Five Themes in Understanding Value
5th August 2013

Bill Noorlander explains why isolating "value" when purchasing information is so very complex and reports on a recent FreePint Webinar: What Do You Already Know About Value?, where he outlined how setting a "value" on information purchases is influenced by areas such as mathematics, measurement, accounting, culture and management. Developing guidelines in each of these areas can help to move towards shared understanding of value within your own organisation.

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Product Review of Global Financial Data: Executive Summary
5th August 2013

Author Perrin Kerravala's executive summary of Global Financial Data Inc. (GFD), shows how the provider of financial and economic time-series data widely used by investment firms and academic organisations is unique in being able to provide rare data, including time-series that are several hundred years old, and data extensions on current series. The simple interface empowers users to obtain raw, reliable information to conduct analyses of company or market performance over several business cycles.

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Source Update August 2013: What's Happening with Eureka.cc and Europresse.com?
5th August 2013

This month's additions and takedowns in Eureka.cc and Europresse.com, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan. Europresse.com is the European version of the Eureka.cc solution.

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Product Review of Global Financial Data: Customer Support, Licensing & Pricing
2nd August 2013

Author Perrin Kerravala outlines Global Financial Data's customer service and licensing options. 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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Is it Time for LinkedIn Endorsements to Prove their Worth?
1st August 2013

The endorsements feature on LinkedIn is increasingly becoming an integral and popular part of the networking tool. James Mullan discusses the value employers put on endorsements and how endorsements may lead to deeper engagement and better links with other professionals.

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Product Review of Global Financial Data: Search Results & Outputs, User Interface & Special Functionality
1st August 2013

Perrin Kerravala evaluates Global Financial Data’s search results and export options; and discusses GFD's unique reporting, charting and administrative management capabilities. 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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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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