Amazon Web Services obtains FISMA Moderate Authorization and Accreditation - September 19, 2011
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), part of US-based online retailer Amazon.com, has received Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Moderate Authorization and Accreditation from the US General Services Administration. FISMA requires federal agencies to develop, document and implement an information security system for its data and… Read More
Unbound Medicine partners with Elsevier to launch Harriet Lane Handbook for mobile devices - September 14, 2011
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced a new licensing relationship with STM publisher Elsevier with the launch of Harriet Lane Handbook for iOS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad), Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone. The… Read More
Alexander Street Press launches Nursing Education in Video online collection - September 13, 2011
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press, US, has released Nursing Education in Video, an online collection of streaming video for the training and education of nurses and nursing assistants. The result of a partnership with Medcom-Trainex, Nursing Education in Video covers the fundamentals of nurse training… Read More
Taylor & Francis launches mobile optimised website - September 13, 2011
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, have launched Taylor & Francis Online Mobile which provides mobile access to the 1,600 Journals and Reference Works available via Taylor & Francis Online. Taylor & Francis Online Mobile is free to use and allows users to access knowledge… Read More
eBooks now available in SAE International Digital Library - September 2, 2011
SAE International has announced that its Digital Library now includes eBooks to bolster its already comprehensive collection of more than 175,000 technical papers, standards, and related publications from SAE International and other organisations. SAE International's portfolio of eBooks in the SAE Digital Library includes 117… Read More
Mobile-optimised websites for Oxford Journals - September 1, 2011
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the delivery of mobile-optimised websites for its full range of journals websites, powered by the HighWire Press electronic publishing platform. All Oxford journals now have a mobile-optimised version of their full website that can be accessed via… Read More
American Academy of Pediatrics launches iPad app for mobile access to AAP eBook collection - September 1, 2011
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has announced the debut of an app for the Apple iPad that provides instant mobile access to the entire AAP eBook collection. The AAP eBookstore app for the iPad can be downloaded from Apple’s App Store. The app was… Read More
MarkLogic powers new mobile application for Kaplan mobile project - August 31, 2011
Information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that academic and professional publisher Kaplan Publishing has built a new iOS application using MarkLogic Server as the platform beneath a customised digital content reader developed by Bluefire Productions. Kaplan Mobile allows registered students to download… Read More
Pearson and Eminata Group launch iPad-based eTextbooks initiative for post-secondary institutions - August 30, 2011
Education services provider Pearson, US, and the Eminata Group, one of Canada’s largest providers of independent, post-secondary education, has announced that students at institutions under the Eminata umbrella will receive all of their course content via the Apple iPad. The agreement is reportedly the largest post-secondary… Read More
ChemSpider Mobile app now available from Apple App Store - August 29, 2011
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing has announced that ChemSpider Mobile, a free iOS app (iPhone, iPod, iPad) for searching the ChemSpider online chemical database, is now available from the Apple App Store. ChemSpider Mobile provides the ability to search by drawing a chemical structure, or entering… Read More
