The Importance of Knowledge Management and KM Roles
24th April 2013

In an organisation that has been using knowledge management for a while there are likely to be several roles that facilitate the creation and dissemination of knowledge, identify the KM strategy, choose the KM tools, help users make the most of the KM system, and much more. The question is, "Why are these roles so important?" James Mullan explores KM in organisations and identifies key roles and responsibilities.

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Mini Review: ThomasNet.com
23rd April 2013

Victor Camlek reviews ThomasNet.com, a free resource for those in the manufacturing and supply side of engineering. The comprehensive resource offers a supplier directory, a product search, CAD search, plus product-related news, IMT (Industry Market Trends) journals and a forum for engineers.

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Transferring Big Data by Bullet Express Train
22nd April 2013

Analysis and outputs are the two issues usually associated with big data but there is another one which is just as important: data movement. Matt Benati explains why speedy data movement and skilled data scientists are essential to successful big data projects.

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Product Review of InsideView: Executive Summary
18th April 2013

If you're a sales person or marketer interested in prioritising leads, researching what’s going on in your target markets and obtaining warm introductions to prospective buyers then InsideView could be the product for you. Jan Knight's executive summary of sales intelligence tool InsideView finds that the product would be an excellent addition to any sales strategy.

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Product Review of InsideView: Outputs, Customer Support, Pricing
18th April 2013

Concluding her review of sales intelligence tool InsideView, Jan Knight reviews the output options, help and support available, pricing and timeliness of information. The company continually aggregates, triangulates and validates information from over 30,000 data sources and updates the system as soon as changes are found.

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Do Legal Firms Need Client-Facing Systems?
18th April 2013

Law firms are under increasing pressure to provide more services to clients for less money. In this context you would expect to see innovative client-facing solutions being developed. But this doesn't appear to be the case. Why is this? James Mullan explores the drivers and blocks to development of systems such as extranets and collaborative platforms for the legal sector.

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FreePint Report: Product Review of InsideView
17th April 2013

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Product Review of InsideView: Search & Tools
17th April 2013

Finding and prioritising leads, researching the activity of prospect companies and connecting with people for an introduction are all high on the salesperson's To Do List - Jan Knight finds out how InsideView fulfils these requirements by taking an in-depth look at the search options offered by this sales intelligence tool.

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LinkedIn Purchases Pulse & Moves Closer to Being a Publishing Platform
17th April 2013

LinkedIn's purchase of the Pulse news app is the company's latest move in news aggregation, building on its introduction of LinkedIn Today and the Influencer discovery tool over the last couple of years. The acquisition of mobile news specialist Pulse is the next step towards the business networking site becoming "the definitive professional publishing platform".

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Product Review of InsideView: Sources, Content & Coverage
17th April 2013

Marketing staff, sales people, customer service representatives and account managers all need access to high quality information to research and qualify leads and calculate the best time to approach prospects. Continuing her review of sales intelligence tool InsideView, Jan Knight looks at the sources of information available and the integration possibilities with CRM products such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.

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