MANHASSET, N.Y., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP's Business Technology Group today announced that its two flagship publications, InformationWeek and Network Computing, accepted awards at the prestigious 2006 Circulation Management Conference and Exposition held last week in Chicago.Within four main categories CMP Technology garnered two top accolades;InformationWeek won honorable mention in the Best Business to Business

MANHASSET, N.Y., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP's Business Technology Group today announced that its two flagship publications, InformationWeek and Network Computing, accepted awards at the prestigious 2006 Circulation Management Conference and Exposition held last week in Chicago.

The circulation excellence awards are handed out annually honoring outstanding achievement in performance of circulation marketing and management, strategy and growth.

   Within four main categories CMP Technology garnered two top accolades;    * InformationWeek won honorable mention in the Best Business to Business     Category Direct Mail Campaign   * Network Computing won the silver award for General Excellence in     Business to Business (circulation over 50,000) Magazines   

"One of our proudest achievements is that in the last six years we received 29 circulation excellence awards for CMP," said Fritz Nelson, senior vice president and group publisher for the CMP Technology division that includes InformationWeek and Network Computing. "We continue to build a strong audience, committed to quality that delivers the right brands that reach the right audience for our advertisers. Our publications, online branded sites and full range of products deliver tools and resources to keep our readers engaged."

About the Business Technology Group

Reaching the audiences that matter, the technology group is comprised of the industry's leading technology brands reaching the most critical business technology audience segments -- InformationWeek, Network Computing, Intelligent Enterprise and Optimize as well as a vertical industry suite that includes Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology, Wall Street & Technology, Advanced Trading and Government Enterprise. TechWeb Network provides technology professionals online access to aggregated content from all of these properties in addition to their original sites. Live events such as Interop, VoiceCon, Web 2.0 Conference, RFID World, Collaborative Technologies Conference, Mobile Business Expo, IPTV, Black Hat briefings and the Computer Security Institute's CSI Conference and NetSec complement print and online brands.

About CMP Technology

CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology, healthcare and lifestyles industries. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP Technology has earned the confidence of more professionals and enthusiasts in these fields than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in each of these industries in ways that yield superior return on investment. CMP Technology is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

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