Product Review of Factiva Companies & Executives (Value - Competitors, Development & Pricing)
29th September 2014

In the final part of his review, author Chris Porter reviews areas in which Factiva Companies & Executives matches, falls short of or exceeds directly competing services.

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Product Review of NetProspex Workbench (Sources - Content & Coverage)
26th September 2014

In the second part of her review of Workbench from NetProspex, Constance Ard investigates the sources covered and looks at how the company's technology and processes allow B2B customers to understand the quality and completeness of their data.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2398

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Product Review of Factiva Companies & Executives (Technology - Search, Outputs & Alerts, User Interface & Help)
25th September 2014

In the third part of his review of Factiva Companies & Executives, Chris Porter looks at the searching, filtering, list-building and exporting capabilities and assesses how well the vendor integrates news coverage with company profile information.

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Product Review of NetProspex Workbench (Introduction; Contact Details)
24th September 2014

Constance Ard introduces Workbench from NetProspex, a product designed for B2B decision-makers who need quality lead generation data and a tool to help them enhance the quality of their contact, company and intelligence data.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2398

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Vendor Market Overview - Know Your Customer
23rd September 2014

FreePint presents an overview of some key vendors in the Know Your Customer (KYC) space. The table identifies key vendor products, briefly describes their key features, notes the geographic scope, singles out any special features of each service and notes what kinds of regulation it addresses, such as KYC, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

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Mini Review of Nexis Analyser
22nd September 2014

Chris Porter looks at latest developments in Nexis Analyser, an add-on tool to the Nexis business aggregation database. The service generates easy-to-use analysis charts to help users dig into changes in news coverage over time. Users include those working on competitive intelligence, mergers & acquisitions and journalism.

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Product Review of Factiva Companies & Executives (Sources - Content & Coverage)
22nd September 2014

In the second part of his review of Factiva Companies & Executives, Chris Porter drills down into the detail of the sources, looking at what's available for company profiles and news content, company financials, executive content, and industry profiles. He also investigates the Company Snapshot and Corporate Signals features.

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Introducing Delve - Improving Interaction with Information in Office 365
22nd September 2014

The way we search for and find information has changed significantly over the last 10 years, not just because of the advent of new technologies and an increasing focus on mobile technologies but also because of the amount of information we're both creating and having to manage. This trend has led to many companies looking at ways to make finding information easier. The latest company to jump on the "information discovery bandwagon" is Microsoft with the introduction of a new search tool called "Delve".

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How To Increase User Engagement With Knowledge Tools
19th September 2014

One of the many things that information and knowledge professionals can be tasked with is encouraging and developing user engagement with knowledge tools. This can be a thankless task given the complexity of both the organisations that users work in and the tools that organisations provide. James Mullan examines how information and knowledge managers can encourage use of the knowledge tools for which they're responsible.

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Product Update of Compliance Catalyst
18th September 2014

Chris Porter catches up with some of the latest developments in the Compliance Catalyst service from Bureau van Dijk (BvD) and highlights key changes since FreePint's full review in August 2013. Compliance Catalyst is a workflow application that helps organisations to take an informed, risk-based decision on whether to accept a potential new customer, supplier or other business partner. BvD has made numerous enhancements to the content and functionality of the service, driven by customer feedback.

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