Its parent company is International Data Group,[2] and its sister publications include Macworld and PC World.

[4] The magazine was founded by Jim Warren in 1978 as The Intelligent Machines Journal (IMJ).

[1][6][7] Up to and including the 15 June 1987 issue 24, volume 9, InfoWorld was published by Popular Computing, Inc., a subsidiary of CW Communications, Inc.

[8][9] As the magazine transitioned to be exclusively Web-based, the final print edition was dated 2 April 2007 (Volume 29, Issue 14, Number 1384).

[1] In its web incarnation, InfoWorld has transitioned away from widely available news stories to a focus on how-to, expert testing, and thought leadership.