Information Today articles from November 2008

Information Today archives from November 2008

OCLC: an enterprise with a global perspective.(OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc.)
November 1, 2008... When Robert "Jay" Jordan became president of OCLC in 1998, he found an organization with a talented, dedicated staff focused on North America. In the 10 years he has been president, he has transformed the company into a global enterprise and...

Software licenses: the battle continues.
November 1, 2008... For as long as there has been software, the publishers who own the software copyrights have routinely used licenses as the primary vehicle for distributing their software to consumers. After many years of this practice, consumers now recognize...

J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.: adjusting to a changing market.
November 1, 2008... When John J. Keller founded J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. in 1953, the cutting edge of computer technology was the IBM 701, the computer manufacturer's first commercially available machine. Weighing roughly 20,500 pounds and occupying almost...

ALPSP traces trends in scholarly publishing.(News Bytes)(The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) just released its third in a series of reports on current scholarly publishing practices and changes in policy and practice since 2000. For the study, 400 journal publishers...

JEGI issues report on 3Q M&As.(News Bytes)(Jordan Edmiston Group Inc.)(mergers and acquisitions)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) issued a report on the M&A situation for 3Q 2008, which has shaped up so far to be "a tale of two markets." The upheaval in banking and the debt market as well as curtailed ad spending have triggered a...

Missouri Library Network Corp. adopts Credo Reference.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Credo Reference is teaming up with the Missouri Library Network Corp. (MLNC), a consortium of more than 500 institutions throughout the state, to provide MLNC reference collections to member libraries at a discount. Credo is offering 2 months...

OECD named KnowledgeWorks certified partner.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Serials Solutions has named OECD a KnowledgeWorks Certified content provider, a distinction that allows the company to keep bibliographic metadata from its SourceOECD iLibrary accurate and up-to-date in Serials Solutions' KnowledgeWorks...

Swets purchases dutch book and journal seller.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Swets acquired Boekhandel E. Frencken B.V., a Netherlands-based book and journal seller, to consolidate its position in its home country. Frencken, which has been in business for more than 50 years, will change its name to Frencken Information...

Nature Video rolls out virtual red carpet in Second Life.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Nature Video, a new offshoot of the Nature Publishing Group, is using the web to premiere two documentaries on the future of physics. The premieres will be shown in the Second Life virtual community in Second Nature, the publishing group's...

ProQuest, JISC to bring 80-journal collection to U.K.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... ProQuest and JISC Collections are working together to bring 80 journals from ProQuest's Periodicals Archive Online to the U.K.'s higher and further education communities. The more than 100-year-old collection will be available digitally and...

Wiley-Blackwell named British Journal of Pharmacology publisher.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The British Pharmacological Society selected Wiley-Blackwell to publish the British Journal of Pharmacology, the society's official journal. Wiley-Blackwell, which already publishes the society's British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, will...

Big Country Library System to use Koha ZOOM.(News Bytes)(LibLime )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... LibLime added the Big Country Library System (BCLS) to its list of clients. The BCLS, a 39-member regional library system in Texas, will use the company's Koha ZOOM-hosted system for its next integrated library system and union catalog. During...

MetaPress teams up with Woodhead Publishing.(News Bytes)(MetaPress to partner with Woodhead Publishing Ltd.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... MetaPress announced a new partnership with Woodhead Publishing, Ltd. where MetaPress will develop and host a multitiered ebook platform for Woodhead. Expected completion of the platform will be before July 2009. The platform meets...

Pew survey shows highs, lows of cloud computing.(News Bytes)(Survey)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... A new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that a majority of American internet users have engaged in cloud computing. The survey results show that 69% of the 1,553 adult internet users surveyed have used webmail services,...

UCrime to monitor 100 additional schools.(News Bytes)(UCrime.com )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... UCrime.com is extending its reach to 100 more schools including York University in Canada. The free service, which collects reported crime activity near the schools it monitors, now features data for 200 institutions in North America. The site...

Semantra unveils new partner program.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Semantra launched its Semantra Partner Program, an alliance with the company and a variety of business partners, including Microsoft National Systems Integrators and regional value-added resellers such as Tectura, ePartners, Hitachi,...

EMpact sales signs on to promote Royal Society, ACM journals.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Royal Society renewed its agreement with EMpact Sales, again appointing the publisher representation group as sales and marketing agent. Under the new agreement, EMpact will promote print and electronic versions of the society's science...

Giddyap, Google: tooling up content.(Up Front)(Viewpoint essay)
November 1, 2008... Several months ago, I received a call from a reporter at a national newspaper who was investigating the Google Knol reference product. The reporter was asking if it was taking unfair advantage of Google's market dominance to give products that...

