Category Archives: Business Information

Analytics, Platforms, Software, Workflow Tools and Consultative Services in High Demand

During the last quarter of 2011 BIIA tracked 57 deals.  44% involved Analytics, Platforms, Software, Workflow Tools and Consultative Services. During the first 50 days of 2012 there were already 57 deals announced which are relevant to our industry: 21% … Continue reading

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Marketing Managers Look for Actionable Information

According to a recent IBM study of 1,734 global chief marketing officers, the number one marketing challenge is to turn mass amounts of available data into information that allows companies to take action. Today’s customers can shop around the globe, … Continue reading

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Outsell Inc. Preliminary 2011 Results: Market Size US$462bn – Growth 2.9%

Outsell Inc. has just released its 2011 preliminary market size and share report for the information industry.  Preliminary estimates show that the Information Industry grew 2.9% in 2011 to $462 billion, compared with 0.6% growth in 2010. The strongest growth … Continue reading

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PublicAffairsAsia on China: Most Companies are Under-Equipped to Deal with the Increasingly Complex Political, Regulatory and Stakeholder Landscape

PublicAffairsAsia and Edelman released “The New Realities: Public Affairs, Trade and China’s 12th Five Year Plan”, the latest White Paper in the Public Affairs Dialogue series. Following the 2011 Public Affairs Dialogue survey and roundtable, this impactful 16-page report examines the … Continue reading

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The Landmark Year of Incorporating Content into Workflow

Under the rather eye catching headline The Ape and the iPad David Worlock, BIIA’s Chairman,  stated that the key trends of 2011 will always be, for him, the landmark strides made towards incorporating content into the workflow of professionals , … Continue reading

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China Based Data Theft – Business is Already at War

As few as 12 different Chinese hacker groups commit the bulk of Chinese based cyber-attacks stealing critical data from US companies and government agencies, according to an article in the Indian Financial Express (December 13, 2011).   The article expresses the … Continue reading

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Three Card Poker: Big Data, Data Mining / Extraction, Workflow and Processes

BIIA’s Chairman stated in his recent blog “Three Card Poker” that information service players of today are playing a three card game of risk.  The dialog he hears every day centers on the following issues: “We now have good business … Continue reading

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New International Initiative for Open Government

In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2011, US President Barack Obama announced a new global open government initiative led by the US and Brazil.  His statement on this subject was short and the message … Continue reading

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Outsell on Big-Data: Big Deal or Just Big Buzz?

Outsell Inc., a founder member of BIIA, has just released a report on ‘Big-Data’ authored by Frank Gilbane, President of Outsell’s Gilbane Services “Big-data” has a lot of buzz these days, and if the big-data buzz is based in reality, … Continue reading

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Post-modern B2B: The World We Grew Up In B2B Is Now Over, but Amazingly there Is Still Resistance To Change!

BIIA Chairman David Worlock expressed his amazement in his recent blog:  Post-modern B2B: Doing the Unthinkable that “the world in which I (Worlock) grew up in B2B is now over, and some weeks you live through a few days when … Continue reading

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