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Friday, March 19, 2010
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VOLUME 1
ISSUE 19
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New focus on CI drums up big business for SCIP speaker.
Protecting the profits: the key role of industrial security.
Using the invisible web for CI: free online seminar November 26.
Research project on the strategic management practices of corporations.
Reuters accused in web site earnings report privacy case.
FDfn now includes transcripts of companies from two major European indices.
Special issue on knowledge management: the Emperor’s new clothes.
Wanted: CAO – Chief Acronym Officer.
New focus on CI drums up big business for SCIP speaker.
Anne Barron of ABComm, a specialized exhibit management consultancy, is one of five finalists for a Business Achievement Award given by the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce. ABComm coaches organizations on how to maximize their presence and CI collection at special events and trade shows. Anne is a featured speaker at the SCIP annual conference.
“Competitive intelligence provides tradeshow exhibitors with invaluable insight to their market, the industry, how they stack up against competitors, and specifically what they need to do to be more effective on the exhibit floor itself. The service provides an impartial assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of a firm relative to key competitors. It also equips an organization with the tools and templates to gather and analyze information on their own in the future.” Press Release, November 6, 2002. www.AB-Comm.com
Protecting the profits: the key role of industrial security.
In the wake of the Enron and Tyco scandals, it seems clear that fraud and other kinds of white collar crime require careful scrutiny, along with protection against industrial espionage. While the government is trying to protect everyone against every threat, private security has to be more focused and industry-specific because of costs and limited resources. Determining which threats to defend against requires the kind of analysis for which intelligence professionals are well prepared. It may be the right time for SCIP members to take up the challenge of threat analysis, a role they have not played very often in the past.
Join speaker Arthur Hulnick and other SCIP members at the Boston Chapter's November 21st. meeting. Arthur is an associate professor of international relations at Boston University, and is a veteran of 35 years of government intelligence work. He is also a member of the American Society for Industrial Security.
Using the invisible web for CI: free online seminar November 26.
Led by Chris Sherman, co-author of The Invisible Web, this seminar sponsored by Inmagic will show you how to gain access to business information that is not normally available through search engine spiders. Topics to be covered include:
- How search engines and spiders work.
- What is the Invisible Web?
- Why the Invisible Web should be an integral part of your CI function.
- Strategy for using the Invisible Web.
- Tactics for searching.
- Key sites and sources.
Information and registration is at Inmagic.
Research project on the strategic management practices of corporations.
The Systems Research Center of Boston University project, in collaboration with International Data Corporation (IDC), is focused on understanding how companies can create and support a dynamic strategic management capability. Their goals are to uncover an ERP-like approach to using technology to support strategic decision making, and develop business and technology frameworks that will make the model work. Understanding how CI can be better incorporate into this model is a primary focus. Contact Dawne Shand for additional information.
Reuters accused in web site earnings report privacy case.
A small Swedish information technology company filed criminal charges against news service Reuters PLC for obtaining an earnings report from a web page it considered private. Reuters published Intentia’s third quarter report from a web page before the company released it publicly, but after it became available through their web site. The report was available to anyone who typed the correct web address, but not available through normal channels on the site. If authorities deem that Reuters retrieved the information from a public part of the web site, it could make anything on a company’s web server public information. Washington Post October 28, 2002.
FDfn now includes transcripts of companies from two major European indices.
Fair Disclosure Financial Network has expanded its collection of interactive transcripts of material disclosure events to cover companies in two major European indices, the FTSE 100 and Eurotop100. FDfn is the world’s largest transcriber, webcaster, and distributor of corporate earnings conference calls. Its network of partners include Thomson Financial, Shareholder.com, Multex, Investext and WILink. www.fdfn.com
Special issue on knowledge management: the Emperor’s new clothes.
Information Research’s first quarter issue is focused on articles evaluating the knowledge management trend. Article titles include:
- I=O (information has no intrinsic meaning).
- Understanding knowledge management and information management.
- The duality of knowledge.
- Knowledge management: re-thinking information management and facing the challenge of managing tactic knowledge.
- The nonsense of knowledge management.
- Knowledge management: another management fad?
Wanted: CAO – Chief Acronym Officer.
“I'm guilty of doing it - frankly we're all guilty. We operate in some type of secret society during the day. We are acronym addicts. I am reminded of my participation when my friends stare at me with blank faces when I talk about work. I recognize that blank stare - it's the one I wore in the first few weeks of my job. Sometimes I still find myself distracted when talking to colleagues; I wonder if I should have known what ETO means. I quickly scan my notes -- hmm, not there, so I add it to my growing acronym list.” From Editor’s column, Supplier Intelligence Authority October 18, 2002.
Copyright 2002 Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
SCIP.online, volume 1 number 19, November 8, 2002
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