To compete successfully, new technology companies must quickly establish relationships with customers, industry analysts, sales and distribution partners and the media. As the largest global media company serving the information technology industry, IDG is uniquely qualified to build these relationships. IDG informs more people about information technology than any other company in the world. IDG is the leading multibillion dollar provider of IT media, research, conferences and events. IDG publishes more than 300 newspapers and magazines in 85 countries, led by the Computerworld, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, PC World, and CIO global product lines. Through IDG.net (www.idg.net), IDG offers online users more than 330 web sites in 70 countries. IDG also produces 168 computer-related conferences and trade shows in 35 countries, and its research arm, International Data Corporation (IDC), provides computer industry research and analysis through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide.

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Patrick McGovern
Chairman, International Data Group

Patrick McGovern is Founder and Chairman of International Data Group (IDG), the 2nd largest private company in Massachusetts, which had 2007 revenues of $3.0BN. Graduating from MIT in 1959, in 1964 McGovern founded International Data Corporation (IDC), now an IDG research subsidiary, to serve information technology (IT) markets. Three years later, McGovern launched Computerworld to report on computer industry and product news. Today, IDG has more than 300 publications, 450 online sites, 750 events and 500 market research programs across 90 countries. In addition to IDC and Computerworld, its properties include Network World, InfoWorld, CIO, CSO, PC World and GamePro. Since 1992, McGovern has been an active principal in all of IDG Ventures' early stage technology funds, with commitments of approximately $900MM in 6 funds across the US and Asia. McGovern and his wife, Lore, established the neuroscience-focused McGovern Institute at MIT in 2000 with a gift of $350MM, one of the largest university gifts in history, and broke ground in 2003.