Jinfo current awareness survey 2017 (part 1 - introduction)
26th September 2017

This year we surveyed 120 respondents across the world about their current awareness resources and services provided. Robin Neidorf, Jinfo's director of research, introduces the results, including team sizes and budget changes since 2016.

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Part 2 - How information services can best work with procurement
21st September 2017

In the second of a two-part article, Bill Noorlander explores the changing market for data and content. This article focuses on changes in how data is being used, with a move away from the more traditional premium sources to a more hybrid use of data across various products. It also considers the supplier's point of view and how they are reacting to the changes.

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Part 1 - How information services can best work with procurement
20th September 2017

The process for procuring data and content has gone through many changes over the past 15 years. Changes in the type of data sources available, who is using the data and how it is being used, all affect how it is sourced. In the first of a two-part article, Bill Noorlander looks at past, present and future trends for obtaining content sources and how users and suppliers will need to adapt.

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Product review of the InfoDesk product suite (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
20th September 2017

In the final part of Jinfo's review of the InfoDesk product suite, we look at the value it brings to large organisations in recognising information challenges. We also cover the competitor landscape, product development plans with InfoDesk's strong technological development capabilities, plus help options and pricing.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2881

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Product review of the InfoDesk product suite (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
19th September 2017

In the third section of Jinfo's updated four-part review of the InfoDesk product suite, the content integration and information management solution, we look at the search interface, including its semantic search capability, created using artificial intelligence and expert knowledge workers, API support, its mobile app, popular with companies that do not want information sent to email, as well as its wide variety of outputs and alerts.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2881

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Product review of the InfoDesk product suite (sources - content & coverage)
18th September 2017

In the second part of Jinfo's review of the newly updated InfoDesk product suite, Chris Porter takes a look at the platforms wide range of content sources including commercial content providers and aggregators, video and radio, social media as well as open-web specialised news content and how its API can be used by clients.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2881

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Product review of the InfoDesk product suite (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
15th September 2017

The InfoDesk product suite provides content integration and information management solutions that can be used across multiple electronic sources. In part one of Jinfo's latest review we introduce the company and platform, its client base, key advantages, value and development plans as well as the changes that have been made to the product since it was last reviewed in 2014, including its Business Insight tool, semantic search, InfoPro and InfoDirect.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2881

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Product review of the InfoDesk product suite
15th September 2017

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Are niche news sources disrupting traditional news aggregators?
14th September 2017

This article looks at the value provided by niche news sources that fall outside of the collections picked up by aggregators such as Nexis and Factiva. We also consider how specialist sources such as Lloyd's List, TradeWinds and Fairplay (in the shipping sphere) are identified, who makes the judgement call about the value and relevance of the content, and why they are given priority budgetary approval. We also ask if this can lead to other problems in procurement or organisation-wide content provision and how it will impact on news aggregators.

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Market landscape - intelligence platforms
13th September 2017

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