Product Review of Factiva (Introduction; Contact Details)
2nd December 2014

In the first part of our product review Andrew Grave introduces the news service component of Dow Jones' Factiva offering. Factiva is a global news and information aggregator aimed at information professionals and end users via dedicated interfaces. As well as tools to search for relevant news, it contains a range of resources to help display, alert and distribute its premium content.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2422

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FreePint Report: Subscription Update for Information Services Management
2nd December 2014

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Specialist News Offerings - Legal Sector
1st December 2014

News monitoring and dissemination is a large, growing and extremely important element of the services provides by information teams within law firms. It offers organisations, content and analytical tools to aggregate, monitor and analyse large volumes of news, and legal and social media sources to help them understand and identify key market trends before their competitors. James Mullan highlights key source aggregators and management tools and considers the future of news dissemination in the legal sector. 

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FreePint News Survey Analysis 2014 Part 2 - Purchase Criteria and Integration
1st December 2014

In Part 2 of FreePint's 2014 News Needs & Preferences Survey, Robin Neidorf highlights the factors which directly influence the recommendations and purchase decisions that drive news purchasing. She also looks at how respondents integrate news content into their intranets and which technologies they're using to combine multiple news sources into a single environment.

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Mini Review of RepRisk
28th November 2014

Penny Crossland reviews RepRisk, a specialist ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) tool to help companies manage reputational risk and facilitate corporate responsibility. It is aimed at enterprises wanting to finance or invest responsibly, manage and mitigate the ESG risks related to their clients, business transactions, suppliers and business partners, as well as monitor NGOs, ESG issues and their own reputation.

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Q&A with Attensa - Tackling Critical Current Awareness Challenges
28th November 2014

Shimrit Janes interviews Charlie Davidson, CEO of Attensa, to find out more about how their current awareness platform helps their customers, how he sees the field of current awareness evolving, and what Attensa is doing to respond to those changes.

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Building a Better (Digital) Workplace
28th November 2014

If there's something that I'm sure we can all agree on, it's that the world of work is changing very quickly and that as information professionals we need to be aware of these developments. Before we can take advantage of these developments and the opportunities the digital workplace presents, we need to look at overcoming some of the problems that we face in our existing workplaces.

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Organising and Delivering Practical Actions from News Content
26th November 2014

The consumption of news has changed radically in the past few years. The devices we use to read news have changed, along with the possible targets and methods of taking actions from news content. In an environment where you need to act decisively on news that directly affects your reputation, knowledge base and competitive position, it is very important to understand how to leverage news sources. Amit Kothari discusses ways in which better value can be driven from investment in news content that is produced both externally and internally.

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FreePint News Survey Analysis 2014 Part 1 - Premium News Content and Preferences
26th November 2014

Part 1 of FreePint's 2014 News Needs & Preferences Survey reports on findings relating to premium news content and preferences. Results include the reported importance of variables relating to news content products, and how frequently respondents carry out activities around news.

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Frightening Times for Law Firm Knowledge Managers...?
26th November 2014

Many people often suffer from nightmares and are kept awake at night thinking about things they need to do at work or at home. These nightmares can often be terrifying for the individual involved and can have long-lasting effects. In a slightly late celebration of Halloween I look at some of the nightmares and frightening scenarios that knowledge managers in law firms often face, from technology developments to security concerns.

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