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Mobile Strategy in the Investments Business
Tuesday, 21st May 2013
Carlos Ramon of retirement investments provider VALIC tells FreePint how the company developed a mobile app to allow its customers to check their fund positions, get news updates and contact their financial adviser. He also provides valuable tips for other organisations considering their own mobile strategy, whether for smartphones or tablets.
NewsEdge Delivered to the Palm of Your Hand
Monday, 20th May 2013
Delivering news headlines to mobile devices nowadays seems straightforward but early adopters TD Bank and NewsEdge have been delivering headlines and full text articles (on seamless click-through) to BlackBerrys since 2006. Linda Larsen tells FreePint how the service came about and gives us a glimpse of the information research centre's plans for the future.
Do Legal Firms Need Client-Facing Systems?
Thursday, 18th April 2013
Law firms are under increasing pressure to provide more services to clients for less money. In this context you would expect to see innovative client-facing solutions being developed. But this doesn't appear to be the case. Why is this? James Mullan explores the drivers and blocks to development of systems such as extranets and collaborative platforms for the legal sector.
Elsevier Acquires Mendeley - Sell-out or Wise Move?
Monday, 15th April 2013
So publishing disruptor Mendeley has been sold to STM establishment giant Elsevier. A Twitter campaign encouraging users to delete their Mendeley account has already begun but should researchers bide their time and see whether open access advocate Mendeley has really sold out or made a wise move which will benefit its founders and researchers alike, bringing users access to more content and faster development?
Teleworking - Bad Career Move?
Monday, 18th March 2013
The furore over Yahoo's ban on teleworking has prompted pundits such as MarketingProfs and iHubbub to come out in support of the practice. But Telework Research Network figures show that homeworking is still not widespread, and a University of Texas study suggests that it hasn't helped work-family balance either. Nevertheless, a recent LinkedIn study shows that most women define success as having a good work-life balance, and another from Grant Thornton suggests that many employers are encouraging it. Finally, the London Business School has some tips for how teleworkers can avoid being sidelined for promotion.
Product Report: CODiE Finalists: Best Legal Information Product
Monday, 25th February 2013
The CODiE Award for Best Legal Information Product saw four very different legal products gain finalist status, each demonstrating particular strengths for discrete areas of information work. FreePint reviewers put each of the finalists to the test: IA Watch, Lexis Advance, Web Preserver and Workshare. There's only one winner but all offer significant benefits to legal information professionals.
Mini Review: Axceler ControlPoint
Thursday, 21st February 2013
SharePoint is well-used in large and small firms for intranets, collaboration and workflow and seems to be maintaining its competitive edge as the latest version, SharePoint 2013, is introduced. Evan Callender reviews Axceler's ControlPoint, which is designed to help those running management and policy enforcement for large SharePoint environments as well as offering some useful features which aren't present in the native SharePoint offering.
Increase Your Productivity - Just Get it Done!
Thursday, 7th February 2013
David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system can help you clear your mind, organise incoming information, and decide what to focus on at any given time. Jo Alcock provides an overview of the GTD system and recommends tools to help you improve your productivity.
Decimate Your 'To Do List': Get Things Done
Thursday, 7th February 2013
This article provides an introduction to David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. It discusses each of the five stages in the GTD process, and provides tips to help you integrate the system into your workflow to improve your productivity.
Mini Review: Dodge BuildShare
Wednesday, 30th January 2013
Jan Knight reviews Dodge BuildShare™, a set of online dashboards that provide information to the construction and building industry. As an independent, objective resource, the product provides valuable market forecasts as well as detailed information on upcoming and current building projects along with market forecasts, company information, regional data and forecasts and contact information for key personnel involved in the construction industry.
Mini Review: Lexis Advance
Wednesday, 30th January 2013
John DiGilio reviews Lexis Advance, the newest and most innovative version of the LexisNexis legal research platform. From its interface to its functionality and pricing, it is casting the company and the way legal researchers work in a new light. Single search capabilities, powerful filtering, and a pay-for-what-you-use approach are the hallmarks of LexisNexis’ latest offering.
Product Report: Compliance Sampler
Wednesday, 30th January 2013
Robin Neidorf highlights FreePint's recent full and mini reports in the area of compliance - an area always of interest to FreePint readers as products become more sophisticated and required compliance more stringent.
Mini Review: Keylight 3.0
Wednesday, 23rd January 2013
Penny Crossland reviews LockPath's Keylight 3.0 platform, a cloud-based workflow tool in the governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) space. The platform consists of a combination of 400+ pre-populated authority documents covering regulations, standards and guidelines for more than 38 countries, and sophisticated and flexible reporting facilities, making this an end-user friendly tool for anybody managing compliance and risk.
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.
Digital Signatures: Ensure They Stand Up to Scrutiny
Monday, 10th December 2012
When everything (it seems) is going digital, why aren't digital signatures more commonly used? Deb Hunt explores what constitutes a digital signature that will stand up to possible court challenges.
Digital Signatures: Workflow Efficiency, ROI and Security
Monday, 10th December 2012
Automated business processes can be slowed down by the need for signatures. Digital signatures enable paper-free, expedited and secure business processes. With digital signatures, organisations can eliminate their reliance on paper for obtaining signature approvals while maintaining the security and integrity of their signed documents. In addition to eliminating the time-consuming and expensive reliance on paper, digital signatures enhance collaboration, improve efficiency, and satisfy a crucial component to any automation effort.
CisionPoint: Even Better After All These Years
Thursday, 29th November 2012
From 1892 to 2012, Cision has evolved from clipping service to all-in-one PR and communication publishing and relationship management tool. Reviewer Connie Crosby comments on her positive experience with CisionPoint and notes the unique value of partnerships... and of human researchers to improve the data.
Product Review of CisionPoint: Executive Summary
Thursday, 29th November 2012
Cision's platform CisionPoint pulls together many of Cision's tools for marketing/communications professionals. It essentially covers all aspects of launching and running a marketing/PR campaign, pulling together many of Cision's offerings in one convenient place. It has a number of sophisticated workflows for those in this area and, for the more robust account level, project spaces that can be used by teams.
Linex Systems: Current Awareness Monitoring Simplified
Tuesday, 30th October 2012
If your role includes seeking, reviewing and culling information to be shared with others, this Current Awareness Management tool from Linex Systems may be worth a look.
Product Review of Linex Systems: Executive Summary
Tuesday, 30th October 2012
Reviewer Jan Knight highlights the key findings of her in-depth review of Linex Systems' aggregation and workflow tools. The system's ability to integrate multiple streams of information from a range of premium and web-based sources is a strength; some of the functions could be more intuitive; customer service is present and helpful, to enable new users to get up to speed and get the power of the product as quickly as possible.
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