Essential resources for competitive intelligence research in biopharma
12th June 2012

Against a backdrop of shrinking development pipelines, global constraints on healthcare expenditure and increasing market access and reimbursement hurdles, no company can make smart decisions without a thorough understanding of its competitors and the competitive environment. Thus, identifying the best resources for research is essential for success.

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VIP Mini Review: 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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Product Review of Newsdesk
22nd May 2012

Newsdesk, from Moreover Technologies, Inc., positions itself as an enterprise media monitoring, competitive intelligence tracking and news distribution tool. It allows users to track a wide variety of “traditional” news, print and broadcast sources, as well as social sources.

Update: A new review of this product is available here »

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Product Review of Alacra Compliance
22nd May 2012

Alacra Compliance is a workflow application that helps organisations comply with the US Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act and UK Financial Services Authority regulations regarding anti-money laundering (AML), anti-terrorist financing, “know your customer” (KYC) and Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements.

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Latest from FreePint Research
22nd May 2012

FreePint Research tries not to miss an opportunity to gather data, and the recent FreePint Webinar: Mobile Content Evolution in the Enterprise provided the chance to learn from over 100 attendees about their current mobile status, priorities and areas for development.

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Executive summary of product review of Newsdesk
22nd May 2012

Newsdesk, from Moreover Technologies, Inc., positions itself as an enterprise media monitoring, competitive intelligence tracking and news distribution tool. It allows users to track a wide variety of ‘traditional’ news, print and broadcast sources, as well as social sources.

Update: A new review of this product is available here »

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Executive summary of product review of Alacra Compliance
22nd May 2012

Alacra Compliance is a workflow application that helps organisations comply with the US Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act and UK Financial Services Authority regulations regarding anti-money laundering (AML), anti-terrorist financing, "know your customer" (KYC) and Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements.

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From shelves to bytes: one law library's journey to a visual eLibrary
10th May 2012

Economic changes impact where investments are made and how clients are served. Many of these changes are the direct result of clients shining the spotlight on the delivery and pricing of legal services. Smart organisations focus more on efficiency and cost savings as they continue to grow and adapt services to meet client needs in a better way.

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Put information management skills to work for Digital Asset Management
10th May 2012

The Exploratorium is an interactive, hands-on museum of science, art and human perception, located in San Francisco, California. It has assets in all sorts of formats and in every condition, from hi-8 tapes to 35mm slides and everything in between. In 2003, the museum applied for and received an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant to begin creating a metadata schema, building a taxonomy and indexing Exploratorium digital assets, and it relied on digital librarians to get the job done.

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How to create a win/loss analysis programme to do better business
10th May 2012

Win/loss analysis is a wonderful way to collect sales and tactical competitive intelligence, since you are querying and listening to your customers and those who selected another provider. The communication is two-way and immediate. Analyse the results of numerous interviews and learn how you can win more business.

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