Defining & Measuring the ROI in Compliance Tools
24th September 2013

The regulatory burden imposed on companies continues unabated, with new laws and sanctions being introduced every month as the corporate and geopolitical landscape shifts and changes. The myriad of regulations has led to a huge increase in reporting requirements for companies and is putting pressure on compliance departments, which need to ensure that the requirements are implemented throughout the corporation. The major vendors have responded by developing workflow tools that merge internal compliance-related data with external regulatory changes. How does one determine whether these tools are providing value for money? Penny Crossland attempts to provide pointers for information professionals required to evaluate these tools and concludes that a qualitative approach to metrics may be the best way forward.

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Product Review of Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete: Executive Summary
24th September 2013

Compliance Complete from Thomson Reuters is an information service for compliance professionals which aims to take the pain out of tracking regulatory developments. It combines a calendar of regulatory developments with news and expert analysis, "rulebooks" of existing and forthcoming legislation and country-by-country reference materials. It also offers a message board where users can post questions and exchange ideas on the challenges they are facing. Search, monitoring and output options are highly tailored to user needs. Compliance Complete can be purchased as a global service; regional sub-sets are also available.

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SharePoint 2013 v 2007: Building the Business Case
24th September 2013

Sarah Dillingham compares the new functionality available within SharePoint 2013 against SharePoint 2007, with one eye towards using it to construct a credible business case. New collaborative elements include co-authoring, search and microblogging. Sarah examines the business benefits, time & cost savings and challenges associated with the latest features.

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FreePint Report: Product Review of Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete
23rd September 2013

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Product Review of Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete: Customer Support, Pricing & Contact Details
23rd September 2013

Concluding his review of Compliance Complete from Thomson Reuters, Chris Porter provides feedback on telephone and email support plus online help resources and PDFs. Pricing and contact information is also provided for this information service for compliance professionals designed to make tracking regulatory developments a seamless procedure.

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Product Review of Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete: Alerts and User Interface
19th September 2013

The alerting options and user interface are a key part of any compliance product. Chris Porter reviews the wide range of standard and personalised alerts offered by Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete, examines the user interface and gives a taste of the usability enhancements coming in the 2014 platform upgrade.

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Product Review of Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete: Search Options & Outputs
17th September 2013

Chris Porter looks into the search options and outputs in Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete. Search options vary from free-text to advanced search, search within and other possibilities such as subject browser. While output options vary depending on which part of the product the user is in, they generally encompass sending by email, saving, printing or adding a comment.

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Mini Review: Best Practices LLC
17th September 2013

Yulia Aspinall reviews Best Practices LLC, a database of benchmarking studies focusing on the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and healthcare technology industries. Using Best Practices LLC can help identify company-specific competitive advantages and winning strategies to differentiate, survive and thrive in today's tough economic environment.

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Q&A with Thomson Reuters: Developing a Connected Approach to GRC
17th September 2013

The Thomson Reuters Accelus Brand represents a substantial and growing set of governance, risk and compliance tools. FreePint's interview with Andrew Neblett of Thomson Reuters explores what attracted the company to this complex market and the developments in areas such as regulatory change and enforcement it anticipates over the next few years along with technology innovations and how to determine ROI of compliance tools.

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Will Twitter "Conversations" Connect the Missing Dots?
16th September 2013

If you're a regular user of Twitter, you may have noticed that the timeline on the Twitter web application now includes a vertical blue line that has been designed to "connect conversations" between users. This update to Twitter has proved to be contentious with many users complaining that the blue vertical line makes timelines look weird, messy and that they're seeing many more conversations in Twitter. So what value does the new Twitter conversation update provide?

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