Intelligent Enterprise

Intelligent Enterprise was established in 1998 as a specialist magazine for business and information-technology executives responsible for developing and managing strategic enterprise systems. The title was created at Miller Freeman, Inc., in San Francisco, by David M. Kalman and combined two earlier publications, Database Programming and Design and DBMS. Its editorial proposition extended the idea of the “intelligent enterprise” beyond a general management concept, concentrating on the software, analytical tools, database technologies, and information practices used to organize both transactional data and intellectual assets. The publication served a professional audience rather than a mass consumer readership. Its subject matter addressed the practical and strategic implications of enterprise information systems, including the use of data and analytical technologies in organizational decision-making. This positioned the title at the intersection of business management, database administration, enterprise software, and information architecture. Miller Freeman merged into CMP Media in 1999. CMP Media was based in Manhasset, New York, and operated as a division of United Business Media plc. The corporate transition placed Intelligent Enterprise within a larger technology and business publishing portfolio while preserving its specialist editorial identity. David Stodder served as the founding editor and editorial director. Justin Kestelyn was the founding editor-in-chief, with Jeanette Burriesci as senior editor and Jim Shinnick as design director. Doug Henschen later served as editor in chief, and Antone Gonsalves was identified as web editor. The print edition ended in February 2007. The cessation of print publication marked a significant change in the brand’s format, but the title continued as a website. Accordingly, Intelligent Enterprise is best understood as an active digital media brand with a discontinued print magazine rather than as a wholly defunct publication. Publicly available reference material identifies its editorial focus and principal historical personnel, but does not establish a current legal owner, headquarters beyond the historical corporate locations, financial results, circulation figures, or a current website URL.

Intelligent Enterprise began in 1998 at Miller Freeman, Inc., in San Francisco. David M. Kalman founded the title, which brought together the editorial scope of Database Programming and Design magazine and DBMS magazine. The new publication was designed for business and information-technology executives involved in building, selecting, and managing strategic enterprise systems. Its editorial concept centered on the technologies that could make organizations more informed and analytically capable. Rather than treating enterprise intelligence solely as a management slogan, the magazine examined the software tools and technical foundations used to organize corporate information. These included analytical applications, database technologies, transactional data systems, and methods for managing intellectual assets. The resulting publication occupied a specialist position between business management journalism and technical coverage of enterprise computing. David Stodder was the founding editor and editorial director. The founding editorial team also included editor-in-chief Justin Kestelyn, senior editor Jeanette Burriesci, and design director Jim Shinnick. This structure reflected the magazine’s professional orientation and its effort to combine technical authority with an executive-level perspective. Later editorial leadership included Doug Henschen as editor in chief and Antone Gonsalves as web editor. In 1999, Miller Freeman merged into CMP Media. CMP Media was headquartered in Manhasset, New York, and was a division of United Business Media plc. The change connected Intelligent Enterprise with a larger technology publishing organization, although the available reference material does not specify detailed changes to the title’s editorial strategy, circulation, or operating structure after the transaction. The print edition ended in February 2007. This was the principal format transition in the title’s history: the magazine stopped appearing as a print publication while the Intelligent Enterprise name continued as a website. The brand therefore has both a historical print identity and an ongoing digital identity. Available source material does not provide a confirmed current corporate owner, current physical headquarters, financial information, or a definitive account of the website’s present editorial operations. No documented scandals or lawsuits are identified in the supplied references.

• 2007

  Print publication ends

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  The print edition ceased publication in February. The title continued as a website.

• 1999

  Miller Freeman becomes part of CMP Media

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  Miller Freeman merged into CMP Media, which operated as a division of United Business Media plc.

• 1998

  Intelligent Enterprise is founded

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  David M. Kalman founded Intelligent Enterprise at Miller Freeman in San Francisco. The magazine combined the subject areas of Database Programming and Design and DBMS.

A specialist business-technology media brand for executives and practitioners concerned with enterprise systems, analytical software, databases, transactional information, and organizational knowledge.

• Trade magazine · 1998

  Intelligent Enterprise magazine

  The original print publication was aimed at business and IT executives responsible for strategic enterprise systems. Its coverage addressed analytical software, databases, transactional information, and technologies for organizing intellectual assets and business data. The print edition was discontinued in February 2007.

• Digital media

  Intelligent Enterprise website

  The website carries the Intelligent Enterprise name after the end of the print edition and represents the brand’s digital publishing continuation. The supplied reference identifies the site as the current use of the title but does not provide enough information to characterize its present content volume, ownership, or commercial model.

• 2007

  Transition from print publication to websiteStrategy

  Background

  The magazine’s print edition ended in February 2007 after nearly a decade of publication. The title remained in use as a website.

  Action taken

  Intelligent Enterprise discontinued its print format and continued the brand through digital publishing.

  Aftermath

  The brand’s print-magazine phase ended, while its website identity continued. The supplied sources do not disclose audience, revenue, staffing, or circulation effects.

  Source

1. 1Intelligent Enterpriseen.wikipedia.org