Advances in digital reading, enterprise search, and library automation.(NewsBreak Update)
November 1, 2008... This fall, Penn State University Libraries and the English department began a yearlong pilot project with student groups using the Sony Reader Digital Book, a portable electronic reading device that can hold books, audio files, and other...

Unlimited Priorities to teach Six Sigma, applied problem-solving techniques.(News Bytes)(Unlimited Priorities Corp.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Unlimited Priorities Corp. is targeting Six Sigma and applied problem-solving techniques with new training programs supervised by George Woodley, a certified master black belt with the American Society for Quality. The programs will provide...

ChaCha growth on par with Yahoo!(News Bytes)
November 1, 2008... According to Nielsen Mobile data, ChaCha is now the fastest growing mobile search service with an 800% growth rate, topping Yahoo!'s growth rate of 200%.The service also increased its market share in the U.S. mobile search market to 7%, tying...

TSP diffusion named WilsonWeb distributor.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... H.W. Wilson chose TSP Diffusion to be its distributor for WilsonWeb databases overseas. TSP will supply the products to clients in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Morocco,Tunisia, and Algeria. The France-based TSP also represents Project MUSE,...

O'Reilly Media, Idea Logical Co. joint project to promote XML.(News Bytes)(Extensible markup language)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... O'Reilly Media and the Idea Logical Co. teamed up to launch StartWithXML: Why and How, a project that helps publishers adjust to today's publishing environment, get the most out of their resources, and profit from the new markets made possible...

OCLC inks deal to keep Recorded Books' eAudiobooks in NetLibrary.(News Bytes)(OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... OCLC and Recorded Books are continuing their partnership, allowing Recorded Books' eAudiobooks to remain in OCLC's NetLibrary platform. Under their new agreement, the companies will market the eAudiobooks worldwide, continue to offer...

McGill University Library to digitize rare books collection with Kirtas.(News Bytes)(McGill University Library to partner with Kirtas Technologies and Ristech)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... McGill University Library is partnering with Kirtas Technologies and its Canadian reseller Ristech to take on a large-scale digitization project. The partnership will allow the library to use a Kirtas APT BookScan 2400RA to digitize its rare...

Safari Books Online beefs up SitePoint collection.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Safari Books Online expanded its collection with new books from SitePoint. The new offerings include SitePoint's first reference titles: The Ultimate HTML Reference by Ian Lloyd and The Ultimate CSS Reference by Tommy Olssen and Paul O'Brien....

SAGE, Hindawi introduce new journal.(News Bytes)(SAGE Publications Inc. and Hindawi Publishing Corp.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... SAGE Publications and Hindawi Publishing Corp. launched their new open access journal, Journal of Dental Biomechanics. The publication contains discussions of a variety of applications for routine dental practices and also includes research...

JSTOR readying content collection for for-profit sector.(News Bytes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... JSTOR is targeting researchers and librarians working in the for-profit community with its Corporate & For-Profit Access Initiative. The organization is working with its participating publishers to create a collection that is expected to exceed...

Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... In [September's NewsBreak Update column, Paula Hane wrote about a Trampoline Systems survey that] mentioned that "the top concern of businesses is that social networks... [require] employees to enter information about themselves into the...

Eve of construction.
November 1, 2008... The financial news has created moments of bleakness in recent weeks, yet the messages in my mailbox are mixed about the current state of affairs. I hear that the public libraries in Trenton (N.J.) are in trouble, and branches may need to...

InfoToons.(Cartoon)
November 1, 2008... SO CLOSE TO BECOMING PRESIDENT... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SO CLOSE TO BECOMING PRESIDENT... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HEY LAURA, HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE LEFT? CHECK THAT TWITTER THING YOU TOLD ME ABOUT... [ILLUSTRATION...

The battle over PubMed Central continues.(Focus on Publishing)
November 1, 2008... Like many of you, I have been wondering about the state of political affairs in the U.S. The line between political leadership and comedic satire is so thin at times that it is tough to know whether you're watching CNN or Comedy Central. ...

Dealing with information overload: bring it on.(Internet Waves)
November 1, 2008... OK, maybe I am just wired differently from other people, but I do not suffer from information overload--I revel in it. As editor of DocuTicker and ResourceShelf, I need to keep up with new resources and reports not just on a daily basis,...

The new president and the information industry.(Legal Issues)
November 1, 2008... What a long, strange journey it has been. When this issue goes to press, the 2008 presidential election will be just days away. Many articles have been written about the unprecedented and historic nature of this election: breaking race and...

