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All a-flap about maps
27th June 2012

Mapping and visualisation tools are not only gaining popularity as an enabler for many of the products we use and project development on a day to day basis as I considered in a previous LiveWire post. The mapping products themselves are generating some interesting news around competition, market penetration and privacy.

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Company fundamentals: Still plenty of work to be done
27th June 2012

Company data is the bedrock of business information – so you’d be forgiven for believing that it must be comprehensively covered by now. Well, it isn’t. Indeed, so patchy is company information provision generally that vendors continue to see gaps.

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Evolution Summer 2012: FreePint Consolidates
27th June 2012

In the summer of 2012, FreePint is undergoing evolution, consolidating its publishing brands into the single FreePint brand. Read about these changes and the expanded access and added value they will bring to you.

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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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