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2. About , Inc. (IDG™) ABOUT 4. Audience 8. CIO® MEDIA 10. Network World® PAGE 6 11. ChannelWorld® 12. ® 14. Techworld®/InfoWorld®/IT World®/TecChannel® 15. TechHive® 700 EVENTS 16. PCWorld® 18. ® 19. GamePro®/GameStar® 20. Events 460 WEBSITES 24. International Data Corporation (IDC®) DATA 26. IDG TechNetwork PAGE 22

29. IDG Strategic Marketing Services® 200 MOBILE APPS SERVICES 30. Custom Content PAGE 28 32. Demand Generation: IDG Connect®/IDG Sonar™/IDG Direct 34. Video: IDG.TV 35. Social/Mobile: IDG Amplify®/Mobile@IDG 179 PUBLICATIONS 37. IDG Global Solutions/IDG Knowledge Hub® GLOBAL REACH 38. Asia/Pacifc PAGE 36 40. Europe 42. North America 44. Latin America 46. Middle East/Africa 48. IDG Global Ofces

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IDG Communications, a subsidiary million unique visitors worldwide. telecommunications and of IDG, is the largest global Through our proprietary first- consumer technology markets. IDC technology media, data and party data platform, we capture helps IT professionals, business Since its founding, IDG’s services company delivering thousands of data points on executives and the investment mission has been to provide personalized and contextual- technology buyers, enabling community make fact-based information on information based experiences for the most advertisers to connect with decisions on technology purchases technology to a global audience. powerful technology buyers. One tech decision makers on an and business strategy. More than Today, IDG products and services of the largest demand-generation unprecedented scale. 1,100 IDC analysts provide global, reach 280 million technology companies in the media industry, regional and local expertise buyers in 97 countries. We excel IDG Communications works International Data Corporation on technology and industry at delivering local and global with approximately 2,700 direct (IDC), also an IDG subsidiary, is opportunities and trends in over marketing programs that are fully advertisers and more than 7,000 the premier global provider of 110 countries worldwide. For 50 converged, targeted and delivered programmatic buyers. IDG also market intelligence, advisory years, IDC has provided strategic at scale across all relevant media, operates a global network and services and events for the insights to help clients achieve research and marketing platforms. advertising exchange with 130 information technology, their key business objectives.

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» Creative professionals Source: IDG Research PREMIUM AUDIENCE AUDIENCE PREMIUM » Consumers and tech As a full-service global research company, IDG Research Services provides a broad range of tools and custom research services to help brands increase enthusiasts their marketing effectiveness, measure overall campaign performance and THE WORLD. » Gamers generate content to position themselves as thought leaders.

4 AUDIENCE IDG OVERVIEW 5 MEDIA 6 MEDIA TECHNOLOGY WORLDWIDE WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING CATEGORY. * WITHIN THE *(Source: comScore Top 100 PROPERTY IDG IS THE BIGGEST MEDIA properties) mobile, events andprint. across any device orplatform including digital, experience, a personalized userexperience global brands offer readers atrueomnichannel Communications’ premium owned andoperated technology products, services andvendors. IDG form journalismthatprovides real insightinto IDG Communicationsexcels atnews andlong- Recognized worldwide for itseditorial integrity, decisions. for theinsightthey needto make informed 1,500+ editors andengagedcommunities wide installations,thesereaders turnto IDG’s deciding whichvendors to select for enterprise- apps to download to theirsmartphonesorCIOs Whether they are millennials decidingwhich making millionsoftechnology buyingdecisions. influential technology buyers intheworld, IDG Communications’readers are themost GLOBAL BRANDS: PREMIUM » » » » » » » » » » » » »

TecChannel Techworld TechHive PCWorld Network World Macworld IT World InfoWorld GameStar GamePro Computerworld CIO ChannelWorld IDG OVERVIEW 7 CIO 17M REACH 4.5M PAGE VIEWS EXECUTIVES 3.3M UNIQUE VISITORS WITH BUYING REACHONLINE BY PLATFORM POWER IN 72 1.9M PRINT 1M 1.2M COUNTRIES. PRINT READERSHIP 952K

