Product review of XPansion XMon (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
Friday, 15th May 2020

The final part of Jinfo's product review of XPansion XMon, a fully managed platform that addresses usage, compliance and data operation challenges faced by financial institutions, looks at the value offered by the product, and the help and training available to users. It also considers the competitor landscape with direct competition from Easyfeed, product development plans, and pricing.

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Product review of XPansion XMon (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
Thursday, 14th May 2020

The third part of Jinfo's product review of XPansion XMon, a fully managed platform that addresses usage, compliance and data operation challenges faced by financial institutions, looks at the technology used within the platform, in particular the many ways users can connect their data. We also explore the many reports available to enable subscribers to review their consumption of market data across multiple systems as well as the wide range of APIs that are available.

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Product review of XPansion XMon (sources - content and coverage)
Wednesday, 13th May 2020

The second part of Jinfo's product review of XPansion XMon, a fully managed platform that addresses usage, compliance and data operation challenges faced by financial institutions, we look at how users can connect any provider of reference financial market data, both internal or external, as well as data contracts.

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Product review of XPansion XMon (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
Tuesday, 12th May 2020

Xpansion XMon is a fully managed platform that addresses usage, compliance and data operation challenges faced by financial institutions, helping them to manage data from external providers and internal data consumers. In the first part of Jinfo's product review, we take a closer look at the company behind the product as well as typical users and some of its key advantages. We also take a look at anticipated product enhancements and some of the challenges the existing product helps to overcome.

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Product review of XPansion XMon
Monday, 11th May 2020

With organisations consuming increasing amounts of data, it's becoming more difficult to manage it, especially for those businesses within the financial services market that need almost constant access to data. XPansion offers a solution to this problem in the form of its XMon platform, an...

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Community deck - commercial awareness for information professionals
Tuesday, 24th March 2020

Download the deck and notes from our March Community session, "Commercial awareness for information professionals" led by Rebecca Brizi. This Community session discusses how to: Develop the right skills for commercial awareness Position the information department as a commercial...

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Best approach to content and data product licensing
Wednesday, 11th March 2020

Content and data product licensing is an area beset by misconceptions, with many failing to grasp that when you pay for data, you're paying for usage within defined terms rather than ownership of data. How well you can negotiate those terms can benefit your organisation greatly, or affect it negatively. Here, Jinfo explains the key factors to bear in mind when approaching data licensing.

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Mini review of RightFind Business Intelligence
Wednesday, 5th February 2020

A product in the portfolio from the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), RightFind Business Intelligence is aimed at library content managers, providing them with analytical tools to generate insights on content usage and spending, and budgeting tools to turn those insights into data-driven content investment plans. This mini review looks at the company and product and finds out who uses it and how it's used as well as looking at the competitive environment.

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How applying Centre of Excellence concepts can help product evaluation
Wednesday, 27th November 2019

A Jinfo product review isn't there to take the place of hands-on testing within an organisation, but it should help establish whether a product is worth an in-house review. Scott Vine looks at how the Centre of Excellence approach can be used as an integral part of that in-house evaluation.

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Benefits of adding Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to your licensing approach
Monday, 25th November 2019

If you are liaising with suppliers on a regular basis then you need to read our article on using Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) techniques. We look at how it's defined and outline five key benefits of adding SRM to your licensing approach when dealing with high-value relationships.

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