TransMedia and Glide integrate compatibility and collaboration.(IT Spotlight)(TransMedia Corp.)
November 1, 2008... Here's a high-tech company that offers a solution for firms that want to focus on delivering new media. FOUNDER TransMedia Corp. chairman and CEO Donald Leka became immersed in audio and video content on the web when he served as...

How Firefox add-ons can get you on the plane first.(Library Stuff Revisited)(Viewpoint essay)
November 1, 2008... It was the day before my flight back to New York from West Palm Beach, Fla. Since I was flying on Southwest Airlines, which has no reserved seating, and since I was reluctant to take the word of the airline attesting that families with small...

Introducing the U.S. intellectual property Czar.(Intellectual Property)
November 1, 2008... In late September,U.S. citizens were considering several pressing issues that would influence the country's future. Of course, the first issue was deliberating the presidential candidacies of Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and John McCain,...

BI trends: the next generation of performance management.(Insider's Perspective)(Business intelligence)
November 1, 2008... [This column lets experts in the information technology industry discuss the challenges and trends in their special niche in the marketplace. --Ed.] Business intelligence (BI) applications continue to be a top technology focus for CIOs and...

ACUTA awards honor information communications technology pioneers.(Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education)
November 1, 2008... Three colleges and universities from across the U.S. recently nabbed Institutional Excellence awards from the Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA). The awards, which honor...

Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates: eyes on the prize.
November 1, 2008... David Pendlebury is a bit of a clairvoyant when it comes to Nobel Prize winners. Actually, his predictions are more scientific than mysterious. As the citation analyst and bibliometrician for the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters, he...

Cloud computing: knowing the ground rules.
November 1, 2008... Some enterprises now consider cloud computing to be the nextbest thing to sliced bread. But Jeff Kalwerisky, chief security evangelist of Alpha Software, sees the benefits as well as the hype. As an expert in information security and risk...

Retrospective: 25 years ago in Information Today.(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... Scanning the first few issues of Information Today has proved to be a true learning experience. It's been an interesting lesson in how far technology has come so quickly (relatively speaking, that is), how some companies have endured the test...

Fall Firefox fiesta.
November 1, 2008... Mozilla Firefox is the second most-popular browser on PC and Mac platforms (after their respective default browsers, Internet Explorer and Safari) for a few reasons. First, it is secure and blocks pop-ups. It is also free and open source, so a...

SirsiDynix.(People Line & the Executive Profile)(SirsiDynix to appoint Keith Sturges)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SirsiDynix named Keith Sturges chief sales and marketing officer, a position where he will handle worldwide sales and marketing operations for the company. Sturges previously served as president of SirsiDynix...

Swets.(People Line & the Executive Profile)(Swets to appoint Greg Loxton as national sales manager )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Swets announced the appointment of Greg Loxton as Swets' national sales manager for the U.S. corporate, medical, and government markets. In this role, he will implement strategic sales goals and policies for those market segments and manage...

LibLime.(People Line & the Executive Profile)(LibLime to promote Debra Denault, J. David Bavousett and Mary Moules )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... LibLime has announced three staff appointments: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Debra Denault has been promoted to senior vice president of operations. In this position, she will oversee the company's implementation and support departments....

PALINET.(People Line & the Executive Profile)(PALINET to appoint Laurie A. Gemmill as digital services program manager)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... PALINET announced the appointment of Laurie A. Gemmill as digital services program manager. In this role, she will lead its collaborative digital collection strategy. Most recently, Gemmill worked at OCLC as senior implementation manager...

Library of Congress.(People Line & the Executive Profile)(United States. Library of Congress to appoint Patrick Loughney)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Library of Congress announced the appointment of Patrick Loughney as chief of the Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. In this position, he will oversee the facility where LOC acquires, preserves, and provides...

Elizabeth Satin, Managing Director, The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc.(People Line & the Executive Profile)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... While many companies in the information industry are thriving, the current economic landscape is a bit shakier these days, especially in the world of finance. But according to Elizabeth Satin, the new managing director of The Jordan,...

New projects boost Digital Library content.(International REPORT)(Organization of American States to contract with World Digital Library)
November 1, 2008... The Organization of American States (OAS) agreed to join and to contribute material to the World Digital Library during September. The project, planned by the Library of Congress, now has more than 20 partners who have made a commitment to...

Breeding awarded Fulbright Senior Specialist grant.(News Makers)(Vanderbilt University. Jean and Alexander Heard Library)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Marshall Breeding, director for innovative technologies and research at the Jean and Alexander Heard Library of Vanderbilt University, will be spending 3 weeks in Cordoba, Argentina, in December as part of a grant...

