Current awareness in 2020
31st July 2017

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Ensure your information team is essential to data analytics projects
1st December 2017

Robin Neidorf outlines early results from our survey on data analytics needs and concerns and highlights which essential skills will enable an information team to become a must-have resource in an organisation's data strategy, and which are the skills with the biggest gaps between need and ability.

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Data analytics as the domain of the information professional
1st December 2017

Organisations are starting to see that knowledge, information and data are the new competitive advantage. Internal departments collaborate to improve products and enhance deliverables, but with different content and datasets, outcomes are often ill-defined. Information professionals are perfectly positioned to solve this problem, and with their unique skill set they can understand the multiple uses of data and find business solutions. This article looks at some of the ways information professionals can make their role and work essential to their organisations and ensure they are invited to the table for future projects.

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Product review of Factiva (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
1st December 2017

In the final part of Jinfo's new product review of premium global news database Factiva, Sophie Alexander looks at its value, key product developments over the past two years, help and training, pricing, the competitor landscape, including Nexis as well as similar solutions such as Vable and Avention's OneSource.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2917

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Product review of Factiva (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
30th November 2017

In the third part of the new Factiva product review, we take a look at news aggregator Factiva's functionality. The review covers the wide range of tools available to process content. We also cover new features such as secure single sign-on, languages available, search features such as search builder and the newly developed expert searches which allow you to track author content.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2917

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Subscription update for information services management
30th November 2017

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Product review of Factiva (sources - content & coverage)
29th November 2017

In the second part of the Factiva product review, Sophie Alexander looks at the full range of content available in traditional and social media through global news aggregator Factiva. She describes its exclusive content and geographical spread. New content acquisition is also covered.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2917

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Product review of Factiva (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
28th November 2017

In the first part of our new in-depth product review of Factiva, Dow Jones' premium news aggregation service, we introduce the company and product and give Jinfo's view on the value the product offers, along with changes since the product was last reviewed.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2917

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Product review of Factiva
28th November 2017

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Q&A with Evalueserve - straight talking on data analytics
27th November 2017

We interview Marc Vollenweider, co-founder of Evalueserve, about use-cases for data analytics and artificial intelligence, including the gaps between potential and reality, putting the needs of the business at the heart of analytics projects and how to help people start thinking and working with analytics in a practical way.

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