Hacking - Risk or Opportunity?
28th June 2013

Recent reports from the Bank of England and PwC (in a survey commissioned by Iron Mountain) both show that information security is a growing concern for executives. But while the financial institutions polled by the Bank demonstrate at least some confidence in their ability to handle cyber security issues, PwC’s medium sized businesses seem much less well equipped to deal with hacking. As Britain’s Home Office prepares to launch a cyber security campaign, aimed partly at small businesses, recent incidents at LexisNexis and LinkedIn suggest that no-one is safe, no matter how technologically adept.

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FreePint Report: Information Services Management Monthly Update (June 2013)
27th June 2013

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Mini Review: Lexis Diligence
27th June 2013

Lexis Diligence is designed to help a company perform due diligence in the areas of risk, compliance and fraud, including areas such as litigation history and a politically exposed person check. Following FreePint's 2011 review, Sophie Alexander put the product's new features to the test, including Google Translate, negative news check, a 30 day saved search history, and the addition of 1700 new titles.

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The Meaning and Value of Facebook "Likes"
27th June 2013

Since its introduction in 2009, the "like" button on Facebook has crept into every aspect of our lives. Most users of Facebook are aware that they can like a photograph, status update or content that a friend has added. Individuals can also share that they like a particular company, product or individual. According to Facebook the like button is clicked an average of 2.7 billion times a day and is deeply entrenched in our use of the social media tool. So could the concept of "liking" content move behind the firewall on to intranets and other social tools?

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FreePint Report: News Aggregation Products and Trends
26th June 2013

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DJX - Dow Jones Responds to User Concerns
26th June 2013

FreePint's Tim Buckley Owen contacted Dow Jones to ask about customer concerns regarding the absorption of Factiva into the DJX portal (formally known as Dow Jones Product X). Georgene Huang shares some of the thinking behind Dow Jones's vision of a single, one log-in environment, providing access to the full range of content. Customers are concerned about a "one size fits all" offering of loosely connected services which may not meet the needs of many users, but Huang suggests that a comprehensive product, based on and influenced by ongoing feedback from customers, can grow the audience for the product whilst simultaneously meeting the needs of current customers.

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FreePint Report: Research with Non-Text Sources
24th June 2013

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FreePint Report: Mobile Deployment in the Enterprise
24th June 2013

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Will Hashtags Make #Facebook More Like Twitter?
24th June 2013

Facebook has recently announced that its users will be able to use hashtags to view discussion feeds and search for content. Does this move mean that Facebook is hoping to become more like Twitter and encourage Twitter users who aren't currently on Facebook to join?

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New Compliance Tools to Speed Up the Onboarding Process
24th June 2013

Keeping up with the endless flow of new regulations affecting the financial sector is a headache for compliance departments and can get in the way of conducting banking business. Information providers, too, play catch-up with the ever-changing regulatory environment, requiring information professionals to keep up-to-date and evaluate a seemingly constant flow of new compliance tools. Penny Crossland looks at two new tools launched by D&B and BankersAccuity.

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