Panjiva mini review: Part 1
13th March 2012

Panjiva sounds so much more interesting than “GlobalReferenceCheck”, the original name for this product. So just what does Panjiva offer? It’s a research tool that aims to connect suppliers with buyers and make finding and qualifying potential suppliers a less painful process.

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Big data - too clever for end-users?
13th March 2012

Using big data analytics can help empower organisations to make better and faster contextualised decisions in response to business opportunities or threats. However, despite the range of products available to help with this, many companies still lack the requisite skills to use them.

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Who's following who?
12th March 2012

Last month LinkedIn announced that they were launching a "Follow company" button. Designed for companies to use on their website, the LinkedIn "Follow company" button allows LinkedIn users to follow updates and activities associated with a company via their LinkedIn account.

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Misspellings, gibberish, sarcasm and slang - welcome to the world of sentiment analytics
12th March 2012

New on the sentiment analysis scene is Thomson Reuters News Analytics which claims to offer hard, actionable data. Scale is key for success in this field, as offered by LinkedIn, but be warned, the science is still in its infancy with serious limitations.

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BRIC billionaires, brands and banks
11th March 2012

While western economies stumble, growth in BRIC countries is picking up the pace. This is especially true of Brazil where development, innovation and branding as well as scientific research is rising along with the number of billionaires.

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In the relationship business?
9th March 2012

Information professionals should not underestimate the work they do in the relationship business. They connect people and groups in businesses but also across communities, some deprived, through libraries and local initiatives brokering deals and building partnerships.

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Disassociation and library associations
9th March 2012

Most people accept that we live in a fragmented world. Social, political, economic and technological change seems to happen on a regular basis and at times it can be hard to keep up. Within the information profession, change might appear to occur more slowly.

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Stakeholder communication planning
9th March 2012

In the first article in this series on stakeholders, we explored how to identify and prioritise stakeholders in the organisation. In this article, we examine the different ways to connect with stakeholders, both formally and informally, and discuss our stakeholders’ needs in more depth. We then provide a lightweight framework for developing a stakeholder communications plan.

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Copyright law changes afoot
9th March 2012

Copyright: a subject that has the ability to inspire fear, uncertainty and dread in the hearts of information practitioners. Most will encounter it during the course of their professional career; some even inherit it as a "poisoned chalice", taking on the heavy duty (and often thankless task) of ensuring licence compliance.

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A look at Middle East and North African sources
9th March 2012

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