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FreePint Reports coming later this month
20th August 2012
Get an overview of the additional reports coming out from FreePint in August 2012.
Big data at work
16th August 2012
It's hard to look at an information industry publication or blog these days without running across the term "Big Data." Sarah Hinton provides a practical look at what this often vague term means to researchers and information professionals. This is a short version of a longer article on the same topic available as part of the FreePint Subscription. The longer article provides specific examples of the impact of Big Data on research projects, suggestions for incorporating Big Data principles into many types of organisations and suggestions for staying informed about this topic. Subscribers can log in to view it now.
Paying attention, social media and big data
14th August 2012
Content Development Editor Scott Brown provides his first Information Content Newsletter editorial and highlights the new FreePint Report: Product Review of Attensa StreamServer. Tim Buckley Owen and Dale Moore cover the latest statistics in social media and big data, respectively.
Latest FreePint Buyer's Guide on Competitive Intelligence now available
14th August 2012
The latest Buyer's Guide Report on Competitive Intelligence provides tips from experts in the field relating to recently released tools, new ways of approaching social media for intelligence, product reviews and more.
Attensa StreamServer - "attention management" for the enterprise
13th August 2012
The Attensa StreamServer is an enterprise-scale content management and delivery system, with a focus on addressing "information abundance" and the amount of attention users pay to specific pieces of content in the system. Attensa’s customers are in the pharmaceutical and legal industries, with a smaller number of customers in the publishing industry. Attensa customers indicate that the product offers significant time savings for its users. The FreePint review of Attensa provides a look at Attensa’s StreamServer and Portal products.
FreePint Reports coming this month
13th August 2012
Get an overview of the reports coming out from FreePint this month.
Want ads and video: Exploring some social tools for competitive intelligence
9th August 2012
Social media offers a gold-mine of timely, topical and useful competitive intelligence. Consider all the ways employees and customers exchange information about companies online, and then set a strategy for non-traditional sources of CI insight. This is a short version of a longer article on the same topic available as part of the FreePint Subscription. The longer article provides many more approaches to using social media for competitive intelligence. Subscribers can log in to view it now.
FreePint: Collaborative, consolidated and welcoming your input
9th August 2012
Following intensive work throughout July 2012, the consolidation of FreePint is complete. The full collection of in-depth reports and dozens of articles are now published in a single FreePint Subscription. Collaboration made it possible, and collaboration with readers -- through your submission of ideas and feedback -- will keep it evolving along with the information industry.
Detecting online plagiarism
8th August 2012
Every organisation that publishes content on the web needs to be aware of the potential for plagiarism and how to stay alert to it. Plagiarism can risk your organisation's reputation, as well as put revenue at risk.
Understanding the FreePint Subscription
8th August 2012
Get to know the newly redeveloped FreePint Subscription with brief video explanations of the features and benefits.
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