Thought this might be of interest. Daniel
Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Edward Farmer <[email protected]> >> Subject: DataMarket latest: bringing (pretty) big data to campus >> Date: 28 June 2013 14:58:22 GMT+01:00 >> To: Daniel Dietrich >> >> >> DataMarket and ProQuest Announce Major New Global Data Portal >> Researchers, students and library users will be able to search, compare, >> visualize and share billions of key facts and figures about the world, their >> countries and communities >> >> REYKJAVIK, Iceland and BOSTON, Massachusetts, 28 June 2013 – DataMarket and >> ProQuest today announced the creation of ProQuest International DataSets, to >> be marketed by ProQuest to its thousands of college, university and library >> partners worldwide. It will be launched this fall and will be one of the >> largest collections of economic, demographic and social data in the world, >> accessible to millions of faculty, staff and students. >> >> “Our goal is to give people one place where they can get the data they need >> to understand the world around them. We are thrilled to be bringing together >> our technology and data collections with those of ProQuest, which include US >> and international census and statistical abstracts and the Historical >> Newspapers archive, as well as unique resources from Oxford Economics. This >> is only the start of a long-term partnership, and our shared ambition is to >> create a world-leading gateway to global data and information,” said Hjalmar >> Gislason, founder and CEO of DataMarket. >> >> “Creating resources that can support in-depth data mining takes a unique >> skill set,” said Susan Bokern, ProQuest Vice-President, Information >> Solutions. “Matching the strengths of ProQuest’s team of statistical data >> experts with those of DataMarket and Oxford Economics is producing a >> particularly rich and expansive resource." >> >> ProQuest International DataSets will bring complex and diverse data together >> from hundreds of sources in one place and one format, enabling data to be >> searched, compared, visualized and shared. The resource will combine the >> full content set and technology architecture from DataMarket along with >> content from both ProQuest and Oxford Economics’ renowned array of >> quantitative and qualitative research. It will be fully interactive, >> allowing users to create their own charts and reports from diverse sources >> and also embed context and commentary with them. ProQuest International >> DataSets is the first product being launched under a seven-year agreement >> signed recently between DataMarket and ProQuest. >> >> Contacts: >> Edward Farmer, communications director, [email protected], +354 863 1923. >> Hjalmar Gislason, CEO, [email protected], 617 803 0486 >> >> >> About DataMarket >> DataMarket helps people find and understand data. We bring complex and >> diverse data together in one place and one format so it can be searched, >> compared, visualized and shared – between individuals, across groups and >> organizations, or with the world. DataMarket is licensed to enterprises and >> data publishers as a white-label SaaS solution and includes seamless access >> to our ever-expanding collection of facts and figures from leading global >> data providers. DataMarket is a private company with product development >> based in Reykjavik and its sales office in Boston, Massachusetts. >> www.datamarket.com. >> >> About ProQuest (www.proquest.com) >> ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious >> research, the company’s products are a gateway to the world’s knowledge >> including dissertations, governmental and cultural archives, news, >> historical collections and e-books. ProQuest technologies serve users across >> the critical points in research, helping them discover, access, share, >> create and manage information. >> >> The company’s cloud-based technologies offer flexible solutions for >> librarians, students and researchers through the ProQuest®, Bowker®, >> Dialog®, ebrary®, EBL® and Serials Solutions®businesses – and notable >> research tools such as the Summon® discovery service, RefWorks® Flow, Pivot™ >> and Intota®, a new library services platform. The company is headquartered >> in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with offices around the world. >> >> -- >> Edward Farmer >> Director of Communications > > _________________________________________ > Deputy Director, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University > Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK > phone: 0044 1908 653800, fax: 0044 1908 653169 > email: [email protected] web: kmi.open.ac.uk/people/domingue/ > > President, STI International > Amerlingstrasse 19/35, Austria - 1060 Vienna > phone: 0043 1 23 64 002 - 16, fax: 0043 1 23 64 002-99 > email: [email protected] web: www.sti2.org > > > > > > > > > > -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an > exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC > 038302). > _______________________________________________ > Bigdata mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.atosresearch.eu/mailman/listinfo/bigdata
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