Product Review of Attensa (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration & Help)
27th August 2015

The third part of Dale Moore's product review goes into detail about the technology behind the knowledge management and current awareness tool Attensa. The ethos of the platform is not about finding relevant information but using what you already have. This adds up to a different take on the problem of dealing with information overload.

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Product Review of Attensa (Sources - Content & Coverage)
26th August 2015

Dale Moore continues his product review of Attensa, a versatile and focused information delivery platform. He looks at how well the recently redesigned product provides the ability to set up and manage content streams, which content sources customers can include, and how it allows users to create the exact mix of information needed.

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Results from FreePint Research into Authentication, Part 3 - What's Needed
25th August 2015

How can information managers grapple with the complex set of requirements required to solve the challenges of authentication? It's critical to have a strategy for gathering of information, as well as reliable sources of that information. The third installment of analysis of findings from FreePint's research looks as those sources of information as well as free-form comments on technologies from SSO to IP authentication, plus the role of senior leadership and a host of other issues.

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Product Review of Attensa (Introduction; Value; Contact Details)
25th August 2015

Current awareness, content management and delivery application Attensa is reviewed by Dale Moore. The product, recently redesigned and now cloud-based, aims to put relevant information into the hands of knowledge workers as quickly, simply and effortlessly as possible; wherever that information is to be found. Dale introduces Attensa and its streamlined interface, which strives to help its users in corporate environments focus on the content itself rather than the management of the content.

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Q&A with Ozmosys - Delivering a Presidential Briefing
24th August 2015

Founder and president of Ozmosys, Eric Gross, believes "Algorithms empower knowledge workers to perfect the delivery". Researcher Constance Ard finds out more about Ozmosys and what makes it the current awareness and content aggregation platform of choice for firms such as top global law firm Clifford Chance.

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Results from FreePint Research into Authentication, Part 2 - Approaches and Priorities
24th August 2015

Information managers in many industries are grappling with less-than-perfect authentication methods, with some industries placing greater importance than others on drivers such as a single view of usage or access to resources for partners and affiliates. Read the analysis of findings from FreePint's research into approaches, priorities and plans in the second installment of our feedback on this exciting fresh research.

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Determining the Value of Information Products for the Banking Sector - the Impact of Helpdesks
21st August 2015

When making a purchase or renewal decision for an information product, many factors come into play: depth and breadth of coverage, price, reputation... but also the help and support offered by those vendors to end-users and information professionals. Eileen Steer examines four providers in the banking and finance arena, Bloomberg, FactSet, S&P Capital IQ, and Thomson Reuters, and reports on how the helpdesks, live-chat and other support measures up.

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Setting Strategy with FreePint Research - Looking at the Big Picture
21st August 2015

Getting time to think strategically about the "big risks" and focusing on how to drive the value and visibility of information in organisations can be challenging. FreePint Research regularly explores these issues and here we offer an insight how our research findings can inform and equip organisations to think more strategically, to enable them to better succeed in the digital world.

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Results from FreePint Research into Authentication, Part 1 - Background and Methodology
20th August 2015

Information managers are moving authentication higher up the agenda, fuelled by increased mobile working, new ways of using content, and potential security breaches. In the first section of results of FreePint's research results we look at the methodology, respondents... and at the factors which make authentication such a unique challenge.

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We Want To, But Can We? Usage Needs and Contractual Conditions
19th August 2015

The interplay between requests from customers to use information in new ways and the underlying contractual conditions relating to content is a shifting field as developments such as the move from print to digital distribution and new ways of consuming information filter through. Chris Porter provides insights into how vendors including Acquire Media, Avention and Elsevier are tackling new forms of licensing and permissions.

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