Dashboard and collaboration (use-case - intelligence)
Wednesday, 17th February 2021

In the second of a five-part series of articles looking at intelligence systems, we explore the interactive options available. This article looks at Aurora’s FirstLight, InfoDesk, InfoNgen, Comintelli’s Intelligence2day and Northern Light’s SinglePoint with a particular focus on dashboard and collaborative features.

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Comparison of content management features (use-case - intelligence)
Tuesday, 16th February 2021

This is the first in a five-part series of articles looking at the content management features of intelligence systems. This article describes the components of an intelligence system, the type of content it's likely to include as well as a scorecard for content management features. All-in-one products covered include Factiva, Nexis Newsdesk, NewsEdge, and Northern Light's SinglePoint. We also look at platform-only products including Aurora's FirstLight, InfoDesk, InfoNgen and Intelligence2day.

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Mini review of M-Brain's Intelligence Plaza
Monday, 18th January 2021

Intelligence Plaza from M-Brain is a market intelligence and competitive intelligence platform that can be used by companies of any size working in market intelligence, sales and business development to help with decision-making and strategic planning. This mini review looks at the company and product, and how it's changed since we last looked at it a couple of years ago. We explore the competitive landscape, which includes products from Digimind, Manzama Insights and Meltwater. We also look at its pricing structure and overall value proposition.

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Product review of Aurora's FirstLight (value - purchasing, development and competitor landscape)
Thursday, 14th January 2021

The final part of our product review of Aurora's FirstLight, an intelligence platform, looks at the help and training available to users as well as the product’s value. We also look at other players in the intelligence platforms market. Some of the companies include big names such as LexisNexis, Dow Jones and Thomson Reuters as well as Meltwater, Manzama, and Northern Light, amongst others. We also look at product development plans for the next few years as well as pricing options. 

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Product review of Aurora's FirstLight (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
Wednesday, 13th January 2021

Part three of Jinfo’s product review of Aurora's FirstLight, an intelligence platform, looks at the technology behind the product. We focus specifically on its automation capabilities, and its use of big data and natural language processing. We also explore how a user would interact with the system and the process involved in a typical implementation of the Enterprise Edition.

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The importance of current awareness tracking
12th January 2021

Staying on top of current awareness is mission critical for information centres. View this session to dig into our insights on: What are the goals you might have in tracking current awareness How to organise your thinking for setting up a tracking system Which KPIs are most...

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Product review of Aurora's FirstLight (sources - content and coverage)
Tuesday, 12th January 2021

In the second part of Jinfo’s product review of Aurora's FirstLight, an intelligence platform, we look at the range of external and internal sources that can be included in this highly customised application. This includes paid subscriptions, social media, blogs, scientific journals and news databases, to name a few. 

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Product review of Aurora's FirstLight (key advantages, introduction and contact details)
Monday, 11th January 2021

FirstLight from Aurora WDC is an intelligence platform that was first reviewed by Jinfo at the beginning of 2018. In the first part of our latest product review, we take a look at the company and product as well as some of its key advantages. We also find out who uses the product, how it’s changed since our last review and what product enhancements are in the pipeline.

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Product review of Aurora's FirstLight
Monday, 11th January 2021

Aurora's FirstLight is an intelligence SaaS (Software as a Service) platform, and a powerful competitive intelligence product. It uses machine learning algorithms to mine public and private data sources and can help organisations make more informed business decisions.Jinfo last looked at the...

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Market landscape - current awareness platforms
Friday, 16th October 2020

In this market landscape, we look at nine current awareness platforms available for small teams to global enterprises. A brief description and explanation of key features of each is outlined, with additional information on typical users, geographic scope, and pricing. Attensa InfoDesk...

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