Leveraging an extensive peer- 481K to-peer network of senior executives, CIO delivers an 153K insider perspective on the news that matters most to busy chief information officers. Specifically geared to these high-level decision makers, | | | | | CIO provides timely insight to an audience of four and half million in 72 countries through in-depth reporting and peer- EUROPE led industry commentary. An extensive events calendar and

The CIO Executive Council—a ASIA / PACIFIC

member led organization of AMERICA LATIN the world’s top CIOs—furthers AMERICA NORTH CIO’s “learn-from-your-peers”

approach. MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA

8 MEDIA IDG OVERVIEW 9 NETWORK WORLD CHANNELWORLD

ChannelWorld provides REACH A GLOBAL AUDIENCE OF 2.5M IT suppliers and resellers with practical business guidance through a powerful combination of industry- IN 14 COUNTRIES. specific news, market analysis and plenty of inside ONLINE information. With resources for channel professionals in 22 5.9M countries, ChannelWorld is the informational touchstone for PAGE VIEWS an audience of over one million. ChannelWorld

ONLINE THE BUSINESS INFORMATION 1.9M UNIQUE VISITORS SOURCE FOR 1M CHANNEL

As the only source of network information in many of the 12 4.4M PROFESSIONALS. countries in which it’s found, PAGE VIEWS Network World has fostered a close and trusting relationship with the decision makers who PRINT 709K architect, deploy and manage UNIQUE VISITORS business solutions. This influential audience of nearly two and a 549K half million relies on Network PRINT READERSHIP 334K World to make the most informed PRINT READERSHIP ONLINE technology business decisions. PRINT

10 MEDIA IDG OVERVIEW 11 COMPUTERWORLD 35.5M PAGE VIEWS REACHING 12M 3.7M IT LEADERS IN PRINT READERSHIP 8.5M 47 COUNTRIES. UNIQUE VISITORS

ONLINE PRINT

Forgoing pop culture technology for a deep dive into enterprise-level AUDIENCE IT, Computerworld brings need-to-know information to more members of the IT REACH BY REGION management community than any other brand. An audience EUROPE of over 12 million IT decision ASIA / PACIFIC makers in 47 countries relies on NORTH AMERICA Computerworld to keep abreast of local and international IT LATIN AMERICA developments that are vital MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA in giving their businesses a competitive edge. Through Computerworld’s award- winning websites, mobile apps, publications, conferences 70K and custom research, these IT leaders get IDG’s world-class 480K reporting paired with a peer 3M 4.8M perspective on implementing 3.9M the technology that drives business results.

12 MEDIA IDG OVERVIEW 13 TECHWORLD TECHHIVE InfoWorld/IT World/TecChannel REAL-WORLD INSIGHTS FOR 5.9M IT REACH A GLOBAL AUDIENCE OF 4.7M PROFESSIONALS. TECH ENTHUSIASTS IN 3 COUNTRIES. ONLINE Tuned in to the ever-growing 28.7M community of gadget lovers, TechHive delivers a fresh PAGE VIEWS perspective on all the latest and greatest phones, tablets, cameras, smart TVs and more. TechHive advises an audience of more than ONLINE 10.2M four and a half million readers in PAGE VIEWS three countries on getting the most out of their devices and making the right buying decisions when it comes to new technology. ONLINE 5.9M UNIQUE VISITORS 4.7M ONLINE Featuring independent product tests, expert analysis and breaking UNIQUE VISITORS news, this global network of media brands helps high-level IT decision makers evaluate the latest new technologies to give their businesses an edge. These magazines, websites, apps and PRINT events are available in 12 countries worldwide, reaching nearly 6 64K million early adopters. PRINT READERSHIP

14 MEDIA IDG OVERVIEW 15 PC WORLD

1.1M 11M LATIN AMERICA NORTH AMERICA 20M EUROPE spanning REACH A GLOBAL PRINT, 2.2M DIGITAL & AUDIENCE OF 34.4M IN ASIA / PACIFIC MOBILE MEDIA 47 COUNTRIES. 55K [reach by] PLATFORM + REGION MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA

