Reed Business deploys MarkLogic Server to enhance digital assets distribution - August 1, 2008
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that Reed Business (RB) Netherlands has deployed MarkLogic Server as the engine behind an editorial workflow-based application for internal search and discovery of valuable digital assets. This enables RB Netherlands to reuse… Read More
Publisher Informa receives a second takeover proposal - July 31, 2008
Media Company Informa Plc, UK, has said that the company has received another preliminary buy-out approach. It is being targeted for takeover by a private equity consortium. While Informa did not reveal who made the latest approach, talks are continuing with Providence Equity Partners, Carlyle Group… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell partners with AlphaMed Press to co-publish Stem Cells journal - July 31, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, and publisher AlphaMed Press, US, has announced that Wiley-Blackwell has been selected to serve as co-publisher of Stem Cells, effective January 1, 2009. An international journal of cell differentiation and proliferation, Stem… Read More
Elsevier expands use of CCC’s Rightslink service - July 31, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is partnering with non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, to use the latter's Rightslink service. Rightslink is an online e-commerce service that allows content users to instantly license content and… Read More
Epocrates and BMJ Group partner to develop new point-of-care applications - July 30, 2008
Clinical information products and services provider Epocrates, Inc., US, and medical publisher BMJ Group, UK, have announced the launch of new online clinical reference products. Through an exclusive development and marketing partnership, Epocrates and BMJ are introducing patient centered, web-based solutions to… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell announces publishing partnership with the Triological Society - July 28, 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced a new partnership with the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., (The Triological Society). Under the deal, Wiley-Blackwell will publish the society's official publication, The Laryngoscope. A monthly publication,… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Nielsen partner to measure healthcare landscape - July 25, 2008
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and information and media firm Nielsen Company, US, have announced the Healthcare Consumer Informatics Alliance. The alliance seeks to provide healthcare-related manufacturers and media companies with a comprehensive understanding of consumer behaviours and… Read More
Reed Business publications partner with Siemens safety experts to launch new website - July 25, 2008
B2B information provider Reed Business Information (RBI), US, has announced that its publications Control Engineering, Design News, Manufacturing Business Technology, and Plant Engineering have partnered with Siemens' US-based safety experts to launch SafetyBase.com (www.SafetyBase.com). SafetyBase.com is an interactive website designed to deliver… Read More
Elsevier announces publishing deal with the International Association for Great Lakes Research - July 24, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a publishing partnership with the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR), representing 1000 members worldwide. Under the deal, the global publisher will assume publication of the Journal of Great Lakes Research, starting in January 2009. A quarterly publication, the… Read More
Really Strategies, TEMIS announce technology alliance - July 24, 2008
Content provider Really Strategies, Inc., US, has announced a technology partnership with text analytics solutions provider TEMIS, US. Under the deal, Really Strategies and TEMIS will combine innovative software solutions RSuite and Luxid to bring together complementary technologies of content management and… Read More
