Despite huge investments in both content and technology, too many information users are often left scrambling to cobble together patchwork intelligence on a daily basis. Just take a look at this recent piece from The New York Times about aspiring professionals who wake up at 4:00 a.m. just to get a jump on the day's news and information. Read the full article: Where News Is Power, a Fight to Be Well-Armed.
Unfortunately, this story is hardly unique to Washington’s up and comers—it is being played out daily in corporate communication departments, business and competitive intelligence groups and even at the highest levels of government intelligence agencies.
Stories like these illustrate what InfoDesk calls “the information industry’s Achilles heel.” For a variety of reasons, including IP protection, rights management and competition, publishers and content providers do not generally share information delivery platforms. As a result, federated search/delivery of content across platforms is all but impossible. Redundant searching becomes the only option, which costs organizations valuable time and resources, and drives down actual usage of centralized content resources, leaving information users less supported than ever.
InfoDesk is able to help organizations integrate all types of content more effectively because we are a technology company, not a content provider. It is our unique “content neutral” approach combined with our vast network of providers that allows us to integrate more content, from more sources, faster and more cost-effectively than anyone else.
InfoDesk Solutions is the winner of the 2011 SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Business Information Resource."
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