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The Power of Business Analysis Tools for Competitive Intelligence
5th June 2013

Andrew Grave discusses how the use of strategy tools such as SWOT and PESTEL can help sharpen competitive intelligence analysis and describes how a lesser-known tool, Porter's Five Forces, has come of age and can be used. He concludes by looking at a situation of disruptive innovation where the tools are less useful.

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Knowledge Management: Importance, Challenges and Prospects
3rd June 2013

Aileen Marshall reviews recent FreePint articles on knowledge management and delves into them to find out current challenges, why technology doesn't always equal better team work, and what the opportunities are as KM expands to include an increasingly-social element.

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D&B360 - A Well Rounded View
31st May 2013

Sophie Alexander reviews D&B360 and finds it an easy-to-use and intuitive sales intelligence tool that provides a current, accurate and well rounded view of companies, contacts and prospects. By providing access to the world's largest platform for real-time Dun & Bradstreet data it can be used to clean, maintain and add value to your existing CRM data.

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Quick Access to Relevant Content in FreePint's Product Reviews
30th May 2013

Product reviews help researchers and information managers compare and contrast the resources available to them. Lengthy PDF documents provide depth but present challenges for time-stressed workers. Shorter articles are easier to scan but cannot provide the level of detail FreePint values. A hybrid approach to publishing sections as stand-alone articles then pulling them together into a comprehensive report makes FreePint's product reviews both convenient and comprehensive.

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Big Data: Providing Speed to Insight
28th May 2013

The true value of big data is the ability to analyse large datasets and in a competitive business environment the time required to reach this analysis is critical. During a recent interview with Dr Phil Hastings, SVP of Marketing for Linguamatics, we came away with some practical examples of how text mining can be used to achieve "speed to insight".

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Duedil - Making Company Data More Transparent
23rd May 2013

Penny Crossland reviews internet start-up Duedil - short for due diligence - and finds it a welcome addition to the numerous web-based providers of company data. Aggregating all UK and Irish company documents from the official registers, around 100 million at the last count, Duedil combines these with information from regulatory registers and presents the data via a visually attractive dashboard, with interactive features.

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Reskilling for Survival in an Increasingly Information-Biased World
23rd May 2013

Info pro expert Sue Hill of Sue Hill Recruitment explains how it's essential that her organisation keep on top of big data development trends in order to best advise client companies and job seekers. She explains what info pros should do to position themselves at the centre of the big data opportunity.

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Big Data Opportunities for Enterprise Librarians
23rd May 2013

Kat Allen looks at skills which enterprise information professionals bring to the world of big data and why they want seats at the table alongside data scientists and developers.

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What's On Your "Must Have" List?
23rd May 2013

FreePint introduces four key topics which are consistently on the "must have" list for FreePint Subscribers. Robin Neidorf explains how to get free Topic Updates by email and introduces the wealth of information available in the premium offering: the FreePint Subscription.

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Info Pros Get More Involved with Big Data
22nd May 2013

Richard Corbridge of the National Institute for Health Research explains how his organisation has seized the opportunities created by the big data explosion and discusses the "trend rift" in the information professionals and how this relates to the "Suits" and "Hoodies" approach.

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