| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online media |
| Founded | Scottsdale, AZ (1998) |
| Headquarters | Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
| Key people | Daniel Morrison, Co-Founder[1] George Krautzel, Co-Founder Dave Moylan, President |
| Website | www.Toolbox.com |
Toolbox.com operates online communities that support the needs of professionals working in the information technology, human resources, and finance functions. These online communities enable professionals to collaborate with peers through proprietary tools including discussion groups, blogs, and wikis. Toolbox.com currently serves 2.0 million registered members and 3.3 million unique monthly visitors. [1]
Its parent company, The Corporate Executive Board Company (CEB) (NYSE: EXBD) is a for-profit, publicly-traded firm that provides best practices research and analysis to business executives and professionals worldwide. CEB offers benchmarking datasets, decision-support tools, research briefs, and case studies, as well as executive forums and peer networking opportunities. CEB serves more than 80% of Fortune 500 corporations in more than 50 countries.
Toolbox.com was founded in 1998 as ITtoolbox, one of the first online communities enabling professionals to share knowledge about information technology.[2] Initially, the ITtoolbox community was built on five knowledge bases (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Baan, and ERP) powered by discussion forums.
In July 2007, ITtoolbox was acquired by The Corporate Executive Board Company.[2]
In October 2008, the online community at ITtoolbox received a name change to Toolbox for IT. At the same time, Toolbox.com was established as the name of the company that operates this community.
In November 2008, Toolbox.com launched a community for HR professionals called Toolbox for HR.[3]
In December 2008, Toolbox.com launched a community for finance professionals called Toolbox for Finance.[4]