Delivering the latest news, informative reviews and deep insight into all things tech, PCWorld is the IT information source for over 34 million digital trendsetters 114.4M in 47 countries. Both tech-savvy PAGE VIEWS consumers and IT decision makers at small to midsize companies turn to PCWorld for up-to-the-minute 31.2M news coverage and product reviews UNIQUE VISITORS to stay in the know, while how-to articles and forums provide them with valuable user advice. Spanning 3.2M print, digital and mobile media, our PRINT READERSHIP ONLINE readers rely on PCWorld to get the most out of technology, whether at PRINT work or at home.

16 MEDIA IDG OVERVIEW 17 MACWORLD GAMEPRO/GAMESTAR

Apple enthusiasts are GamePro and GameStar tech savvy and brand inform, engage and loyal, and Macworld connect passionate reaches them across gamers, casual players every platform, with and industry professionals video, websites, mobile alike, reaching more than apps, magazines and 21 million readers in 9 events in 12 countries. countries. IDG’s gaming Delivering in-depth brands are geared toward product reviews, a young, affluent, tech- indispensable tutorials savvy audience whose and the latest breaking technology buying news, over 12 million power extends beyond readers rely on Macworld gaming into other areas to stay in the know on all of entertainment and things Apple. technology.

REACHING 12.4M APPLE ENTHUSIASTS REACH A GLOBAL AUDIENCE OF 21.4M WORLDWIDE. IN 9 COUNTRIES. 20.7M UNIQUE VISITORS 537K 11.9M 33.2M PRINT READERSHIP UNIQUE VISITORS PAGE VIEWS 129.1M 766K PAGE VIEWS PRINT READERSHIP ONLINE PRINT ONLINE PRINT

18 MEDIA IDG OVERVIEW 19 EVENTS

62.9% 700 GLOBAL OF MARKETERS INDICATED IN-PERSON CONFERENCES EVENTS ARE CONSIDERED THE BEST TACTIC TO & EVENTS GENERATE QUALIFIED No other medium gets you closer to LEADS.* customers, deepens relationships or helps forge new ones like face-to- face events. As the leading producer international markets. Turnkey programs of technology events for executives, include private dinner discussions, professionals and consumers, IDG and roundtables, full-day expos and multi- IDC offer a variety of formats for reaching day executive conferences. From content your target audience. By leveraging to implementation, IDG’s worldwide team our exclusive access to a prequalified of event management professionals audience and tapping into our vast are dedicated to producing successful, talent pool of industry analysts, editors, results-driven events that address the content developers, sales teams and ever-changing needs of both established event producers, our events foster the and emerging markets. While IDG exchange of ideas, knowledge sharing event professionals have access to the and peer networking. resources of a global company, all events are managed locally to ensure they meet IDG Global Solutions is able to produce a the needs of the target audience. custom event series in any format across *Source: “The Power of In-Person Events,” American Business Media/Forrester Consulting

20 MEDIA IDG OVERVIEW 21 DATA 51% of the tech marketers surveyed by IDG Research note they have an “efective/ sustainable data-driven marketing strategy.” *

Among those with a data-driven strategy, just 44% are highly efective at “bringing data- driven insights to market via personalized, DATA IS AT tailored marketing campaigns.”* THE CORE OF IDG’S DIGITAL We can help. STRATEGY.

Data-driven We pioneered data marketing, the advertising with the practice of using launch of the IDG

DATA data to continually TechNetwork in 2008. optimize everything Our ability to use first- that happens party data for audience- in marketing, is based targeting ensures revolutionizing marketers turn to marketing and IDG for guidance on advertising. Today, identifying, building data collection, and nurturing tech aggregation and audiences receptive to analysis are fueling their marketing message interest in data- and large enough to drive driven media. meaningful results. *Source: IDG Tech Marketing Priorities Survey, 2014

