Valley, InfoWorld Media Group publishes InfoWorld and InfoWorld.com. InfoWorld, the IT newsweekly that defines technology for business, focuses on editorial coverage of key technologies, products and trends to assist IT professionals in leveraging technology for business advantage. InfoWorld's $23 million dollar dedicated multi-platform, enterprise test bed -- the InfoWorld Test Center -- conducts the industry's most trusted testing of technology and products as well as provides in-depth analysis and the business ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). of the technology and implementation. InfoWorld Media Group also publishes InfoWorld.com, defining technology for business on the web, features daily technology news, product reviews, opinions, interactive discussion forums, along with a weekly e-mail newsletter (the InfoWorld Scoop) and a complete archive of InfoWorld' s print edition. InfoWorld Media Group is a wholly-owned independent business unit of IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) , the world's leading IT media, research and exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress. company. IDG publishes more than 285 computer magazines and newspapers and 500 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 200 targeted Web sites in 52 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 110 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com. |
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