Mumbai, Maharashtra, Rave Technologies, a leading provider of Outsourced Product Development for Independent Software Vendors, today announced that global publisher RSC Publishing has launched a new integrated content delivery platform built by Rave software development team.
RSC Publishingbeta is powered by MarkLogic Server, the industry leading XML content server, and provides a fully integrated web platform to deliver a rich set of chemistry content to users worldwide. Rave has worked closely with RSC to architect, design, develop and integrate the new content delivery platform into RSC existing technology infrastructure and enterprise applications. RSC Publishing will host their content locally and use the Rave suite of administration tools to manage the online content delivery operation, giving RSC full control of their content delivery platform.
Anand Jhaveri, CEO, Rave Technologies said, "Its been a privilege to work with the people at RSC Publishing. Together we have achieved more than the successful launch of this excellent product; we have forged a lasting partnership that will continue to drive innovations in publishing technologies for years to come, for the benefit of all RSC constituents and Rave clients."
RSC Publishingbeta offers a number of new features for a significantly enhanced user experience. The new platform is developed based on detailed user research, and offers new ways to discover content and other exciting features including:
- Powerful, fast simple search.
- Effortless browsing through millions of RSC journal articles and book chapters.
- Context-sensitive facets and filters for getting to the specific information, with ease.
- Quick access and consistent navigation irrespective of the content type - journals, books or databases.
- Librarians portal for managing subscriptions, obtaining usage reports and federated access.
Graham McCann, Product Manager, RSC Publishing commented, "The key benefit of releasing the platform as an open beta is that early and frequent releases help create a tight feedback loop between the development of the platform and users, enabling us to listen to and fulfill user requirements."
He further added, "The release early, release often philosophy empowers the user to help define what the platform will become - the partnership between us and our users and working with the skilled team of technical architects, software developers and business analysts at Rave should result in producing something exceptional."
Notes to Editor
About RSC Publishing
RSC Publishing is a not-for-profit publisher wholly owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry. We are one of the largest and most dynamic publishers of chemical science information in the world. The publishing activity dates back to 1841 and today we publish a wide range of journals, magazines, databases and books.
www.rsc.org/publishing
About the Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Supported by a worldwide network of 45,000 members and an international publishing business, our activities span education, conferences, science policy and the promotion of chemistry to the public.
www.rsc.org
About Rave Technologies,
Rave Technologies is a leader in Outsourced Product Development for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and On-demand or Software-As-a-Service (SaaS) providers. Rave has been in business for over 20 years and has worked with more than 50 different ISVs and SaaS companies globally; earning their trust and helping them deliver more than 250 product releases to the marketplace. Rave has software development centers in Mumbai (Head Office) and Bangalore in India, with sales offices in London (UK), Cupertino and Austin (USA). Rave is an ISO 9001:2000 and CMMi Level 3 certified organization.
www.rave-tech.com
