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ProQuest, a part of the Cambridge Information Group, continues to take giant steps to enhance its business. According to officials at the Ann Arbor, MI-based company, these enhancements are designed to position the firm for worldwide growth in its niche market, a direction the company has taken ever since it merged with CSA in 2007. The biggest recent acquisition was the purchase of Dialog from the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters this summer for an undisclosed price. The acquisition of Dialog also includes the company's DataStar unit, which has access to more than 350 databases of worldwide business and technical information. Another big move ProQuest made without affecting the bottom line of the balance sheet was a partnership with Google to digitize the content of small and large newspapers and bring the content to the open web. The partnership has already started and is expected to continue for years to come.
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Proquest: Adding Dialog to the Mix
ProQuest, a part of the Cambridge Information Group (CIG), continues to take giant steps to enhance its business. According to officials at the Ann Arbor, Mich. -based company, these enhancements are designed to position the firm for worldwide growth in its niche market, a direction the company has taken ever since it merged with CSA in 2007.
This year has been particularly busy for ProQuest. For starters, 2008 generated plenty of new growth:* This winter, ProQuest acquired RefWorks, LLC, web-based research services for academic and research communities.* This spring, it acquired federated-search pioneer WebFeat.* This summer, it purchased Dialog from the Scien...See the full content of this document
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