Willis Towers Watson partners with Polecat Intelligence to account for ESG practices in corporate reputation risk assessments. With ESG data existing largely in an unstructured format, the insurance sector is helping to drive forward unstructured data analytics for the ESG solution market.
The OA Switchboard strives to remove technical barriers on the path to OA adoption. Its mission is to smooth out communications among market players, one connection at a time.
Understanding how companies changed the organizational structures of their events, marketing, and sales teams in 2020, and what skillset gaps they hope to fill this year, will help others plot the road ahead for events in 2021.
Digital platforms generate vast amounts of data about users and their behaviour, but which performance metrics actually matter when managing a subscription business? What are the best practices to boost the all-important renewal rate?
Understanding vaccine deployments, geographic differences in health and safety regulations, the mindsets of attendees, and the budgets of sponsors and exhibitors will help event organizations better prepare for what unfolds in 2021 and 2022.
The Brexit negotiations saga has finally concluded as the UK and the EU completed a last-minute agreement on Christmas Eve. We take a comprehensive look at the implications for the data, information, and analytics industry in various key areas.
Euromoney is acquiring WealthEngine to let its users gain a holistic perspective on financial clients’ financial behavior. Background assessments now involve not just how a client transacts professionally but also how the individual lives life.
The strategic focus for standards publishers is shifting from producing and distributing content to delivering value-added services based on content. This is driving the next stage of the standards market evolution, from a publishing model to a services model, while aligning with broader STM trends.
Virtual events don’t need to have substandard attendee engagement and networking experiences compared to preceding in-person equivalents. Here are some critical practices to follow when thinking through facilitating audience engagement in the shift from physical to virtual events.
A year that started out looking pretty normal ended as anything but. We look back on some key events of 2020 and trends to keep top of mind as we head into 2021.
Zovio has sold Ashford University to University of Arizona Global Campus, cementing its move away from being a direct provider of online education to a supplier of EdTech services and solutions supporting the wider US higher education market.
Three-fifths of publishers do not leverage semi-structured content. Silverchair’s Composer will facilitate its use — if adoption is straightforward for publishers.
An innovative legal research startup is blaming a Thomson Reuters copyright infringement lawsuit for its demise, but its high valuation and burn rate did not help.
Wolters Kluwer acquires eOriginal to enable digital lending transformation for banks. Online lending has garnered new traction during the pandemic, and with e-lending becoming part of the new norm, consumer information providers could see new channels for their data.
The race to the bottom of the market creates a hidden commoditization current that can pull down unprepared providers when someone eventually figures out how to offer the product for free.
