Ingenta
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Founded in 1998, Ingenta provided technology
and associated services to the publishing and information industries. Its software enables scholarly, financial and business publishers to make content available to online institutional and individual end users, under a variety of business models.
In 2007, Ingenta merged with VISTA, and Publishers Communication Group (PCG) to form a new company, Publishing Technology plc
, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange
's Alternative Investment Market
.
Today, IngentaConnect is provided to over 13,500 publications and includes over 4.5 million articles.
. The company acquired US document delivery supplier UnCover in March 2000, and became publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange
two months later, before going on to acquire Publishers Communication Group (in June) and Dynamic Diagrams
(in September). Ingenta merged with CatchWord in January of the following year, and went on to acquire HERON in March 2002.
The company partnered with Google
to enable indexing of its hosted full text in May 2004, and launched a new flagship website, IngentaConnect, that October. During 2005, the company's product line was streamlined and relaunched: new library services include IngentaConnect Complete; new publisher services include IngentabyDesign and Connect Collections. Further pioneering work with Google in 2006, along with groundbreaking research into RDF
triplestores, saw Ingenta ranked 10th in the UK industry sector for the R&D Scoreboard published by the Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)http://www.innovation.gov.uk/rd_scoreboard/downloads/2006_rd_scoreboard_analysis.pdf.
To date, Ingenta has over 300 publisher customers, 25,000 institutional library
customers and 2 million end users. IngentaConnect supports over 31 million user sessions and delivers over 1 million full text articles each month.
Technologies provided by Ingenta include:
Ingenta's marketing
services, provided by its Publishers Communication Group (PCG)http://www.pcgplus.com subsidiary, help publishers maximise distribution of their content.
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
and associated services to the publishing and information industries. Its software enables scholarly, financial and business publishers to make content available to online institutional and individual end users, under a variety of business models.
In 2007, Ingenta merged with VISTA, and Publishers Communication Group (PCG) to form a new company, Publishing Technology plc
Publishing Technology plc
Publishing Technology plc is a UK-based international provider of information technology and services to publishers. Customers include both academic and trade publishers, and services encompass both journal and book publishing, as well as digital media...
, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
's Alternative Investment Market
Alternative Investment Market
AIM is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange, allowing smaller companies to float shares with a more flexible regulatory system than is applicable to the main market....
.
Today, IngentaConnect is provided to over 13,500 publications and includes over 4.5 million articles.
History
Ingenta was founded in May 1998, and acquired the Bath Information Data Services (BIDS), a British bibliographic service, later that year from the University of BathUniversity of Bath
The University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966....
. The company acquired US document delivery supplier UnCover in March 2000, and became publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
two months later, before going on to acquire Publishers Communication Group (in June) and Dynamic Diagrams
Dynamic Diagrams
Dynamic Diagrams is an information design consultancy based in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Its services include information architecture and design for web sites and applications, as well as diagramming complex processes, systems, and data to help clients explain and sell their ideas...
(in September). Ingenta merged with CatchWord in January of the following year, and went on to acquire HERON in March 2002.
The company partnered with Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
to enable indexing of its hosted full text in May 2004, and launched a new flagship website, IngentaConnect, that October. During 2005, the company's product line was streamlined and relaunched: new library services include IngentaConnect Complete; new publisher services include IngentabyDesign and Connect Collections. Further pioneering work with Google in 2006, along with groundbreaking research into RDF
Resource Description Framework
The Resource Description Framework is a family of World Wide Web Consortium specifications originally designed as a metadata data model...
triplestores, saw Ingenta ranked 10th in the UK industry sector for the R&D Scoreboard published by the Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)http://www.innovation.gov.uk/rd_scoreboard/downloads/2006_rd_scoreboard_analysis.pdf.
To date, Ingenta has over 300 publisher customers, 25,000 institutional library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
customers and 2 million end users. IngentaConnect supports over 31 million user sessions and delivers over 1 million full text articles each month.
Technologies provided by Ingenta include:
- content digitisation and preparation
- content enhancement and hostingWeb hosting serviceA web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients as well as providing Internet...
- websiteWebsiteA website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
creation - information architectureInformation ArchitectureInformation architecture is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, Content Management Systems, web development, user interactions, database development, programming,...
- online distribution
- access controlAccess controlAccess control refers to exerting control over who can interact with a resource. Often but not always, this involves an authority, who does the controlling. The resource can be a given building, group of buildings, or computer-based information system...
and ecommerce software
Ingenta's marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
services, provided by its Publishers Communication Group (PCG)http://www.pcgplus.com subsidiary, help publishers maximise distribution of their content.