CIO (magazine)


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].
CIO is part of Boston-based International Data Group's enterprise publications business.
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Background

Founded 1987 in Framingham, Massachusetts, as a monthly magazine at a time when the CIO title was relatively new 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.

CIO.com

In 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.

Industry coverage

Coverage includes:
  • Companies that supply hardware, software and services,
  • Technical topics
  • Industry trends

Vision Awards

In 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". 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.