PC Magazine Takes Top Honors at Folio’s Annual FAME Awards for Virtual Trade Show Produced by InXpo

April 06, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
CHICAGO, April 2007 –InXpo, the world’s largest, most comprehensive online convention provider, is pleased to congratulate PC Magazine on winning first place for the Best Online Event in the second annual Folio: FAME Awards. PC Magazine’s award-winning “Virtual Tradeshow on Security and Mobility,” held in August 2006, was produced by InXpo and featured webcasting technology from ON24.

The Folio: FAME Awards honor the consumer, b-to-b, association, and city and regional magazines that set themselves apart from competitors through innovative, revenue-generating and brand-building events. The winning show featured nearly all of the components of a physical event, including virtual exhibitor booths, live chats with keynote speakers, including Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster, a help booth, an interactive virtual lounge and prizes and promotions exclusively available to show attendees.

“It has been a pleasure partnering with Ziff Davis Media’s PC Magazine to explore the ways in which publishers and other businesses can use our online-event platform to better serve their customers and marketing partners,” said InXpo CEO Malcolm Lotzof. “We are very proud to have produced and managed PC Magazine’s award-winning event, as the competition was stiff, with over 150 competing events.”

“Being honored by Folio in our start-up year of PCMagCasts indicates our multimedia online content—aided by PC Magazine expert editors—has really resonated with the tech-savvy professionals who tune in to our live webcast seminars,” said Jason S. Young, president of PC Magazine, Consumer/SMB, Ziff Davis Media. “PCMagCasts have quickly become one of Ziff Davis’s most successful initiatives.”

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InXpo is the leader in producing and managing online shows, including trade shows, selling events, educational seminars, networking conferences and conventions. InXpo is headquartered in Bannockburn, Ill., and has been producing online trade shows for more than five years. InXpo’s online shows improve the way organizations use events to do business by making it more affordable and convenient to participate. InXpo’s online show solution includes all the technology and services that are required to deliver a successful online show. To learn more about InXpo, please visit www.inxpo.com.

Ziff Davis Media Inc. (www.ziffdavis.com) is a leading integrated media company serving the technology and videogame markets. Ziff Davis reaches over 28 million people a month through its portfolio of 32 websites, 7 award-winning magazines, and hundreds of consumer and b-to-b events, as well as business IT tools, custom publishing, and direct marketing services. The company is headquartered in New York and also has offices and labs in San Francisco and Boston. The Company exports its brands internationally in 45 countries and 17 languages.