22 DATA IDG OVERVIEW 23 IDC 50 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP IN IT ADVICE » IDC Subscription » Custom Solutions: » IDC Tracker® + Data Services: Programs designed to fit Products: Accurate and Technology vendors and technology countries. IDC’s dedicated business lines Dependable, high- specific business goals timely information on professionals around the globe rely in energy, financial services, government, impact intelligence using a foundation of market size, vendor on IDC to give expert advice on the healthcare, manufacturing and retail and actionable research and insights share and forecasts for most important technology changes deliver an unmatched scope of vertical advice on the future across technologies, hundreds of technology and market opportunities—ones that industry coverage and knowledge. With of technology, geographies and multiple markets around the are redefining business across entire integrated technology and business innovation and vertical industries in globe provided as industries. IDC has the most analysts of analysis that is grounded in trusted data, vertical industry areas that span strategy, user friendly Excel any technology research and advisory IDC gives you greater confidence in your adoption across six sales and marketing, and deliverables and online firm, with more than 1,100 analysts in 50 business decisions where it matters the most. industries. business management. Web query tools.

Continuous Industry Transformation IDC DecisionScapes Future of Work Abundance Efciency Immediacy New Buying Centers Personalization Comprehensive assessments delivered Explore Understand Business in full-length research Requirements and Technology Options studies and summarized in easy-to-read graphical depictions that provide CIOs, IT executives and line of business executives with the critical information Optimize IDC PlanScape Align necessary to make Refne and Manage Create Strategy for Technology Initiative Technology Initiative informed strategic

IDC EdgeScape IDC MaturityScape decisions. Benchmark THE IDC PeerScape Identifed in 2007 RD Source: IDC by IDC, the 3rd Platform Engage Launch Technology represents a dramatic shift in how Initiative 3PLATFORM technology is being implemented and used. 24 DATA IDG OVERVIEW 25 MARKETING USE DATA RIGHT RIGHT TO FINE CONSUMERS TIME TUNE YOUR Tech CAMPAIGN Audiences RIGHT ELEMENTS MESSAGE United FOR SUCCESSFUL IDG TechNetwork provides first-to- Our Tech Media Exchange (TMX) is an market advertising solutions for ad exchange and real-time bidding technology marketers with one goal platform that connects qualified PROGRAMMATIC BUYING in mind—keeping our clients one step buyers and sellers using the cutting- ahead of the rapidly evolving digital edge technologies of an automated market. We are experts in identifying buying platform. TMX enables RIGHT MESSAGE RIGHT CONSUMERS RIGHT TIME USE DATA TO FINE and reaching all segments within the advertisers to reach a large premium TUNE YOUR CAMPAIGN technology marketplace and take pride technology audience in real time and With IDG’s audience-based targeting in connecting marketers with the largest bid on inventory on an impression- options, you can reach a precise audience and most enthused technology audience by-impression basis across IDG that is both receptive to your marketing across the Web. TechNetwork’s 570+ publisher sites. message and large enough to drive meaningful results. We’ll work with you to identify relevant characteristics of $6 your target audience, including topics NETWORKS PUBLISHERS REACH OUR ACTIVE COMMUNITY of interest, demographic profiles and CEO ENTERPRISE business data. Special consideration $5 $25 EXCHANGE monthly impressions monthly unique visitors is given to user behavior, taking into CIO account that someone who reads multiple $22 $6 $9

articles about tests over the ITDM ADVERTISERScourse of a few days isPUBLISHERS likely considering $7 $15 $8 $5 2.0B 40M a purchase and will be more receptive to an advertisement on the subject. Using programmatic buying, we can employ our REAL-TIME BIDDING first-party data to access highly targeted 130M 70M 20M audience groups with scale across the monthly unique visitors monthly unique visitors monthly unique visitors entire IDG network and beyond. TECH ENTHUSIASTS DIGITAL LIFESTYLE & GAMING

26 DATA IDG OVERVIEW 27 IDG STRATEGIC MARKETING SERVICES

DELIVERING CUSTOM MARKETING CAMPAIGNS THAT COMMAND ATTENTION

IDG’s Strategic REAL TIME, Marketing Services (SMS) team understands how to command your audience’s attention REAL RESULTS through creative and relevant strategies Delivering the right and program message to your audience development. Our at the right time is a blend key differentiator of science and marketing. is our ability to Through the use of data, help technology analytics and expert marketers simplify insights, we optimize the ever-growing real-time performance in challenges and the flow of your program complexities of or campaign. We use today’s dynamic state-of-the-art tools marketing landscape and intelligence to make and to accelerate sure you’re on target and and optimize

SERVICES accelerating marketing their marketing and sales impact at every investments. turn.

