Product Review of Cortera Pulse (Sources - Content & Coverage)
22nd January 2016

Cortera Pulse has built a database with coverage of 18 million active companies in the US and Canada. In the second part of his FreePint product review, Andrew Lucas looks at the sources, content and coverage in Cortera Pulse and how it approaches the challenges of collecting accurate US private company data.

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Product Review of Key Note (Introduction; Key Advantages; Contact Details)
22nd January 2016

Sophie Alexander begins her product review of Key Note, UK publisher of comprehensive and reputable UK market research, industry reports and company data. She introduces the privately-owned company and how it has evolved over the past few years into a more dynamic tool, detailing how it is used by a wide range of types of clients.

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Product Review of Findout
22nd January 2016

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Product Review of Cortera Pulse (Introduction; Key Advantages; Contact Details)
20th January 2016

Beginning his FreePint product review of Cortera Pulse, credit reporting software, Andrew Lucas gives an overview of the company and the business credit risk monitoring and intelligence database, and reveals how it has shaken up the analysis of business-to-business risk assessment and distinguished itself from other B2B players. He also looks at target audience and how it adds value.

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Getting to Know You, Vendor Perspective
20th January 2016

Selecting a vendor, especially for a long-term contract, requires a great deal of effort and thoughtful process on the part of the buyer. But entering this relationship requires an equal amount of attention on the part of the vendor. What are vendors looking for, and how do they make the process run smoothly? FreePint interviews Brad Scher, CEO of Acquire Media, to get insight from the vendor perspective.

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Product Review of DueDil
20th January 2016

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Product Review of Findout (Help & Training; Competitors; Development; Pricing)
19th January 2016

In the final part of his FreePint product review Andrew Lucas looks at the pricing, product maturity and planned enhancements of the Findout tool which is designed to help professionals research industry verticals. The article also considers products which may offer an alternative to Findout, including MarketResearch.com and ReportLinker, Factiva, Nexis, Meltwater and FirstRain.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2609

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Market landscape - consumer research sources
19th January 2016

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Product Review of DueDil (Training and Help; Competitors; Development; Pricing)
18th January 2016

Chris Porter concludes his in-depth product review of the Enterprise service from company information provider DueDil, covering UK and Irish corporate filings. He looks at support, including quick help features, major development projects in the pipeline and its relative strengths compared with competitors Avention/OneSource, D&B and Bureau van Dijk.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2607

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Product Review of Findout (Technology - Search & User Interface; Outputs & Alerts; Administration)
18th January 2016

In the third part of the FreePint product review of Findout, Andrew Lucas examines the technology used to power the product which uncovers information from structured and unstructured data. It includes the use of big data algorithms, artificial intelligence and natural language processing to improve search results and identify and retrieve relevant sections within long documents. He also considers its suitability for use by both end-users and professional information researchers, in particular those interested in industry verticals.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2609

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