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All-New ProQuest Platform Goes Live

Université Lumière Lyon II is first to migrate to highly-anticipated new search technology

ANN ARBOR, Mich., November 17, 2010 – France’s Université Lumière Lyon II has migrated to the all-new ProQuest platform, making it the first institution to enable students and faculty to search, discover, gather and share content using the highly-anticipated new technology. Users are able to access all the University’s ProQuest resources in a single, unified search — on campus or remotely —

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Research Shows San Francisco Happy Meal Toy Ban Will Not Change Behavior

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A recently concluded study of 1,200 consumers shows that children play a significantly greater role in choosing McDonald’s than in choosing other quick service restaurants. The Restaurant Selection Study from CFI Group found that nearly one-third (32%) of families who ate at McDonald’s did so because of their kids’ influence. This compares to just 7% for all other quick service restaurants. The study also finds that toys are the primary driver of

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MediaSpan Announces Release of SkyQueTM – SaaS Content Management Solution

The next step in publishing is now on-line with the latest system from MediaSpan.

ANN ARBOR, MI (September 30, 2010) – MediaSpan announced today the upcoming release of its newest addition to its content management suite, SkyQue.

SkyQue is a browser based SaaS deployed solution that offers outstanding functionality and performance. Designed for today’s multichannel world, SkyQue gives users the flexibility to produce and manage all of their multi-media content in one easy to use system regardless

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ERT Systems Announces OnSite BASICTM

Ann Arbor, MI (September 21, 2010) – On-scene personnel accountability remains a critical problem for fire departments across the country. Basic hang-tag systems rely too heavily on manual steps to be effective in the chaotic environment of a fire, but automatic systems are often out of reach due to today’s shrinking budgets. ERT Systems is pleased to introduce a new solution designed specifically to solve these problems.

OnSite BASICTM is an economically-priced system that provides automatic

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ProQuest Ranks 17th in 2010 InformationWeek 500

Ann Arbor-based firm is honored for technology innovations that connect researchers with content and each other

ANN ARBOR, Mich., September 15, 2010 – Ann Arbor-based ProQuest has ranked 17th in the 2010 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. ProQuest, best known for its creation of information and technology tools that support research, is the top-ranked Michigan-based company and even placed higher than distinguished technology giants. InformationWeek is

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ProQuest Eliminates Fees for Basic e-Submission to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

UMI ETD Administrator continues to revolutionize dissertation submission workflow

ANN ARBOR, Mich., August 31, 2010 – ProQuest is making it easier for students to contribute their work to the world’s most widely consulted source of graduate research. The company is eliminating fees for basic submission to ProQuest Dissertation &Theses Database through its ProQuest/UMI ETD Administrator. Use of the ETD Administrator — with its simple, paper-free, online process – has grown significantly and now accounts for

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