28 SERVICES IDG OVERVIEW 29 CUSTOM CONTENT AUDIENCES WANT: ENGAGEMENT MARKETERS WANT INSIGHTS & INFORMATION CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT Around the world, IT INFOGRAPHICS, SOCIAL POSTS Marketers want to audiences seek content develop and distribute to help inform their content that can fill in technology decision ARTICLES, BLOGS critical knowledge gaps making and improve and influence their their effectiveness at IT audience’s decision leadership. EBOOKS, VIDEOS making. EVENTS CONTENT IS AT THE CENTER CASE STUDIES, WEBCASTS OF EVERYTHING WHITE PAPERS, RESEARCH DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH DEMAND GENERATION

IDG DOES. SOCIAL DEMAND MEDIA GENERATION CREATING THE RIGHT CONTENT STRATEGY AT THE RIGHT ENGAGEMENT POINT FOR IDG CONNECTS IT MARKETERS TARGET AUDIENCE SEGMENTS WITH GLOBAL AUDIENCES... DISTRIBUTING by leveraging CONTENT AMONG IDG’s trusted subject matter AUDIENCES expertise, local market knowledge, CREATING editorial DELIVERING credibility COMPELLING PREMIUM BRAND and industry- & VALUABLE leading content EXPERIENCES production CONTENT capabilities.

30 SERVICES IDG OVERVIEW 31 DEMAND GENERATION BUSINESS TRIGGERS: OPPORTUNITY INSIGHTS IDG SONAR IDG Sonar takes full OPPORTUNITY INDEX HIGH LIGHTS SALES ESSENTIALS PROJECT: windows migration SCOPE: planned OS migration from current OS - “Linux” (oracle and SAP) advantage of IDG’s big data for consumer lending group across 30,000-40,000 endpoints capabilities to continuously TIMELINE: JUL-DEC 2014 BUSINESS DRIVERS: cost saving, third business group to migrate to 8 vendor shortlist: JUL-SEPT windows since feb 2013 monitor IT buying teams’ BUDGET: consumer lending group budget of UP-SELLING OPP: server, malware & anti-virus is required $2,500,000 - $10,000,000 information consumption 1 5 10 for buying signals to provide actionable sales intelligence. On average, there are 9 to IDG demand 17 individual stakeholders ACCOUNT INTELLIGENCE involved in any given ACCOUNT PROFILE TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE

significant IT purchase. With COMPANY HQ:

IDG Sonar, we mine data You & Company 555 Montgomery Street $100+ 26,100 182,174 with strict quality control Town Name, CA 94104 Million Employees Units Phone: 800-555-5555 to give you customized website: https://www.webaddresshere.com Annual IT Budgets Number of Employees Number of Desktops, Fiscal 2014 in IT Organizations Laptops, Tablets information—in the form D-U-N-S #: SIC CODE: of account profiles, lead Industry: Banks & Credit Unions templates and dashboards— 264,900 Employees HP $25-$49 $10-$24 generation has Million Million on every prospective buyer. Actual: $88.07 Billion Annual Server Budget Preferred Vendor Annual Storage Budget Fiscal 2014 Fiscal 2014 January 1- December 31 KEY HARDWARE INSTALLED BASE

BUSINESS CHALLENGES: Cisco Server Server EMC MozyPRO

Cost Reduction Customer Acquisition Growth Lenovo Desktop Lenovo & Dell Laptop ASUS Tablet IDG DIRECT Productivity Innovation Mobile EMC Syncplicity HP Autonomy Customer Retention Social Business

Operating in 30 languages BRAND STRENGTH: VENDOR MIND SHARE a singular end TECHNOLOGY DRIVERS: across 127 countries, IDG Virtualization Mobile Device Management

