InformIT (publisher)

For the Australian online library database, see Informit (Australia).

InformIT, a subsidiary of Pearson Education, is an online book vendor and an electronic publisher of technology and education content.

InformIT

Parent company	Pearson Education
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Carmel, Indiana
Publication types	Books, e-books, and video
Nonfiction topics	Technology
Imprints	Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press, IBM Press, Pearson IT Certification, Prentice Hall Professional, Que Publishing, Sams Publishing, and VMware Press
Official website	www.informit.com

InformIT.com is one of three flagship web sites of the information technology-focused Pearson Technology Group publishing imprints, and one of several sites in the InformIT Network. This site features free articles, blogs, and podcasts on IT topics and products, as well as a bookstore carrying all titles from these imprints.

Publishing imprints represented on InformIT.com^[1] include Addison-Wesley Professional, Cisco Press,^[2] IBM Press, Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, Que Publishing, and Sams Publishing.

The other sites in the InformIT Network include:

Peachpit.com: Peachpit has been publishing books on graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web design and development, digital video, and general computing since 1986. Peachpit is the publishing partner for Adobe Press, lynda.com, NAPP, Apple Certified, AIGA Design Press and others.
FTPress.com: The book publishing imprint related to the Financial Times newspaper, FT Press creates books in the areas of General Business, Finance and Investing, Sales and Marketing, Leadership, Management and Strategy, Human Resources, and Global Business. FT Press is the publishing partner for Wharton School Publishing.

Safari Books Online joint venture

In 2001, the Pearson Technology Group and O'Reilly Media LLC formed a joint partnership called Safari Books Online, to offer a web-based electronic library of technical and business books from InformIT's imprint partners and O'Reilly Media. The InformIT Network offers access to this service via its web sites. Pearson sold its interest in Safari Books Online to O'Reilly in 2014.

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Pearson Education

Pearson School	Addison-Wesley Dorling Kindersley Heinemann (outside US) Modern Curriculum Press Prentice Hall Scott Foresman Silver Burdett York Notes

Pearson Higher Education	Addison-Wesley Allyn & Bacon Benjamin Cummings Longman Prentice Hall Propero

Pearson Professional	Addison-Wesley Professional Adobe Press Apple Certified Allyn & Bacon Professional Cisco Press FT Press IBM Press InformIT New York Institute of Finance Peachpit Pearson Assessment & Information Prentice Hall Professional SAMS Publishing Pearson VUE Wharton

Other	Edexcel Pearson College Pearson Language Tests Wall Street Institute

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