Credit Giant Moves into the ESG Game
Dun & Bradstreet’s foray into ESG analytics signals to other trade credit information providers that supplier risk is about not just company financial health but also corporate social responsibility. Beyond its use in financial services, ESG data is becoming a key part of third-party screening.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: September 13, 2021
South Korea Curbs the Google-Apple App Duopoly
New legislation in South Korea could spell the beginning of the end for Apple’s and Google’s app commissions.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: September 8, 2021
Equifax to Push Unregulated Data into the Marketplace
Equifax partners with AWS Data Exchange and Snowflake Data Marketplace to make its unregulated data available to companies. This data will yield a new level of insight into consumer financial behavior for its users, enhancing customer targeting, decision-making, and risk mitigation.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: September 2, 2021
Salesforce Goes All in on B2B Media Experiences
Salesforce delivers a premium business media platform to entertain and engage customers across many roles and industries. It’s a clear sign that where B2B media is heading is more Netflix than it is LinkedIn. There’s an indirect impact on B2B media companies here.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: September 1, 2021
Segment View: Tax & Accounting Solutions – 2021
The pandemic-induced global recession did little to slow down tax and accounting management. In fact, the economic assistance offered by governments introduced new compliance requirements that kept solutions providers busy. This analysis highlights who won and what the next opportunities will be.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: August 31, 2021
Pearson+ Joins Cengage Unlimited in Targeting US HE Students
Pearson’s new Pearson solution reflects the company’s increased focus on direct-to-consumer sales and competes directly with Cengage Unlimited.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: August 30, 2021
CCC Debuts as a Reseller to Cater to Biotech Start-Ups
The lack of robust, systematic, and affordable research access leaves many emerging startup organizations with no option other than to beg, borrow, or steal. CCC’s new subscription solution looks to solve this dilemma by offering an affordable solution that maintains the rights of publishers.
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Author: Tatiana Khayrullina
Date: August 26, 2021
Amazon Rapidly Gains Momentum Toward Domination of the US Healthcare System’s IT Infrastructure
Last month, Amazon formally unveiled its AWS for Health offering. Anchored by the data repository and analytics platform Amazon Web Services Health Lake, the move signals a multi-billion-dollar recommitment to becoming the technology platform of choice for patients, providers, and payors.
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Author: David Potter
Date: August 25, 2021
TechTarget Buys Xtelligent to Move into Healthcare
The acquisition signals yet another effort by a B2B technology brand to fortify its own purchase intent data efforts, move into an adjacent space, and get away from pure-play B2B data platforms. Other B2B media and information companies need to consider a similar path.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: August 23, 2021
Outsell FutureScapes – The Future of Reading
The internet is changing our ideas of what reading is about as technology makes it possible for people to tell stories and share topical interests online. In this edition of FutureScapes, David Worlock discusses the future of reading with Deborah Igunma, Co-Founder and CEO of JoinPEEK.io.
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Author: David Worlock
Date: August 19, 2021
Moody’s Acquires RMS to Become an Insurance Data Powerhouse
Moody’s acquires RMS for $2 billion, immediately augmenting its insurance data and analytics business to $500 million in revenue. The financial information giant continues to invest big to capture new markets.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: August 18, 2021
Zoom Events Will Accelerate the Event Platform Shakeout
Zoom’s minimal viable product version of Zoom Events has a lot of room for growth, and the company’s entry into the online event platform space will speed up the market shakeout ahead. Event teams must accelerate switching to platforms that meet their needs, especially when it comes to engagement.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: August 17, 2021
LegalTech Provider Litera Continues Its Acquisition Spree
Litera is quickly emerging as a top 20 player in the Legal Solutions market as it continues making large follow-on acquisitions backed by private equity.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: August 16, 2021
RELX, Thomson Reuters, and Wolters Kluwer Post Promising Half-Year Results
The half-year 2021 results show promising signs that the information industry may achieve a faster-than-expected pandemic recovery in advanced economies.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: August 12, 2021
Big Social Pressures Newsletter Businesses to Go After Substack
Media providers need to hang onto writers and tweak their newsletter models as big social guns for Substack’s content creation, distribution, and monetization model.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: August 11, 2021
Dow Jones Fuels Its Energy Insights with OPIS
News Corp shells out $1.15 billion in cash to buy OPIS for its Dow Jones subsidiary, clearing one of the regulatory obstacles to the proposed merger of S&P Global and IHS Market. Players in the Financial Information & Solutions segment continue to aim for new markets with data acquisitions.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: August 9, 2021
Onboarding Critical to Customer Success
In almost any endeavour, getting off to a good start can make a huge difference, which is very much the case with subscription businesses. This analysis explores how to deploy a comprehensive and tailored onboarding process that can help deliver that all-important first renewal a year later.
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Author: Simon Alterman
Date: August 5, 2021
ZoomInfo Dives into Conversational Intelligence and Customer Service
In the space of a few weeks, ZoomInfo moves into two adjacent markets by picking the right acquisition to get there. This deal also points to how conversational intelligence is rapidly becoming a must-have tool in the sales and market stack of most companies.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: August 4, 2021
China’s Tutoring Businesses Face a Nonprofit Future
New regulations in China will force domestic tutoring businesses to operate on a nonprofit basis, driving down share prices and limiting opportunities for international players.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: August 3, 2021
The Next Generation of Legal Practice Guidance Workflow Tools
Legal information providers are racing to offer next-generation legal practical guidance workflow products integrated within legal research platforms. However, they are not only competing with each other but also competing with the growing risk of the commoditization of legal content.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: August 2, 2021
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