Manga guides spark new educational medium.(News Makers)(No Starch Press)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Get ready for a new wave of educational guides from No Starch Press, publisher of Steal This Computer Book and The Cult of Mac. The publisher launched the Edu-Manga series, offering translations of best-selling...

SLA welcomes new board of directors.(News Makers)(Special Libraries Association)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The votes are in, and the new members will take their places at the board of directors table. SLA reported that 2,356 organization members cast their ballots in the election. This was the first year that election speeches and interview...

Hats off to Wiley authors for winning nobel prize.(News Makers)(Harald zur Hausen)(Francoise Barre-Sinoussi )(Luc Montagnier )(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2008 was awarded to three John Wiley & Sons authors. Harald zur Hausen of Germany received the award for his work on the human papilloma virus that causes cervical cancer. He is also the...

From online information to ebusiness.(Conference Circuit)(Conference news)
November 1, 2008... As the holiday season approaches, the information conference scene is still active, with many options to choose from. See the Conference Calendar (www.infotoday.com/calendar.shtml) for the complete list. Now that ITI's 2008 conferences have...

Conference dates for 2009.(Calendar)
November 1, 2008... Internet@Schools East March 30-31 Hyatt Regency, Crystal City * Arlington, Va. Computers in Libraries March 30-April 1 (Preconference workshops begin March 29; postconference workshops begin April 2) Hyatt...

SIIA's Global Information Industry Summit: content industry considers business models.(REPORT FROM THE FIELD)(Conference notes)
November 1, 2008... When Outsell, Inc.'s chief research Fellow David Worlock opened his session on business models at the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA's) third annual Global Information Summit in London in September, he said, "We've been...

SSP's top management roundtable focuses on empowered authors and publishers.(REPORT FROM THE FIELD)(Society for Scholarly Publishing)
November 1, 2008... The author-publisher relationship is changing. The use of blogs has exploded and podcasts are growing in popularity. Authors are empowered; anyone can be a publisher. Even microblogging systems such as Twitter have become a valid communication...

All things 2.0: the Fall 2008 ASIDIC meeting.(REPORT FROM THE FIELD)
November 1, 2008... Tim O'Reilly actually coined the term "Web 2.0" several years ago as he described the new collaboration of social media technologies emerging at that time. Since then, these systems have developed rapidly while impacting life for internet...

iPRES 2008: the push for digital preservation.(REPORT FROM THE FIELD)
November 1, 2008... In 1998, Peter Lyman and Brewster Kahle pointed out in D-Lib Magazine that AltaVista could search the equivalent of a stack of paper 620 miles high. By 2003, an article in Information Management Journal reported that a typical company's...

Conferences around the world.(Conference news)(Calendar)
November 1, 2008... November 3-4: Richardson, Texas (Radisson Hotel Dallas North--Richardson). The SKM 2008: Secure Knowledge Management workshop addresses the need for increased security in knowledge management systems and poses questions for researchers in...

Nerac: from search to analysis.
November 1, 2008... The Connecticut-based research and advisory firm Nerac has had quite a journey. It started out in 1966 as a three-person operation out of the basement of the University of Connecticut School of Business. Since then, the company has grown...

CABI Health Archive accessible on EBSCO host.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... CABI's Global Health Archive database, which includes more than 800,000 records on public health, tropical and communicable diseases, nutrition, helminthology, entomology, and mycology, is now accessible on EBSCOhost.As a companion to Global...

New Nstein CMS puts publishers first.(Product News & Reviews)(Nstein Technologies Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nstein Technologies' new WCM 4.0 content management system provides tools for the creation and management of complex websites and microsites, just for publishers. According to the company, customer feedback was the...

University of Cambridge teams up with iTunes U.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... University of Cambridge is offering free educational content that includes lectures, short films, and interviews online via iTunes U, an offshoot of the iTunes Store. Available to users worldwide, Cambridge's iTunes U channel features...

NationMaster and StateMaster solve great statistics problem--almost.(Database Review)
November 1, 2008... This should be the Golden Age of Statistics.We've been loading statistical information onto the internet since it began. Since the World Wide Web arrived and made data access easier, almost every agency or organization that creates statistics...

Softcover books enhance Springer's ebook collection.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Springer Science+Business Media announced the launch of MyCopy, a pilot project designed to boost services for ebook users. Registered library patrons can now order softcover copies of Springer books for their personal use that the library...

YouTube adds retail links.(Product News & Reviews)(YouTube Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] YouTube introduced its first steps into the world of ecommerce with click-to-buy links. These links are available on the watch page under the video along with the other community features Share, Favorite, Comment On,...

