Frictionless search, where users receive insights rather than wading through raw content, has become the benchmark for information platforms. Publishers must strike a balance between the degree of autonomy built into those capabilities and the user’s needs.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Silverchair Arms its Customers with Upgraded Search Functionality

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: May 22, 2025

Komodo and Nasdaq launch NMCI, merging real-world healthcare data with financial insights. It signals a major shift as healthcare data becomes essential for investors and capital markets strategy.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Trading on Healthcare: Komodo and Nasdaq Redefine Investment Intelligence

Author: Nick Scheponik

Date: May 15, 2025

eLife’s Journal Impact Factor (JIF) eligibility expires next month. Support for the journal indicates the declining importance of the JIF as a standalone metric. This brave new world of transparency amid a multiplicity of metrics opens opportunities and challenges for metrics providers.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: eLife: The Beginning of the End for the Journal Impact Factor?

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: May 14, 2025

Conversation with Sharon Bolding founder and Larry Gaudet co-founder

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Parsifer.com: Using AI to track AI content usage – So, who is using your content now!

Author: David Worlock

Date: May 06, 2025

D&B’s new move into identity resolution overlays rich business and consumer profiles and signals to create enriched B2B2C profiles. The move puts it in a rarified class of enterprise-level sales and marketing data providers that can do it at this depth and breadth.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: D&B Moves Into Business & Consumer Identity Resolution

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: May 05, 2025

CAS and Cleveland Clinic have partnered to accelerate drug discovery in brain health, combining IBM quantum computing capabilities with decades of innovation in scientific data. This alliance reflects CAS’s continued evolution from a trusted content provider to a leading force in healthcare AI.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Healthcare’s Quantum Moment: The CAS/Cleveland Clinic Alliance

Author: Nick Scheponik

Date: April 29, 2025

Global law firm Cleary Gottlieb’s recent acquisition of AI-focused startup Springbok signifies a landmark move when legal services stopped consuming technology and started competing on it.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Law Firms Absorbing Legal Tech Companies

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: April 21, 2025

The customer data platform (CDP) space continues to consolidate as big agencies and enterprise software platforms buy in, niche players specialize, and the middle gets squeezed. Companies evaluating or using CDPs will need to monitor if their tool gets acquired and how things might change.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: CDP Consolidation Intensifies

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: April 15, 2025

Siemens’ April 2025 acquisition of Dotmatics marks a decisive leap into the future of life sciences, blending data-driven drug discovery with industrial-scale automation. This move signals a shift toward an integrated, AI-powered ecosystem that is redefining pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Transforming Drug Discovery: The Impact of Siemens’ Acquisition of Dotmatics

Author: Nick Scheponik

Date: April 08, 2025

2024 was disappointing to most dealmakers on the M&A front, although an improvement from 2023. While 2025 began with high optimism, economic and trade uncertainty have pushed many to say that happy days may not quite be here again.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Operating Practice: M&A Trends and Outlook

Author: Andy Jacobson

Date: April 07, 2025

The LBR-ALM merger combines global scale with niche expertise, creating a powerful new platform that will reshape how legal professionals access, utilize, and integrate critical information across markets.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: LBR and ALM Merger Bridges Global Scale and Niche Expertise

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: April 03, 2025

In today’s maturing markets, productizing content, data, and services offers a strategic path to scalable growth. This article outlines how organizations can unlock new revenue streams, drive efficiency, and deliver repeatable value by treating capabilities as products.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Operating Practice: Improving Growth through Productization

Author: Grant Hunter

Date: April 02, 2025

D&B is changing hands—again. Can a legendary data provider remain relevant in a world that values embedded insights over raw information? This piece explores why reinvention is no longer optional – and what must happen next.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Dun & Bradstreet Goes Private (Again) – Will This Time Be Different?

Author: Sachin Gulab Kalwani

Date: April 01, 2025

This new analysis dives into the $100 billion Healthcare & Pharma Tech and Information Services market. The market grew by 9% in 2024, driven by demand for data and predictive analytics, digital medicine, and the capabilities offered by generative AI.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Healthcare & Pharma: 2025 Annual Ecosystem View

Author: Nick Scheponik

Date: March 31, 2025

With Notified, EQ gains access to the communications software and intelligence stack and gets closer to customers during crisis events. West divests an asset no longer core to its infrastructure business. Cison, Meltwater, and Onclusive may end up in similar spots as their growth slows.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: West Technology Group Divests Notified PR & IR Business to EQ

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: March 27, 2025

This new analysis delves into the $25 billion Scholarly Research market. The market grew by just under 4% in 2023, driven by demand for workflow solutions to improve research efficiency, and the possibilities offered by generative AI tools.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Scholarly Research: 2024 Annual Ecosystem View

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: March 25, 2025

Trump’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cuts and Congress’s push to end free filing may boost tax software demand but rushed automation breeds disruption

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: IRS Workforce Cuts Will Reshape Tax Filing

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: March 20, 2025

ANSI and Accuris offer compliance products to improve workflows, but without deeper standards integration, end users still face inefficiencies. As publishers restrict licensing, compliance professionals struggle with fragmented content—highlighting a growing gap in regulatory intelligence solutions.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Standards Aggregators Diversify into Compliance Management

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: March 19, 2025

On March 3, 2025, FactSet acquired TableTop Data, owner of LogoIntern, a tool automating pitchbook logo formatting. While not a major revenue driver, the deal strengthens FactSet’s AI-driven workflow automation strategy, setting it apart from competitors focused more on data than client efficiency.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: FactSet’s Acquisition of TableTop: A Small Deal With Big Implications

Author: Sachin Gulab Kalwani

Date: March 18, 2025

Interview with Rose Luckin, Professor of Learner Centred Design, University College London
Founder and CEO, Educate Ventures

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: AI In Learning Design

Author: David Worlock

Date: March 17, 2025