CIO is a magazine related to technology and IT. The magazine was founded in 1987 and is now entirely digital. The name refers to the job title chief information officer.
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| Categories | Business magazine |
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| First issue | 1987 |
| Final issue | November 2015 (print) |
| Company | IDG |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Needham, Massachusetts |
| Language | English |
| Website | cio |
CIO is part of Boston-based International Data Group's enterprise publications business.
Background
editFounded 1987 in Framingham, Massachusetts, as a monthly magazine at a time when the CIO title was relatively new[1] and relatively unknown in corporate America, today CIO is also noted for its CIO-100 annual awards, for those "that have distinguished themselves through the effective and innovative use" of information technology.[2]
CIO.com
editIn 1996, the website was launched as a companion to the magazine.
On October 29, 2015, editor-in-chief Maryfran Johnson announced that the print magazine had ceased publication.[3]
Industry coverage
editCoverage includes:
Vision Awards
editIn 2002 the magazine chose twenty IT practitioners and twenty IT marketers or creators for their 20/20 Vision Awards. They recognized 40 "individuals whose vision, execution, and impact significantly influenced the business landscape".[7] Those honored included Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, Meg Whitman, B. Kevin Turner, Matthew Szulik,Gil Shwed, Thomas M. Siebel, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Hal Rosenbluth, Gary M. Reiner, Nigel Morris, Hasso Plattner, Scott McNealy, Teresa Meng, Ray Kurzweil, Mike Lazaridis, Subrah Iyar, David Kepler, Bill Gates, Lou Gerstner, Larry Ellison, William Esrey, John Doerr, Vint Cerf, Alfred Chuang, Robert B. Carter, Tim Berners-Lee and Matthew Szulik.[7]
References
edit- ^ The CIO title was defined in 1981.William H. Gruber. "Strategic information".[dead link]
- ^ "NASA Chief Technology Officer for IT Honored by CIO Magazine". June 8, 2010. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ Maryfran Johnson (October 29, 2015). "Our farewell issue of CIO magazine". CIO. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
- ^ Josh Fruhlinger (March 24, 2010). "10 Ways Microsoft Tried and Failed to Rule Mobile". CIO.
- ^ "CIO Magazine Brief: Extreme Protection that Eliminates Data Loss".
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- ^ "Biggest Delays to Digital Transformation". Datical. March 28, 2017.
- ^ a b "The CIO 20 20 Vision Awards". cio.com. IDG Communications. Retrieved July 1, 2025.