Winning the social media Olympics
30th August 2012

With the Olympic Games just finished and the Paralympics just starting, it would seem remiss to not take a look at the big winners and losers at what are being described as the first social media Olympics. So which social media tools won gold, silver and bronze at London 2012, and what were some of the lessons learnt?

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FreePint Report: Monitoring and Mining Social Media and News
29th August 2012

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Paywalls and intelligence gathering
29th August 2012

Paywalls have implications for those involved in press monitoring and intelligence gathering. 10 years ago it was possible for users to search comprehensively across content using a single third-party service, but what has changed?

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FreePint Report: Research - Part 1 (Information Practice)
28th August 2012

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FreePint Report: Research - Part 2 (Information Content)
28th August 2012

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Knowledge Graph extends outside the US, with regional variations
28th August 2012

The US launch of Google’s Knowledge Graph in May this year was hailed as a significant step towards the semantic web, and Google searchers elsewhere were looking forward to experiencing this new tool. Now those in other English-speaking countries can do so.

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BYOD security -- it's not all high tech solutions
27th August 2012

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement in the workplace continues to gather momentum, while at the same time presenting new security challenges. It also presents an opportunity for information professionals carving out a risk and security role for themselves in their organisations.

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A Step Too Far with Collaboration
23rd August 2012

Most of what is written about collaboration is positive: Collaboration within an organisation can break down silos and connect people who might otherwise never work together. It can also increase productivity and potentially save organisations money. But collaboration has many hidden dangers and barriers to implementation, which is why so many potential collaborators remain skeptical or get frustrated. Learn about the dangers and how you can overcome them. 

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A round-up of private equity and venture capital industry information sources
22nd August 2012

The private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) industries are information intensive, generating numerous data on companies, funds, investment firms, and investment performance. These data are typically available on a subscription-basis, and sold to industry participants for due diligence, competitive intelligence, analysis, and business development purposes. Several publishers and industry associations also provide market information for free. This article outlines what information professionals can find from subscription and free sources, as well as a short look at a new social networking site for the PE industry.

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Benchmarking: Information Structure
22nd August 2012

Every organisation takes a slightly unique approach to defining what it means by "information services", and yet in every organisation the same information-related jobs need to get done. This analysis of staff size, supported headcount, and arrangement of duties shows several important differences based on industry.

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