Product Review of Manzama (Competitors, Development & Pricing)
3rd April 2015

In the final part of his review, author Chris Porter looks at the product development plans and competitor landscape for current awareness service Manzama. He also reports on pricing and the value Manzama offers through its clear understanding of the content needs and working practices of its legal and professional services customers.

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Results from FreePint Research into Visibility Part 4 - Strategy and Success
3rd April 2015

In the final part of her analysis of FreePint's research into visibility, Robin Neidorf presents the findings relating to strategies for making information visible, and how successful respondents feel their efforts to be. Free commentary from those polled also sheds interesting light on areas such as the internal environment and working with vendors.

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Product Review of LexisNexis TotalPatent (Sources - Content & Coverage)
3rd April 2015

In the second part of her review Robyn Smith looks at the sources covered by global research database TotalPatent and how it leverages content from parent company Reed Elsevier. She digs into the detail such as how quickly patents processed by an issuing authority arrive within TotalPatent.

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The End of Knowledge Management As We Know it?
3rd April 2015

Are we seeing the end of knowledge management or has the terminology simply changed? Perhaps there are many new forms of knowledge management, which are helping organisations appreciate the value of creating, sharing and managing knowledge, writes James Mullan, as he looks at developments such as social business, digital workplaces and social intranets.

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Product Review of Manzama (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration & Help)
2nd April 2015

Chris Porter looks at the technology aspects of Manzama in the third section of a four-part review of the updated legal information service. He delves into areas such as profile and search set-up, filtering within results, and charts and trends. Chris comments on the ease of the alert set-up and variety of post-processing options.

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The Building Blocks of Visualisation - Part 2 of 2
2nd April 2015

In the second part of his article tackling the new and existing techniques for visualisation, Larry Rafsky, chairman and chief scientist at Acquire Media delves into some of the most important forms of visualisation in NewsEdge such as tag clouds (word cloud combined with isomap), Venn diagrams and concentric Venn diagrams. Through a series of examples he illustrates how these can identify fresh insights. He also gives a taste of new visualisations in the pipeline.

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Product Review of LexisNexis TotalPatent (Introduction; Value; Contact Details)
2nd April 2015

In the first part of her review Robyn Smith introduces TotalPatent, the global patent research database from LexisNexis, covering 100 patent issuing authorities. She also provides an overview of value offered along with the company's contact details. Patents are searchable in their original language (except for non-Latin) as well as machine-translated English for 10 languages.

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Product Review of Manzama (Sources - Content & Coverage)
1st April 2015

In the second part of his review of the newly updated legal information service Manzama, Chris Porter looks at the precision and breadth of its sources and content coverage in areas from news websites to legal case filings and social media channels.

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Results from FreePint Research into Visibility Part 3 - User Behaviour
31st March 2015

In the third part of her analysis of FreePint's research into visibility, Robin Neidorf focuses on the findings around user behaviour. The results include a useful list of suggestions and ideas for how to connect directly with users on their own terms in ways that are meaningful to them. Barriers to influencing user behaviour are scrutinised and we asked respondents to rate the importance of different tools and activities in influencing user behaviour around information visibility.

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Q&A with Martin White - Information Scientist
31st March 2015

FreePint interviews Martin White, specialist in enterprise search, intranet and information management strategy. The conversation covers the origins of computer-based search applications, his definition of enterprise search, and whether we should be investing in better search technology. We also asked about his book "Enterprise Search", first published around two years ago, to find out what will be new in the second edition coming out this year.

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