Media Intelligence Providers Vocus and Cision Move Forward with Merger Plans
30th September 2014

Leading media intelligence players Cision and Vocus are moving forward with their merger under the ownership of private equity company GTCR and in a further bold move, social media monitoring and analysis company Visible Technologies is also being added to the mix. Chris Porter summarises the short-term effects on customers and looks at some longer-term implications.

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Product Review of NetProspex Workbench (Technology - Search, Outputs & Alerts, User Interface & Help)
30th September 2014

Workbench from NetProspex is a product designed for B2B decision-makers who need quality lead generation data. In the third part of her review, Constance Ard looks at the services provided by NetProspex including cleaning, enhancing and growing the data. She highlights potential unique differentiators for NetProspex and their crowdsourced data collection methods.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2398

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FreePint Report: Product Review of Factiva Companies & Executives
29th September 2014

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Product Review of Factiva Companies & Executives (Value - Competitors, Development & Pricing)
29th September 2014

In the final part of his review, author Chris Porter reviews areas in which Factiva Companies & Executives matches, falls short of or exceeds directly competing services.

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Product Review of NetProspex Workbench (Sources - Content & Coverage)
26th September 2014

In the second part of her review of Workbench from NetProspex, Constance Ard investigates the sources covered and looks at how the company's technology and processes allow B2B customers to understand the quality and completeness of their data.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2398

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Product Review of Factiva Companies & Executives (Technology - Search, Outputs & Alerts, User Interface & Help)
25th September 2014

In the third part of his review of Factiva Companies & Executives, Chris Porter looks at the searching, filtering, list-building and exporting capabilities and assesses how well the vendor integrates news coverage with company profile information.

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Product Review of NetProspex Workbench (Introduction; Contact Details)
24th September 2014

Constance Ard introduces Workbench from NetProspex, a product designed for B2B decision-makers who need quality lead generation data and a tool to help them enhance the quality of their contact, company and intelligence data.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/2398

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Vendor Market Overview - Know Your Customer
23rd September 2014

FreePint presents an overview of some key vendors in the Know Your Customer (KYC) space. The table identifies key vendor products, briefly describes their key features, notes the geographic scope, singles out any special features of each service and notes what kinds of regulation it addresses, such as KYC, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

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Mini Review of Nexis Analyser
22nd September 2014

Chris Porter looks at latest developments in Nexis Analyser, an add-on tool to the Nexis business aggregation database. The service generates easy-to-use analysis charts to help users dig into changes in news coverage over time. Users include those working on competitive intelligence, mergers & acquisitions and journalism.

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Product Review of Factiva Companies & Executives (Sources - Content & Coverage)
22nd September 2014

In the second part of his review of Factiva Companies & Executives, Chris Porter drills down into the detail of the sources, looking at what's available for company profiles and news content, company financials, executive content, and industry profiles. He also investigates the Company Snapshot and Corporate Signals features.

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