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Altimeter Group Shakes It Up
27th April 2012

Altimeter Group lives for disruption. This boutique research based advisory firm located in San Mateo, California not only concentrates on disruptive trends, but also prides itself on a disruptive business model.

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Less than 40 days for compliant cookies
25th April 2012

With EU cookie compliance law due to be enforced on 26 May 2012, many organisations are simply not ready. There seems to be no consensus about the best way forward to get websites compliant, and industry suggests that compliance could harm online sales

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Go Press launches as One Pass is culled
25th April 2012

Subscription-based news continues apace in Europe with Piano Media announcing plans for further growth. Elsewhere there are new schemes in the Benelux countries and Holland, and in Belgium an alternative initiative called Go Press. However, Google's One Pass subscription plan has now folded.

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Business continuity: How much would a disruption cost you?
24th April 2012

Nobody likes worrying about what happens in a crisis, but the financial implications can be devastating if unplanned for. How can good information management contribute to effective business continuity planning?

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Jumping on the social business bandwagon
24th April 2012

Social business is a term that IT and Information Professionals have been looking at closely for a while. But what does it actually mean for an organisation and what is the difference between social media and social business?

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Spotlight on VIP 101: Further news analysis for VIP Subscribers
23rd April 2012

Get an overview of the many news analysis articles featured in the April 2012 issue of VIP Magazine - privacy, regulatory compliance, and content pricing models are among this month's topics.

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Creating information packages that pay - A VIP Editorial
23rd April 2012

I can see why I was asked to offer my views in this issue’s editorial as the products reviewed – Digimind and S&P Capital IQ – are certainly pertinent to the work of the financial regulator I am currently employed by.

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Capital gains: Standard & Poor's Capital IQ
23rd April 2012

The April issue of VIP features a product review of Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ, a web-based research platform for global public and private capital markets.

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Digimind: Competitive intelligence monitoring software with a twist
23rd April 2012

My recent product review of Digimind 9 from Digimind allowed me to test drive a product with which I was not familiar, but one that those who work in marketing intelligence may well know.

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"But what is it you DO?" Getting to simplicity in a complex world
23rd April 2012

New results in the fourth annual economic impact survey suggest normalisation of staffing and budget levels. These levels have required a fundamental change in service delivery. Leveraging cuts to create service enhancements rather than service reductions is one opportunity out of a difficult situation, but it requires information managers to communicate value despite the complexities of their offering.

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