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The evolution of SharePoint
27th June 2012

Many speculate that Microsoft's purchase of Yammer as well recent influx of search-centred add on products for SharePoint will improve the user-experience of this tool. Certainly, one wonders if these changes will really make a difference in how SharePoint is perceived amongst law firms, where SharePoint usage has become almost ubiquitous.

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Cookies law already crumbling
27th June 2012

The LiveWire has been following the countdown and the introduction of the new EU cookie over this last month or so. The questions now are so what and any impacts so far?

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Could Yammer socialise SharePoint?
27th June 2012

A number of sources have reported that Microsoft is very close to purchasing the enterprise social network Yammer for approximately £1.2 billion. Although not officially announced the purchase of Yammer by Microsoft would certainly make sense, given some of the challenges when using Microsoft's flagship internal collaboration tool SharePoint.

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InfoArmy and Mancx - allies or threats?
26th June 2012

A couple of new crowdsourced business ventures have recently been launched which, depending on your point of view, could either be seen as a threat or an opportunity for business researchers.

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Open and shared data saves lives
25th June 2012

Not all data can be truly open as there are privacy issues. But making data more sharable, such as health records, could save lives. Efforts on this front were featured at a recent World Bank event focused on free and open source geographic information systems and mapping tools that will strengthen disaster risk reduction, humanitarian relief and sustainable development.

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Breaking down borders with KM: Why is it so difficult?
25th June 2012

With all the tools at our fingertips, sharing information across international borders should be easy. So why is it such a headache?

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iPad library services, corporate-style
25th June 2012

The use of iPads and other mobile technologies has been widely embraced in academic and public libraries. A quick search reveals various posts from libraries in these sectors using iPads to deliver services to users that are more efficient, engaging and productive.

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Private Company Data: Use Cases
24th June 2012

The availability of data about private companies, particularly in jurisdictions where minimal or no reporting is required by law, can be challenging to obtain. Bureau van Dijk provided FreePint with fresh awareness of what is available and how to access it. The information was so useful, we commissioned two articles for FreePint readers on the topic. This article provides a case study on how to approach research on a privately held US company. When the company is not legally required to disclose information, where can a researcher turn?

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The more things change ...
20th June 2012

Some tensions may persist in perpetuity. Consider that between sagacious seasoned veterans and, say, kids today. There's no end of research that demonstrates, for example, how different the work ethic (or at least generational perception of it) is between older and younger workers. It might be easy to write off youth as having short attention spans, but the message must mind the medium as we address evolving technological and information needs.

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Information that fits the job just-right - A VIP Editorial
20th June 2012

As a patent researcher, on any given day I'm basically on a digital scavenger hunt, trying to find just the right piece of information that could fit my client’s needs. Instead of an entire article or report, oftentimes it comes down to finding one or two sentences in lengthy publications to help disprove an invention’s novelty.

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