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Product Review of Corporate Affiliations (Value - Competitors, Development & Pricing)
26th June 2014
The value offered, competitors and pricing are under scrutiny in the final part of Sophie Alexander's review of Corporate Affiliations, a database of the world's largest companies, their executives and board members plus company news.
Product Review of Comintelli Knowledge XChanger (Introduction; Contact Details)
26th June 2014
Reviewer Libby Trudell introduces Comintelli and Knowledge XChanger, the company's flagship Competitive Intelligence product, plus its SaaS-based product, intelligence2day.
Product Review of Precise MediaPlatform+ (Technology - Search, Outputs & Alerts, User Interface & Help)
25th June 2014
This article looks at the searching and analysis capabilities within Precise MediaPlatform+, a media monitoring and analysis service. In this, the third part of his review, Chris Porter details in particular the many options for filtering and sorting article results, he also describes the range of options for producing coverage analysis charts.
Making Information Visible in Pharmaceutical Companies
25th June 2014
Robin Neidorf reports on FreePint research into how pharmaceutical companies approach information discovery and intranet optimisation. Research covered facets such as budget used towards resource discovery, satisfaction with approaches to discovery, and the varying definitions of "discovery".
Avoiding an Information Disaster!
24th June 2014
Looking at problems and disasters caused by lack of correct information or information being presented in a confusing manner, James Mullan outlines how having good information management, strategy and information governance policies in place can help manage information effectively, avoid an information disaster or provide a more timely response to human emergencies.
Product Review of Corporate Affiliations (Technology - Search, Outputs & Alerts, User Interface & Help)
24th June 2014
The third section of this review highlights the variety of search criteria available in Corporate Affiliations for company and personnel searches, as well as its corporate hierarchies, historical search feature and M&A news. Corporate Affiliations contains business intelligence on some of the world's largest public and privately held companies.
Product Review of Precise MediaPlatform+ (Sources - Content & Coverage)
23rd June 2014
Chris Porter looks at content coverage in Precise MediaPlatform+, a monitoring and analysis tool covering both traditional and social media from UK-based media monitoring and PR tools provider Precise. He looks at sources covered from print media to key Twitter accounts plus special features such as international monitoring options.
From "Systems of Record" to "Systems of Engagement"
23rd June 2014
The downloading of an app onto a smartphone is something that has become the norm. There is an app for practically everything you might want to undertake these days. Apps are everywhere and are literally taking over our lives. Naturally within organisations the landscape is a bit different, however organisations are beginning to see how they must redefine how they think about information management and governance in order to manage social technologies. This is especially important with the move from "systems of record" to "systems of engagement".
A View Inside Library Outsourcing - Content Acquisition
19th June 2014
UCB recently outsourced its subscription management and content negotiations to Infotrieve. Robin Neidorf interviews both companies to find out what it outsourcing the portfolio and contact management means for them. The article also explores the wider ramifications of outsourcing procurement functions, plus identifying benefits in areas from usage analysis to licensing agreements with content suppliers.
Product Review of Corporate Affiliations (Sources - Content & Coverage)
19th June 2014
The second section of this review looks at the types of companies and key executives and directors listed on Corporate Affiliations, as well as its business news sources and MergerTrak. Sophie Alexander also examines how the information is verified and sourced before being included in this business information database that enables searching on the world’s leading public and private companies.
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