New Outsell report identifies next generation data visualization tools - August 14, 2015
Outsell, Inc., the research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has announced the publication of a new report 'Next Generation Enterprise Data Visualization Tools'. Big data has ushered in a wave of data-driven decision-making in the enterprise and traditional business intelligence systems have… Read More
Publishers Communication Group hires Sarah Zhao as new China sales representative - August 14, 2015
Sales and marketing consultancy Publishers Communication Group (PCG) has hired Sarah Zhao as its new sales representative based in China, effective July 1. Working from Beijing, Zhao will promote and sell content to institutions and consortia in the China market on behalf of PCG's client… Read More
Blackboard acquires Nivel Siete - August 14, 2015
Education technology company Blackboard Inc. has announced the acquisition of Nivel Siete, a leading Moodle provider operating in Latin America. By joining their forces, the two companies will be able to offer more services and solutions to organizations that leverage Moodle, a widely used learning management… Read More
HighWire appoints Amy Mosher as VP Human Resources - August 14, 2015
HighWire Press, Inc., a technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies, has announced the appointment of Amy Mosher as Vice President of Human Resources. As a member of the executive team, Amy will work closely with Dan Filby, HighWire’s CEO and… Read More
Kudos appoints Rebecca Shumbata as Sales Manager in North America - August 14, 2015
Kudos, which helps maximise the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the appointment of Rebecca Shumbata as the company's Sales Manager in North America. Rebecca was most recently at Publishing Technology, prior to which she held roles at the New England Journal of Medicine… Read More
Perceptions of open access publishing are changing for the better, reveals NPG and Palgrave Macmillan survey - August 13, 2015
A survey of 22,000 academic researchers by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Palgrave Macmillan has found that a decreasing number of authors are concerned about perceptions of the quality of open access publications. In 2014, 40 percent of scientists who had not… Read More
