Is Digital a Fad?

There is such a thing as a technology life-cycle (TLC). It refers to time and cost of developing a product through the expense of research and development phase, and the financial return during its life. There is also the product life-cycle (PLC) that deals with the life of a product in the marketplace with respect to timing…

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Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Sophisticated hackers often appear to be legitimate ones. Hackers have a growing and constantly evolving arsenal of attack methods, putting everyone with a connection to the Internet at risk. This is because everyone has something that hackers are interested in, whether it is bank account information, personal identification or even healthcare information. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information…

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The Big Deal in Publishing Webinar

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has released their 2018 webinar schedules and topics. On the roster is one scheduled for March 13, 2018 at 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (EST). The topic is “The Scholarly Kitchen Webinar: The Future of the Big Deal.” The “Big Deal”, package purchasing of all of a publisher’s titles, continues to…

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Educational Webinar Addresses Data Science Projects

Information Technology leaders work hard to keep the life cycle of their systems and models running efficiently, but how do data scientists and their teams fit in that process and do they have the tools needed to successfully get models into production? Open Data Group is sponsoring a live webinar to discuss this very topic…

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Making All Content Findable

Searching for any type of information can be frustrating if you are unsure where to start or how to define your query. This is true in search engines and public databases. Medical Xpress brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “RefEx, a web tool for a comfortable search of reference data for…

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Digitization’s Impact on Publishing

Scholarly publishing has been experiencing change over the past few years. There are many reasons why, but the move to digital has certainly had its reverberations throughout the industry. This interesting topic came to us from R&D magazine in their article, “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing?” Publishing and scientific research…

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Automation Everywhere

Even though the Internet of Things (IoT) has been around for awhile, it still feels sort of like a dystopian novel title. With minimal imagination you could easily be scared off of any automated home appliance. However, for some it is very new and confusing. It is easy to explain it as the devices that…

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New Collaboration to Support Data Science Careers

Elsevier and the University of Oxford have begun a five-year collaboration to develop exceptional research talent in the field of mathematics and data science. KnowledgeSpeak brought this interesting news to our attention in their article, “Elsevier and University of Oxford announce 5-year collaboration to support early career researchers in the field of mathematics and data science.…

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