Nursing@Ovid opens door to health resources.(Product News & Reviews)(Ovid Technologies Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Ovid rolled out Nursing@Ovid, a new portal that provides access to premium nursing and allied health full-text resources. Nursing@Ovid, which is built on OvidSP's search and discovery platform architecture, lets users find answers to real-world...

Onvia: keeping the competitive edge.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... For Craig Lakey, Onvia's vice president of marketing, business continues to grow in spite of belt tightening, budget cuts, and economic fluctuations. In fact, those are some of the key factors that keep users coming back to Onvia for contract...

Swets Gateway opens at Frankfurt Book Fair.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Swets Gateway, a direct sales channel for publishers, made its debut at the Frankfurt Book Fair in mid-October. The service helps publishers sell their content in targeted territories, such as China, India, Central and Southeast Asia, and...

RefChatter targets library uneasiness with IM.(Product News & Reviews)
November 1, 2008... Altarama Information Systems' RefChatter is the latest product available in the company's suite of integrated products for libraries. The web-based offering allows libraries to overcome issues that have kept many of them from using instant...

Maker! Becomes second product released in GeoCommons suite.(Product News & Reviews)
November 1, 2008... FortiusOne unveiled Maker!, the second product in its GeoCommons suite.With the browser-based application, users can create cartographically accurate maps in 5 minutes based on either their own data or GeoCommons open data. The program can fit...

New SirsiDynix products provide reporting, analytics services.(Product News & Reviews)
November 1, 2008... SirsiDynix is targeting librarians looking for an easy-to-use, web-based reporting solution with SirsiDynix Web Reporter 3.2.1. The product runs on SirsiDynix Symphony 3.2.1 and includes tools designed to work with databases such as Oracle,...

Socialtext upgrades suite, tackles Twitter.(Product News & Reviews)
November 1, 2008... Socialtext is offering several new solutions to its customers. First, Socialtext 3.0, which includes Socialtext People, Socialtext Dashboard, and SocialtextWorkspace, is now available. The suite's products let users leverage social networks,...

HighWire Press articles now available via EBSCOhost links.(Product News & Reviews)(EBSCO Publishing)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... EBSCOhost users can now access HighWire Press content via custom links in searches. Now, when a library does not have access to a full-text article through EBSCOhost, a link in the results list lets users retrieve a document from HighWire Press...

IGI Global launches computer science PPV service.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Researchers, scholars, and practicing managers can now search and purchase fulltext PDFs of downloadable research with IGI Global's new pay-per-view (PPV) service called InfoSci-On-Demand. The database includes more than 25,000 articles,which...

SlideRoom: a virtual art gallery.(Product News & Reviews)(https://slideroom.com)(Website overview)
November 1, 2008... Artists now have a new way to showcase their work with a touch of a button. SlideRoom (https://slideroom.com) is a branded online portal where artists can send a virtual copy of their portfolios directly to a selected arts organization....

Houston Chronicle site to help hurricane Ike victims.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... The Houston Chronicle's Chron.com and social media web service good2gether launched the Do Good Channel at http://dogood.chron.com. The service links users to thousands of nonprofit organizations seeking volunteers, financial and in-kind...

Hanson Bridgett, LLP adopts Socket Mobile bar code solution.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Socket Mobile, Inc. added San Francisco law firm Hanson Bridgett, LLP to its list of clients. The firm is using Socket Mobile's bar code scanning solution to automate circulation and enable self-checkout at its San...

RSuite CMS 3.0 beefs up InCopy integration.(Product News & Reviews)(Really Strategies Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Really Strategies, Inc. unveiled version 3.0 of its RSuite CMS. The new product will include editorial features such as RSuite Forms, a plug-in that accesses RSuite from Adobe CS3 InCopy, and XML Editor integrations, as well as an extensions...

ByteShield Software security now compatible with .NET Framework.(Product News & Reviews)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Software companies developing products with the Microsoft Windows .NET Framework can now use ByteShield, Inc.'s ByteShield Software Usage Management technology to protect their work from piracy. ByteShield prevents...

iCopyright's discovery to use fingerprinting to track licensed content.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... iCopyright unveiled its Discovery product, a web-based service that can locate licensed and unlicensed uses of a publisher's content online. The service, which fingerprints publisher content and then searches the web every hour looking for that...

Thomson Reuters teams with Copanion, Healthgate Data Corp.(Product News & Reviews)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Thomson Reuters' GoSystem Tax ES application will work with Copanion's GruntWorx Pro platform to automate the process of organizing and entering client tax data. GruntWorx Pro, a web-based tax document automation platform, will read and...