Direct is a truly global Cloud Computing Management Mobile Working Others Nimble Jama Global IBM HP Dell Mobile Applications Cloud Platforms Storage Software scape Sprint call center that offers EMC Netbiscuits an extensive range of Infrastructure Management CRM telephone-based marketing, event booking and market research solutions to the IT goal for all of our sector. Agents at our 24-hour outbound contact center act as brand ambassadors for your organization, IDG CONNECT building awareness among With access to 38 million business decision makers’ details, your target audience, IDG Connect unites technology marketers with relevant effectively communicating targets from 137 countries. From content inception through to your message and delivering lead nurturing, we help sales and marketing leaders assess, customers: ROI. qualified leads that serve to plan and execute demand-generation programs that yield a increase your traffic, client proven return on investment. Our editorial strategy is crucial base and revenue. to our success: IDG Connect covers the transformative effects of ICT around the globe, looking at ways digitization and the Internet are improving the education, healthcare, social justice and competitiveness of growing economies.

32 SERVICES IDG OVERVIEW 33 VIDEO SOCIAL Video is invaluable in reaching Converged media is the only and engaging audiences, but effective approach to a social brands are competing with media strategy. Launched in 2008, a higher volume of available IDG Amplify is a comprehensive 80% digital video content than portfolio of social media services ever before. At IDG, we designed to extend the voice of our produce quality, compelling clients with the optimized mix of owned, earned and paid media. All video that grabs audiences, IDG Amplify products and services encourages content sharing have the same goal: to generate, EVENINGS and cuts through the static of a sustain, and optimize measurable saturated digital video market. and meaningful brand exposure and audience engagement. IDG.TV brings the vast array of digital video from IDG’s global For social to be successful, it needs network of award-winning to be local, since different social technology brands together networks are favored worldwide. 60% on a common platform that’s IDG works with local teams to produce the highest quality of rapidly becoming a top content and user engagement source for tech and product while capitalizing on global reviews, news, how-tos and best practices and operational WEEKENDS tips, car tech, and home efficiencies. entertainment. For advertisers, 80% of respondents to IDG Global Solutions’ 2014 With its brands, audience and IDG.TV offers a “brand-safe” mobile research survey look for business product relevance, IDG is known as the IT environment in which to reach information on their tablets in the evening and 60% social media resource. a qualified, affluent audience during the weekend. passionate about technological innovations.

MOBILE Mobile technology is disruptive, changing the way we socialize, 96% shop and work. Mobile@IDG, a TECH BUYERS comprehensive line of mobile marketing products, enables our 75% 87% clients to reach hyper-connected technology decision makers. Our mobile and tablet solutions include USE 1 OR MORE SOCIAL MEDIUMS exclusive sponsorship of IDG’s mobile sites, rich media and social WATCH VIDEOS ON TABLETS WATCH VIDEOS ON According to an IDG Research study, 96% of B2B media, as well as custom programs tech buyers engage with one or more social media for mobile games and apps to Source: IDG Global Mobile Survey, 2014 platforms for business. support face-to-face events.

34 SERVICES IDG OVERVIEW 35 IDG GLOBAL SOLUTIONS RELATIONSHIPS RULE

As the centralized sales and marketing division of IDG, IDG Global Solutions (IGS) has spent MARKETING the last 20 years cultivating relationships in 97 countries. With offices in 10 cities around the world, our international team works with COMMUNICATIONS technology marketers globally to design and execute custom multichannel marketing programs that run across digital, mobile, print, IS NOT ABOUT social media and event platforms. We offer agencies and our clients a single point of contact for global campaign management, delivering EARNED AND analytics and leads as easy-to-understand metrics and measurable results. OWNED MEDIA BUT, LEADING WEBSITE FOR TECH MARKETERS RATHER, EARNED To service our clients even better, IGS has created IDG Knowledge Hub as an international marketing services resource website. Marketers AND OWNED and agency buyers rely on IDG Knowledge Hub for exclusive aggregated research, event

GLOBAL REACH GLOBAL information, news and industry insight to help RELATIONSHIPS. them stay on top of leading tech trends.

