Product Review of DueDil (Introduction; Value; Contact Details)
13th January 2016

Chris Porter begins his in-depth product review of the Enterprise service from company information provider DueDil, covering UK and Irish corporate filings. He sets out how its users gain value from DueDil, and what makes it an intriguing, new-generation information vendor.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2607

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IS and IT Make Sense of the "Digital Workplace"
2nd December 2015

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Product Review of EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus (Sources - Content & Coverage)
12th January 2016

Sophie Alexander continues her product review of EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus (BSC+). She details the range of content available on the curated premium business reference database and how it works with other EBSCO content and discovery services. She highlights a number of special features that allow deeper investigation through contextual access to thousands of titles and to the world’s largest public and private companies.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2605

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Product Review of EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus (Introduction; Value; Contact Details)
11th January 2016

Sophie Alexander begins her product review of EBSCO Business Source Corporate Plus (BSC+). The database, launched in 2011, offers a broad set of curated premium business reference content for all industries. She outlines its main client groups and what it offers information professionals in terms of supplying news content and exclusive resources, and summarises how it provides value to organisations.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2605

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Product Review of Eikon
8th January 2016

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Q&A with Cortera - Analysing US Business Information
7th January 2016

Sophie Alexander caught up with Jim Swift, CEO of Cortera, to find out more about the company and the work they do and how they've approached the challenge of US private company information over the past 20 years, and how it evolved into their running of Cortera.

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Creating the Right Organisational Culture
7th January 2016

As part of the FreePint Research Focus "Strategic Alignment of IS and IT", management and culture change consultant Shaida Dorabjee shares her experiences of making changes to culture at a fundamental level, to go beyond tweaking processes or reporting lines, in order to put strategic organisational objectives at the forefront of every department and staff at all levels.

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Product Review of Eikon (Competitors, Development & Pricing)
7th January 2016

In the final part of his review of Thomson Reuters Eikon, Chris Porter considers how it is positioned against its main competitors Bloomberg and FactSet. He also describes how it has progressed since launch in 2010 and some planned modifications to pricing approach.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2604

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Reflecting on the FreePint Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities"
6th January 2016

As the FreePint Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities" reaches its conclusion, co-producer Anja Thygesen looks back over the series and highlights some of the key articles, market landscapes and reviews on subjects from increasing use of video to sources in emerging economies and how best to switch from one essential news product to another. She also considers research findings in areas from news preferences, to private company information, and usage of web content for business decisions.

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Index Report for the Topic Series "News, and Other Commodities"
6th January 2016

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