Penn State University Press partners with CLOCKSS to preserve e-journals and e-books - June 14, 2011
CLOCKSS, a not for profit joint venture between the world's leading scholarly publishers and research libraries, has announced a partnership with Penn State University Press. Under the deal, CLOCKSS will preserve the latter's e-journals and e-books in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive… Read More
BMJ Group launches new apps for healthcare professionals - June 14, 2011
Medical publisher the BMJ Group, UK, has released a series of new apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to give healthcare professionals access to quality information. Having recently been released on the iPad, the Best Practice app comes with 20 sample topics that… Read More
IBM unveils high performance computing cloud offerings for enterprises - June 13, 2011
Technology firm IBM, US, has announced new high performance computing (HPC) cloud offerings to help clients tackle advanced scientific and technical computing workloads like analytics, simulations for product development, climate research and life sciences. The HPC cloud offerings are projected to allow clients to link… Read More
Touch Group launches new clinical portal, touchurology.com - June 13, 2011
Medical and health sciences media and communications firm Touch Group plc, UK, has announced the launch of a new clinical portal, touchurology.com. The new portal is driven by content from leading review journals European Urological Review and US Urology. It will… Read More
IMS acquires software solutions company, Med-Vantage - June 13, 2011
Pharmaceutical and healthcare information provider IMS Health, US, has acquired US-based software solutions company Med-Vantage to further expand its presence and capabilities in the payer marketplace. Med-Vantage offers its clients a comprehensive suite of provider performance management and member engagement solutions that promote quality care and… Read More
Elsevier launches new Article of the Future prototypes - June 10, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a variety of new Article of the Future prototypes. The new discipline-specific, three-pane article design sets a new standard for both the presentation and the content of the scientific article. The prototypes, available in seven disciplines,… Read More
