EBSCO Discovery Service Goes Down Under
Australian University, Deakin, has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to improve the student experience and provide innovative access to scholarly information.
Online Stock News Service Launched
hakia’s latest attempt to leave their mark online comes in the form of SENSEnews, an online service able to provide insight into the implied value of stocks relative to their current prices.
Using Taxonomies to Create Business Opportunities
The economics of the Web have reversed the original business model for online information upon which businesses like LexisNexis and Dialog were built. Through those services, users paid up to $4 for individual articles from daily newspapers that originally cost 25 cents on the newsstand. That model is obviously dead today, where the cost of an individual article – even articles from leading trade magazines and scholarly journals – is effectively zero. Does that mean that publishers, aggregators, and other content owners should police the Web to insure their content is not freely distributed? Not at all – one needs only look at the recent case of Wikileaks to see that it will be impossible to keep any content from showing up freely on the Web. As they say, the Genie is already out of the bottle, so the only logical step is figuring out how to make money in the current environment. This is where taxonomies can add value – by enabling the creation of new information products that connect disparate pieces of content with high-value applications and new markets.
Massive Database Reaches Milestone
The American Psychological Association recently announced the indexing of the 3 millionth record in their PsycINFO database.
David Kellogg is Leaving MarkLogic
On his blog last week, David Kellogg made his announcement of leaving his 6-year tenure as Chief Executive Officer at MarkLogic. He leaves a proud list of accomplishments for his time as CEO, such as acquiring over 200 enterprise customers, growing annual revenues at a 75% CAGR, raising $27.5M in venture capital, and growing the company from 40 to over 230 employees.
The Defense Department Is Shopping at the Mall
The Defense Acquisition University has launched the Service Acquisition Mall (SAM) as a resource for acquisition professionals to collaborate and share best practices in the acquisition arena.
Web-based Technologies Driving Business Intelligence
According to analysts, the new year brings enterprises looking for opportunities to tap self-service business intelligence systems and SaaS-based business intelligence offerings.