Analytics - Not As Far Behind As You Fear?
6th November 2014

Contrary to popular belief, everyone probably isn't ahead of you in adopting big data. In fact most enterprises are still struggling, not least because they still seem to think that, with so much data at their disposal, they don't need to worry about every little flaw, and that technology will eliminate the need for data integration. Collecting stuff faster than they can sort it seems to be a key problem, and it can't be solved by exclusive reliance on data scientists. Old fashioned activities like taxonomy still have their role to play - and the competition regulators' interest in the few big data leaders suggests that the prize is well worth the effort.

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Evaluating Premium News Services Against Free Sources
5th November 2014

Sarah Hinton describes the steps she took to evaluate her premium news aggregation service against the free alternatives - and the decision she made. She offers useful tips for anyone interested in evaluating the value their premium service offers.

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Redefining Email with Google's Inbox!
5th November 2014

Managing emails is an inevitable part of our professional and personal lives, but the process of keeping on top of the deluge has become something that many people struggle with. Dealing with an email avalanche after coming back from holiday or trying to deal with the multiple conversation threads that can exist within email can be a challenge. Whilst many of us might think that email overload only exists within our workplaces, we also suffer from this issue outside of work. Fortunately for users familiar with Gmail there may be light at the end of the email tunnel.

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Commentary on FreePint's UK Legal Research 2014
4th November 2014

FreePint's research into the UK legal market's purchasing preferences and needs surveyed law librarians and partners from some of the UK's top 200 firms. The report scrutinises the findings from budgets for purchasing and licensing content to key vendors, variables when making purchasing decisions, challenges in collection management, and ways of supporting leadership objectives. In this article James Mullan takes a look at some of the key themes and findings from the report.

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Q&A - LexisNexis Takes Over Moreover
3rd November 2014

LexisNexis recently announced that it has bought current awareness news provider Moreover Technologies. FreePint spoke to Tom Ogburn, managing director, Global Business Insight Solutions at LexisNexis, about the reasons for the deal and the implications for users of LexisNexis and Moreover services.

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FreePint Report: Subscription Update for Information Services Management
3rd November 2014

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Can You Outsource KYC?
30th October 2014

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Making Your Intranet More Effective
30th October 2014

As an intranet manager you're likely to have lots of issues with your intranet, irrespective of whether it's 10 years old or 10 weeks old. Fortunately whilst intranets might have their problems, there are lots of opportunities for them to make a significant contribution to the way an organisation creates and manages content and the extent to which it is innovative and collaborative. James Mullan explores how intranet managers can ensure the intranet makes a significant contribution to the organisation as a whole.

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Regulatory Compliance - From Chore to Opportunity
29th October 2014

Regulatory compliance has long been the stock in trade of corporate information professionals, and the flow of regulation shows no sign of drying up. Recent European examples cover information provided by credit rating agencies, corporate disclosure of non-financial information, and even the use of Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence to expose intellectual property infringements. In Britain, recent regulatory activity covers tax avoidance by multinational corporations and corporate disclosure of long term financial viability. Surprisingly, though, some leading businesses see compliance not as a burden but as a transformation opportunity - one that perhaps could be shared by astute information professionals.

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Approaches to Delivering External News on the Corporate Intranet
28th October 2014

When considering how to disseminate premium or free external news via the corporate intranet, focus on adding value to the user. This can be done in a variety of ways, including adding external news to the homepage to balance internal news, allowing users to interact with the content and delivering targeted content to different groups of users.  Steve Bynghall discusses how, when considering using the "intranet" to deliver external news, you should also include related channels such as social networks and learning management systems.

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