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Webinar Will Bring Big Data Down to Size
Monday, 20th May 2013
Find out more about FreePint's Webinar: Big Data in Action: Plain Language, Practical Guidance and don't forget to register for the free event. It's a great opportunity to find out more about big data from four technology and service companies in the sector: Attunity, Connotate, Linguamatics and Opera Solutions.
Defining Big Data: The Four Vs
Friday, 26th April 2013
Security and speed of data transmission, accuracy of information stored and where to store vast amounts of data are just some of the issues that need to be tackled when considering big data projects. In his second article on the topic, Victor Camlek looks into the detail of the four Vs: Volume, Velocity, Vaulting and Validation and how they define the essence of big data.
Do You Really Want to Send Your Data FedEx?
Tuesday, 23rd April 2013
Moving data, and in particular, big data, is a specialist task. Matt Benati explains why it's essential that the transfer of large datasets be carried out speedily and efficiently - and how analytics rely on the freshest data for competitive advantage.
FreePint and BST America Explore the ABCs of ROI
Monday, 22nd April 2013
Measuring value and return on investment of content purchases is undeniably important but the metrics are difficult to pin down. Robin Neidorf introduces FreePint's new Webinar series, Identifying and Measuring Value, where a number of interactive sessions will focus on understanding, measuring and reporting on the value and ROI of content purchase.
Transferring Big Data by Bullet Express Train
Monday, 22nd April 2013
Analysis and outputs are the two issues usually associated with big data but there is another one which is just as important: data movement. Matt Benati explains why speedy data movement and skilled data scientists are essential to successful big data projects.
LinkedIn Purchases Pulse & Moves Closer to Being a Publishing Platform
Wednesday, 17th April 2013
LinkedIn's purchase of the Pulse news app is the company's latest move in news aggregation, building on its introduction of LinkedIn Today and the Influencer discovery tool over the last couple of years. The acquisition of mobile news specialist Pulse is the next step towards the business networking site becoming "the definitive professional publishing platform".
Have Social Intranets Failed to Live Up to Their Hype?
Thursday, 11th April 2013
If you're an intranet manager there's no doubt that you're excited, if not overjoyed, about the potential of a social intranet. However, have social intranets caught on as much as we might have expected them to? Renowned intranet guru, and author of the Digital Workplace Trends Report, Jane McConnell doesn't think so.
Replacing your Intranet with Yammer
Thursday, 4th April 2013
Intranets have come a long way since the early days of static text-heavy internal websites for collaboration and communication. Now they offer unique functionality that often eclipses what is available on the website of the same company. Whilst social intranets are becoming the norm, we're yet to see an enterprise social network such as Yammer become an intranet... until now.
Online Education Services - the Market is Getting Crowded
Thursday, 28th March 2013
Online learning, tutoring and education are big business with some predicting the sector to be worth $220 billion by 2017. It’s not just the traditional academic publishers supplying the elearning field, online specialists such as the Khan Academy and the increasingly-popular MOOC (massive open online courses) are also in the mix. Penny Crossland investigates the key players and drivers in the market.
Is Video Now a Credible Source?
Monday, 25th March 2013
All videos are not created equal... and this might not be a bad thing. However, each video produced should have a clear purpose for its respective audience - whether it's to entertain, to convert prospective customers, or for information/educational purposes. As with any social media, if video is used as a resource, knowing how to distinguish the legitimacy of the video will lend credibility to your research.
NewsCred - Blurring the Lines Between Traditional News and Content Marketing
Monday, 25th March 2013
The lines between traditional media and brand marketing are becoming increasingly blurred with NewsCred using "game-changing" technology to target the social web. NewsCred, a 2008 internet start-up, has recently announced a $15 million funding round for its meta wire service which provides full-text licensed content from credible sources. Unlike traditional wire services, its platform operates via an API so its customers can incorporate content onto their sites via widgets, for example, making it "social media friendly".
Looking to the Skies - Law Firms and Cloud Computing
Monday, 11th March 2013
Much has been written in recent years about how cloud computing is going to revolutionise the way that law firms work. Cloud computing and SaaS has, in fact, been a disruptive force for much longer than we think and has the potential for long-term impact in most industries including the academic and commercial legal sector.
Mini Review: Web Preserver
Monday, 18th February 2013
Barbara Fullerton reviews Web Preserver, a sophisticated yet easy-to-use product which not only allows you to preserve webpages in their native technology format but also to archive and tag them, and to monitor and compare website changes.
To SharePoint or Not to SharePoint?
Monday, 18th February 2013
At the end of 2012 SharePoint announced that it was releasing SharePoint 2013. SharePoint 2013 promises much both in terms of content authoring and the social experience, but whether organisations choose to upgrade to the latest version of the application will depend on many factors.
Product Report: CODiE Finalists - Best Media & Information Monitoring Solution
Thursday, 31st January 2013
The CODiE Awards of Excellence are being presented this week and Robin Neidorf rounds up FreePint's recent mini reviews of two of the finalists in the Best Media & Information Monitoring Category: Nexis Media Coverage Analyzer and CisionPoint.
Mini Review: Nexis Media Coverage Analyzer
Tuesday, 29th January 2013
For media professionals, reviewing media coverage is an essential but often time-consuming aspect of their role. Robin Neidorf reviews Nexis Media Coverage Analyzer, a sophisticated tool which uses citation data and metadata to provide visual reports on trends and changes in media coverage, helping PR and communications professionals to identify which media campaigns are working most effectively, which need to be tweaked, and to analyse competitor activity.
Mini Review: Workshare
Tuesday, 22nd January 2013
We're all trying to work more closely with colleagues, regardless of their location. And the need to do so with effective controls over document security, revision history, and peer inputs is increasing. James Mullan reviews Workshare, a collaborative tool that integrates tightly with Microsoft Outlook to avoid common security mishaps involved with emailing documents, while also creating a cloud-based, secure collaborative environment for commenting, revision management and document auditing. Screenshots and detailed user analysis included.
Power Through Disparate Datasets with Discovery Interfaces
Tuesday, 8th January 2013
Jonathan Jacobsen explains the lure of resource discovery interfaces for cultural collections researchers and others. He explores why functions such as faceted browsing and suggestions of related resources, together with the ability to search multiple datasets from one interface, make discovery interfaces one of the hottest trends in web-based search.
Upgrading to a Resource Discovery Interface
Tuesday, 8th January 2013
Jonathan Jacobsen outlines just what constitutes a resource discovery interface and explains why many public and academic libraries have been adopting these interfaces over the past three to four years. He highlights some of the most popular commercial and open source systems and explains why smaller libraries and cultural organisations should also consider introducing them. The article includes useful pointers for selecting and implementing a discovery interface - there are many factors to consider.
Email: Here Today; Here Tomorrow
Wednesday, 12th December 2012
Email. It's not dead, just changing. Love it or hate it, we must manage it. Surveys show that email is as 'here' as it's ever been and isn't going away any time soon. But it's not email itself that's the problem, it's the way we fail to manage it.
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