Premium Access - Dispose of the Bathwater but Please Keep the Baby
31st July 2013

United States authorities have recently been actively pursuing information companies. The New York Attorney General is investigating Bloomberg journalists' use of customer data for news gathering, a Californian judge has ruled that the government may pursue claims against Standard & Poor's, and the Securities & Exchange Commission has been investigating Thomson Reuters' accidental early release of Institute of Supply Management data. But even if these cases are clear cut, the New York Attorney General's requirement that Thomson Reuters stop some privileged distribution of University of Michigan consumer data raises issues of whether such "public good research" would be carried out at all without private subsidy.

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Product Review of Global Financial Data: Search Options
31st July 2013

Author Perrin Kerravala highlights the strengths and weaknesses of Global Financial Data's search capabilities when interrogating databases including UK or US Stocks, Real Estate or Eurostat, for example. GFD is a provider of a vast amount of time-series financial markets and economic data, with over 135,000 discrete data series and regular new additions.

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Product Review of Global Financial Data: Sources, Content & Coverage
31st July 2013

Global Financial Data (GFD) provides time-series information pertaining to financial markets and economics, including stocks & bonds, indices, exchange rates, inflation data, commodities, and real estate. GFD sources its information from original providers, including electronic data feeds for newer information, and print and archival material for historical information.

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FreePint Report: Information Services Management Monthly Update (July 2013)
30th July 2013

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Product Review of Global Financial Data: Introduction and FreePint's View
30th July 2013

Global Financial Data Inc. (GFD) is a provider of financial and economic time-series data, including micro and macro equities, fixed income, exchange rates, inflation, commodities, and real estate. GFD is unique in being able to provide rare data from original source documents, sometimes several hundred years old.

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Collaboration in Cape Town: IATUL Annual Conference
29th July 2013

At this year's IATUL Annual Conference, library directors and senior managers shared experiences and networking opportunities and heard from renowned speakers on subjects such as technology trends which will impact their work. Trends to watch in 2013 include the evolution of search, cloud computing, social/gaming and linked open data. Other technology developments which will continue to shape services include those around blended learning, e-research and open access.

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Mini Review: Alacra Compliance Enterprise
29th July 2013

Sophie Alexander finds out how Alacra Compliance Enterprise can help firms reduce regulatory, financial and reputational risk by aggregating multiple premium sources so that they can be searched via a convenient single workflow tool. Organisations in areas such as investment banking and oil & gas industries use the onboarding and investigation tool to help them comply with various regulations in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), anti-terrorist financing, Know Your Customer (KYC) and Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements.

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Sales Intelligence Services Power CRM Insights: Social Media, Lists, Industry Snapshots & Conclusion
26th July 2013

In the final part of his article on the integration of sales intelligence products with Customer Relationship Management systems, Michael Levy investigates how the six sales intelligence products work with social media, lists and industry snapshots. He also presents the strengths and weaknesses of each of the SI products: D&B360, Data.com, InsideView, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, OneSource iSell and ZoomInfo, and provides contact information for each. 

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What You Already Know about Value
26th July 2013

The choice of which information products to purchase and use is dependent on so much more than price alone. Developing a personal value proposition is an essential step in working towards meaningful measures for return on investment. Robin Neidorf reports on a recent FreePint Webinar which focused on how to make value metrics more tangible.

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Sales Intelligence Services Power CRM Insights: Sales Triggers, Profiles & Connections
25th July 2013

Continuing his look at the integration of sales intelligence products with Customer Relationship Management systems, Michael Levy takes a closer look at how six sales intelligence products work with five CRM systems: Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Oracle On Demand, SAP and SFDC. In this article he focuses on the sales triggers and alerts, executive profiles and connection possibilities.

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