VMware unveils application platform for cloud computing environments - April 15, 2011
VMware, Inc., a US-based provider of virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, recently unveiled Cloud Foundry, claimed to be the industry's first open Platform as a Service (PaaS). Cloud Foundry is said to represent a new generation of application platforms, architected specifically for cloud computing environments and delivered… Read More
McGraw-Hill Higher Education announces expanded availability of custom publishing platform - April 15, 2011
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, has announced the expanded availability of McGraw-Hill Create, an innovative platform that gives instructors unprecedented control over and customisation of university classroom content in English, Italian and Spanish - and by the end of 2011, Chinese and Marathi.… Read More
ICE Publishing launches new flagship journal collection – ICE Science - April 14, 2011
ICE Publishing, the publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers, has announced the launch of a new flagship journal series - ICE Science. By publishing at the intersection of many scientific disciplines this new series aims to inspire the cross-fertilisation of ideas and drive forward… Read More
W.H. Freeman and Scientific American release new publication to help raise science understanding among non-science majors - April 13, 2011
Scientific publisher W.H. Freeman and sister publication Scientific American have announced the release of ‘Biology for a Changing World’, a new textbook written to help raise science understanding and knowledge for non-science majors. ‘Biology for a Changing World’ is the first in… Read More
Nature Publishing Group set to publish official journal of the ACMG from 2012 - April 12, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) have announced a publishing partnership for the journal Genetics in Medicine. Under the deal, NPG will begin publishing the journal in January 2012 on behalf of ACMG. … Read More
BMC Research Notes and BioSharing launch first version of catalogue of standards - April 12, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its journal BMC Research Notes has partnered with BioSharing to bring out the first version of a catalogue of standards. Research community, funding agencies, and journals can now participate in the development of reporting standards for the… Read More
LWW launches 9th edition of DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology - April 11, 2011
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the publication of the Ninth Edition of DeVita, Hellman and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology. The publication is recognised as one of the most comprehensive oncology references in the… Read More
Springer and AESS announce publishing agreement - April 6, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is launching the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (JESS), the official publication of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS). Starting in spring 2011, the journal will be available in print and on Springer's online platform
UKSG rebrands Serials, announces new editors - April 6, 2011
The UKSG, an international organisation that seeks to connect the knowledge community, has announced a new name and new joint editors for its flagship journal, Serials: connecting the information community. The journal will now be called Insights: connecting the knowledge community. The new name was chosen… Read More
Thieme publishes pocket-sized clinical guide for neurosurgery residency training - April 5, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that it has published Neurosurgery Rounds: Questions and Answers, a pocket guide for residents preparing for their board examinations or the situations encountered on neurosurgery rotation. This pocket-sized text facilitates on-the-go reference in a clear, concise, yet comprehensive… Read More
