Attensa StreamServer: Introduction and FreePint's View
2nd August 2012

Reviewer Scott Brown tested Attensa StreamServer, an enterprise-scale content management and delivery application. This introduction explains the main features of the product, its intended audiences and uses and summarises Scott's key findings about strengths and weaknesses.

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Edwards County Hospital takes control of internal communications with new intranet
31st July 2012

Not every business benefits from a full customisable intranet solution. Many smaller and mid-sized organisations are in fact better off with a tool with an underlying design specific to their industry, which they can further customise to meet their unique needs. Such was the case with a county hospital in the U.S. when the time came to investigate intranet infrastructure. Rather than the full bells and whistles of a Sharepoint, the hospital opted for a system designed for health care. The result was a successful implementation that managers and line staff feel comfortable with and which fully meets the hospital's needs for streamlined communication, management of policies and procedures and schedule management, among other applications.

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FreePint Report: Intranet Manager
30th July 2012

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FreePint Report: Information Services Management Monthly Update (July 2012)
29th July 2012

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FreePint Report: Enterprise Collaboration
25th July 2012

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Product Review of Scopus: Executive Summary
25th July 2012

If you or your team conduct scientific research, then Scopus from Elsevier cannot be overlooked. This powerful database boasts a remarkable pool of source content, enhanced with useful visualisation, search and output tools. APIs enable developers to connect Scopus with other sources of information -- whether internal or external -- to customise the system precisely to your needs.

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Scopus: Help, support and costs
25th July 2012

Help and support are critical elements of any product's usefulness. Reviewer Yulia Aspinall concludes her research on Scopus with a description of the support and account management elements available to customers.

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Scopus: Special software functionality
25th July 2012

The "journals analyser" is a unique feature of Scopus, providing insight the influence and performance of different scientific journals researchers may be relying on. A visualisation tool enables a user to compare up to 10 journals on a number of performance variables. Of equal note is Scopus' use of APIs to enable developers and information professionals interact more closely with the data by combining the Scopus database with other free and fee resources for a truly customised result.

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Scopus: Printing, downloading, exporting and alerts
25th July 2012

Output functions enable users to pull their research results into their workflow. Reviewer Yulia Aspinall examines the printing, downloading, exporting and alerting functions of Elsevier's Scopus offering.

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FreePint Report: Product Review of Scopus
24th July 2012

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