SaaS used more for sensitive data than for mission-critical data, says Gartner survey - August 27, 2012
Gartner, a US-based information technology research and advisory company, has stated that avoiding the use of software as a service (SaaS) for critical or sensitive data remains a significant form of risk control for many organisations. But those that do use SaaS for such data are… Read More
Platts releases 2012 China Steel & Iron Ore Reserves Map - August 27, 2012
Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has released the 2012 edition of its Platts SBB China Top 100 Steel Making Companies & Iron Ore Reserves Map. The Map offers a detailed snapshot of China's steel industry as of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 27, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Publicity at eLife — Are Media Embargoes Part of the Plan?); Stephen Barr (How should academic libraries communicate their own value?); Stevan Harnad (Urgent Need to Revise the New RCUK Open Access Policy); and David Glance (The long… Read More
US Dept. of Justice refutes objections raised over e-book pricing deal - August 24, 2012
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said that arguments made by various organisations objecting to the final judgment reached between the government and Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster over e-book price fixing charges raise no real new issues. The DoJ has therefore asked that… Read More
Elsevier launches third global CodeForScience competition - August 24, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier has launched its third global CodeForScience (CFS) competition in collaboration with The National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore Management University (SMU). CodeForScience is a global series of application development competitions for scientists, researchers and developers. CFS Singapore is… Read More
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene journals join OUP - August 24, 2012
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene has announced that two of its journals will join the Oxford University Press (OUP) collection in a new partnership announced between the organisations. The journals, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and International… Read More
