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Monday, December 09, 2013

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NewsBreaks
Informa Acquires Elsevier Business Intelligence
by Marydee Ojala
The latest movement on the merry-go-round of information industry mergers and acquisitions is the purchase by Informa Group PLC of the Elsevier Business Intelligence (EBI) unit. Customers were notified individually at the end of November, but no formal announcement has yet occurred and EBI's URL remains elsevierbi.com. An Elsevier Business Intelligence spokesperson speculated that the unit would be renamed Informa Business Intelligence at the beginning of January 2014 but could not absolutely confirm this. He did say that all the publications and staff were transferring from Elsevier to Informa at the beginning of 2014.

Weekly News Digests
University Creates Big Data Graduate Program
WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) in Massachusetts has a new graduate degree program in data science that is designed to produce professionals who can manage Big Data. This interdisciplinary program officially begins with the fall 2014 semester, but students may now enroll in existing courses for the program.
Frontiers Debuts New OA Journal
Frontiers, part of Nature Publishing Group, added Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution to its open access (OA) Frontiers in … journal series. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution features research in evolutionary biology, ecosystem and systems ecology, macroecology, phylogenetics, and conservation.
Internet Security Providers Team Up
Akamai, a cloud-based security platform, announced its acquisition of Prolexic Technologies, a provider of cloud-based security solutions for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The transaction, which will close during the first half of 2014, gives customers access to a comprehensive portfolio of security solutions.

NewsLink Spotlight
The News of 2013: The Year in Review
by Brandi Scardilli
As another year comes to a close, it's time to reflect on the major information industry happenings that NewsBreaks covered in 2013. Here's an overview of the newsworthy trends, events, and topics from the past year.

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