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Apps - a retrograde step?
11th June 2012

Remember when you needed some information and you'd simply visit a website to get it? Now, with the internet available from such a plethora of devices, you’re likely to have to download an app first. It feels like a backward step – but how much longer will it last?

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There can be chemistry in compliance & litigation
8th June 2012

For researchers and information professionals working in the financial sector and especially in compliance departments, it can be hard to keep up with the myriad of banking regulations, compliance entities and acronyms that seem to spring up on a regular basis. Well, there is now an overview of the main regulations, supplied in the form of a periodic table by Alacra.

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Get a clear picture of information investments
6th June 2012

There are so many intangibles in information work that it can be incredibly challenging to evaluate the efficacy of our efforts. How rare and lovely are those moments when you can point to an information resource that resulted in clear business advantage? What's needed is a good basis for comparison on information investment and resources, but it's very difficult to come by.

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Investing in compliance
4th June 2012

Some expenses can never be avoided. Even when content budgets are slashed, spending on compliance-related products remains stable or even grows. If regulatory compliance is part of your job, learn about FreePint Family resources that can help -- including the free FreePint Report: Buyer's Guide on Compliance.

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BYOD: the risks and the consequences
4th June 2012

Employers are keeping an ever closer eye on what their employees get up to, and one reason is the growing Bring Your Own Device to Work or BYOD movement. But the regulation seems to lag behind the technology, and the current disregard for people management is storing up trouble ahead.

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R.R. Donnelley cements EDGAR Online partnership
1st June 2012

R.R. Donnelley has gone from strength to strength in the last 18 months, moving away from its roots as a print business to becoming a self-styled integrated communications provider for the B2B sector.

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Delightful intranets: beauty and brains
31st May 2012

How can you get users engaging with your intranet? Make it beautiful to drive a positive emotional response.

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Why you are global, even if you do not think you are
31st May 2012

If you're planning your marketing on a regional basis, you might be missing out on valuable opportunities at the global level. We often hear from sponsors that they want a digital mailing list that reaches one country or continent... but is that truly serving their goals?

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China trumps in scientific publishing?
31st May 2012

At the Online Information conference, in December 2011, I reported on the flurry of discussions, influences and markers that China seemed to be having in the world of scientific publishing.

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Studying the Financial Times' MBA Newslines
30th May 2012

The Financial Times (FT) recently introduced a new service called MBA Newslines as a bolt-on to the FT website content. Newslines provides the ability to annotate any article and any number of articles from the FT's entire content offering. That’s a lot of content and opens up a potentially unlimited resource for commentary, debate and analysis of current business issues.

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