Using Taxonomies to Harness the Power of Unstructured Big Data and Develop New Insights
27th October 2014

Taxonomy development expert Helen Clegg shares her insights into unstructured data and how it can be acquired and structured. She discusses the importance of text-mining tools, algorithms and taxonomies - as well as emphasising the essential part that knowledge workers play in information discovery. 

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Product Review of NewsEdge.com (Value - Competitors, Development & Pricing)
27th October 2014

In the final part of his review, Chris Porter assesses the competitive advantages of NewsEdge.com, including an easy-to-use search function, its highly curated source coverage and a particular emphasis on archived news coverage. Although an established product, ongoing enhancements such as new data visualisation options and expanded, multilingual content are also impressive.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2408

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Making Your Intranet Unusable
24th October 2014

James Mullan has written a number of FreePint articles about some of the tools and techniques you can use to make your intranet more effective. Now in what some people might think is a cruel twist of fate, he's decided to look at some of the ways in which you can make your intranet unusable.

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Assessing the Credibility of Crowdsourced Content
24th October 2014

Libby Trudell investigates the role of crowdsourcing in enterprise information. She defines the term, provides an overview of quality control and gives some examples of crowdsourced research services in areas from company data to intellectual property. Finally she identifies key questions to ask if you are incorporating such resources into your research portfolio.

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FreePint Report: Know Your Customer
23rd October 2014

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Product Review of NewsEdge.com (Technology - Search, Outputs & Alerts, User Interface & Help)
23rd October 2014

In the third part of his series on NewsEdge Chris Porter looks at its proprietary technology. He assesses the choice of search options; the extensive underlying taxonomy, "ACME", from parent company Acquire Media; and its impressive range of distribution choices.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2408

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Product Review of the InfoDesk Suite
21st October 2014

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Mini Review of Red Flag Alert
20th October 2014

Developed in 2003 by Begbies Traynor Group Plc, Red Flag Alert is a database containing more than 7.5 million records on businesses in the UK from sole traders to quoted companies. With in-depth company reports, business monitoring and sales and marketing data, it is used by those in accounting, law and property and can help anyone needing reliable UK company data.

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Product Review of the InfoDesk Suite (Value - Competitors, Development & Pricing)
20th October 2014

In the final part of her review of the InfoDesk suite of products for information management and current awareness knowledge tasks, Constance Ard reflects on the value the products offer users, setup requirements, and delves into product development plans. She also gives her view on competitive products.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2406

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Product Review of NewsEdge.com (Sources - Content & Coverage)
20th October 2014

In the second part of his review of NewsEdge.com, Chris Porter considers how the news management tool curates, groups and presents content. He looks at sources by geographic region, content language and type, and describes archive searching options. North American sources are covered along with those from Europe; around 14% of sources relates to Asian countries and a similar proportion of the total are global in nature. An impressive range of language sources is included.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2408

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