Product Review of Northern Light SinglePoint (Value - Help & Training; Competitors; Development; Pricing)
13th May 2016

Northern Light's SinglePoint provides a single point of access to all of a client's research information, both internal and from leading technology and industry research analysts. In the final part of her product review, Sophie Alexander looks at help available for both users and administrators, new developments in the pipeline and competitors including Factiva and MuseGlobal. She summarises the product's value and how the company's maturity has led to an increasingly sophisticated product.

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Product Review of Northern Light SinglePoint (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration)
12th May 2016

Northern Light's SinglePoint provides a single point of access for all of a client's research information, both internal and from leading technology and industry research analysts. In the third part of her product review, Sophie Alexander looks at the technology and tests the product's focused delivery of pertinent content. She looks at dashboard functionality, Northern Light's MI Analyst technology, and how collaboration and sharing of research content is encouraged.

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Mini Review of Figshare
11th May 2016

Online digital repository Figshare allows users to upload and share, for free, their research outputs, in any file format. In light of a future where researchers will increasingly have to make all of their data publicly available, reviewer Sophie Alexander outlines key advantages of using Figshare for the three user groups of researchers, publishers and institutions. She also looks at the technology and how it performs in the day-to-day management of research data.

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Product Review of Northern Light SinglePoint (Sources - Content & Coverage)
6th May 2016

If you're looking for one point of entry to high quality information from some of the world's leading technology and industry research analysts, then Northern Light's SinglePoint could be your go-to source. In the second part of our review, Sophie Alexander looks at current content partners, how clients can add their own internal research to the portal, and how a bespoke portal might also include Northern Light business news, white papers, social media and more, in 18 languages.

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Q&A with Avention - An update on DataVision
5th May 2016

Avention recently launched DataVision, their first product designed specifically for marketers. Michael Levy interviews Avention's Lauren Bakewell to find out more about the new product and why they've extended from sales intelligence and business research tools into marketing technology, her views on account-based marketing, and what developments are in the pipeline.

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Product Review of Northern Light SinglePoint (Introduction; Key Advantages; Contact Details)
5th May 2016

Northern Light's SinglePoint provides a single point of access for all of a client's internal and external research information. In the first part of the review, Sophie Alexander looks at what's changed since Jinfo's 2013 review, what key advantages SinglePoint brings to users in Europe and the US, and how quickly ROI might be achieved.

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Taking an Entrepreneurial Approach to the Value Conversation
4th May 2016

Can information professionals have more effective conversations around value if they think more entrepreneurially? In a recent Community session, Robin Neidorf led participants through Jinfo's skills development framework and explained how to map your value skills against it, whether for the current situation, "Known Unknown" or "Great Unknown".

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Seeing Technology as an Opportunity for Skills Development
3rd May 2016

The practitioner's technology skill set is the area that has seen a real surge in the last five or so years. Jinfo's director of research, Robin Neidorf, recently led participants through an in-depth look at how to build, train and nurture skills in your information team. In this article we take a look at Jinfo's skills development framework and how to make use of it to identify current and future technology skills training requirements.

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Evolving Your Team's Skills in Source Expertise
2nd May 2016

There is still a lag in information professionals' confidence to really embrace the ability to have strategic conversations about value. In a recent Community session Jinfo looked at how to apply its skills development framework to tackle the "Known Unknowns" and "Great Unknowns" around value questions, such as is the cost commensurate with the results.

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Diagnosing Your Information Team's Skills Gap
29th April 2016

How do you plan strategically for an uncertain future? In an April Community session, Jinfo's director of research, Robin Neidorf, led participants through an in-depth look at how to assess and plan the skills your information team needs for now and heading into the future, across their sources, technology and value expertise. Here, we take a look at Jinfo's skills development framework and how to make use of it.

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