36 GLOBAL REACH IDG OVERVIEW 37 ASIA / PACIFIC ASIA/ REACH 35.1M IN 20 PACIFIC COUNTRIES.

IDG first entered Asia in 1972 with 135.3M PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH the launch of Computerworld (Shukan Computer) Japan. As IDG’s fastest growing region, Asia/Pacific includes established technology markets, such as 27.1M UNIQUE VISITORS PER MONTH China and , and the fast-growing emerging markets of and Malaysia. With » Afghanistan a presence in 20 countries in the region, IDG provides technology » Australia PRINT READERSHIP » Cambodia 8M marketers with a broad reach into one of the largest technology » Hong Kong markets in the world. » India » Indonesia » Japan » Kazakhstan » Singapore » Malaysia » South Korea » New Zealand » Sri Lanka » Pakistan » Taiwan » People’s Republic of » Tajikistan China » Thailand » Philippines » Vietnam

38 GLOBAL REACH IDG OVERVIEW 39 EUROPE REACH 61.7M IN 36 COUNTRIES. » Albania » Austria EUROPE » Belarus » Belgium » Bulgaria Europe represents IDG’s » Croatia largest regional audience. To » Cyprus 264M PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH meet the needs of Europe’s » Czech Republic increasingly mobile audience, IDG brands have launched » Denmark more than 125 apps and » Finland mobile sites to meet audience » France 56M UNIQUE VISITORS PER MONTH demand for technology information anytime, » Georgia anywhere. » » Greece » Hungary 5.7M PRINT READERSHIP » Ireland » » Kosovo » Macedonia » Portugal » » Malta » Romania » » Moldova » Russia » Switzerland » » Serbia » » Norway » Slovakia » Ukraine » Poland » Slovenia »

40 GLOBAL REACH IDG OVERVIEW 41 NORTH AMERICA NORTH REACH 36.9M IN THE AMERICA U.S. & CANADA.

North America has a commanding share of the global digital advertising market, and more than seventy percent of IDG’s business in the region comes from digital sources. With more than 20 websites in the U.S. and Canada, IDG offers technology PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH marketers a variety of ways 86.9M to reach the largest digital audience of technology buyers in the region. UNIQUE VISITORS PER MONTH 33.7M

» United States PRINT READERSHIP 3.2M » Canada

42 GLOBAL REACH IDG OVERVIEW 43 LATIN AMERICA REACH 3.8M IN 17 COUNTRIES. LATIN

» Argentina AMERICA » Brazil » Chile IDG’s Latin America region » Colombia is anchored in Brazil, where IDG has served readers and » Costa Rica marketers for 38 years. With » Cuba 42M PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH a presence in 17 countries in » Dominican Latin America, IDG reaches Spanish-speaking audiences Republic with regional editions of CIO » Ecuador and PCWorld. For marketers » El Salvador UNIQUE VISITORS PER MONTH targeting technology buyers 3.4M in this diverse and rapidly » Guatemala expanding market, IDG offers » Honduras unique expertise and regional » Mexico presence. » Nicaragua PRINT READERSHIP » Panama 442K » Peru » Puerto Rico » Venezuela

44 GLOBAL REACH IDG OVERVIEW 45 MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA MIDDLE EAST/ REACH 1.9M IN 22 AFRICA COUNTRIES.

» Bahrain » Côte d’Ivoire An economically diverse » Egypt region, Middle East/Africa » Iran includes the highly developed » Israel markets of the Middle East and rapidly emerging markets in » Jordan Africa. With a presence in 22 » Kenya 27.4M PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH countries in the region, IDG is » Kuwait well positioned to serve this » Lebanon growing market. » Morocco » Nigeria » Oman 1.6M UNIQUE VISITORS PER MONTH » Qatar » Rwanda » Saudi Arabia » Senegal » South Africa 326K PRINT READERSHIP » Syria » Tanzania » Tunisia » Uganda » United Arab Emirates

46 GLOBAL REACH IDG OVERVIEW 47 GLOBAL OFFICES

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