MarkLogic, Hortonworks partnership to enhance Big Data apps with Apache Hadoop - March 2, 2012
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced that it has joined the Hortonworks Technology Partner Program. Hortonworks is a commercial vendor promoting the development and support of Apache Hadoop. The partnership is projected to help businesses and public sector agencies take the next step… Read More
Platts unveils daily newsletter focused on steel raw materials markets - March 2, 2012
Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has re-launched its flagship steel publication, Steel Markets Daily, with a new focus on the raw materials – iron ore, metallurgical coal, coke, scrap and ferroalloys – that drive the steel market.… Read More
Blackboard and Datatel+SGHE announce strategic partnership to integrate Colleague with Blackboard Learn 9.1 - March 2, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc, US, and Datatel+SGHE have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Colleague with Blackboard Learn 9.1 through Datatel+SGHE’s Intelligent Learning Platform (ILP). The planned integration will make it easier for institutions to manage information from their administrative and academic… Read More
E-book consumers drive sales via apps and online retailers, says BISG Study - March 1, 2012
E-book consumers are increasing their purchase of books - both print and e-book formats - online and especially through in-app purchasing, and decreasing their use of brick-and-mortar stores, according to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. The first instalment in… Read More
Elsevier/Gold Standard to be exclusive distributor of new price type, Predictive Acquisition Cost - March 1, 2012
Drug database provider Elsevier/Gold Standard, US, has announced an agreement with Glass Box Analytics to become the exclusive distributor of a new price type, Predictive Acquisition Cost (PAC). Glass Box Analytics represents a strategic joint venture between Pathria Analytics LLC and ChainDrugStore.net. Together they bring advanced… Read More
Thomson Reuters Cortellis drives drug discovery and development with new web services - February 29, 2012
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the availability of Cortellis for Informatics, a new capability that speeds access to critical life sciences research and development information found on its premiere life sciences platform, Thomson Reuters Cortellis. Cortellis for Informatics uses sophisticated application programming… Read More
