InfoTrends sold to Questex Media Group.Business information publisher Questex Media Group (Newton, MA) has signed an agreement to acquire InfoTrends, Inc. (Weymouth, MA), a worldwide market research and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a for the digital imaging and document solutions industry. No terms of the deal, subject to approval of the shareholders of InfoTrends, were given. InfoTrends focuses on digital imaging technologies and markets and tracks the digital photography, scanning, image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the imaging markets. The company provides research, analysis, forecasts and advice on market trends, business opportunities and strategies. InfoTrend's main products, all produced online, are: Digital Photography Trends, a vendor advisory service targeted to professionals involved in photo capture and processing; Digital Photography Trends Europe; Photo Printing Trends, targeted to vendors focusing on photo printing; Internet Imaging Trends, a service for vendors of products related to online photo imaging; and, Image Scanning Trends, the company's flagship service for vendors of products focusing on image capture and processing. The services include a range of delivery products, including daily e-mails, monthly logs, quarterly street prices indices, conferences, teleconferences and annual end-user studies. Business information producer Questex serves multiple markets including technology, travel, beauty, home entertainment, landscaping, and industrial and specialty markets. Questex magazine titles include "America's Network," "Wireless Asia," "Sensors
InfoTrends was established as CAP Ventures in 1991. The company acquired Info-Tech Research Group Info-Tech Research Group (Info-Tech) is an information technology research, analysis and consulting firm. Info-Tech provides businesses with independent expertise in strategy, planning, implementation, optimization, management, staffing and education. , a digital imaging research and advisory firm and changed its name soon after. Questex Media was formed in 2005 and currently produces 23 trade publications, 25 conferences and tradeshows and a range of databases and online properties. |
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