Outsell’s analysis of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the Legal & Regulatory Solutions market reveals that while there was a drop in the number of M&A deals in 2022, the number of companies making deals increased, including a return to M&A by the three largest players.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Legal Tech M&A Activity in 2022

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: January 12, 2023

Verisk is acquiring Mavera, an insurance technology (insurtech), to automate accident and health (A&H) claims management. This deal demonstrates risk information providers’ increased appetite to help streamline the heavily paper-based insurance industry in a post-pandemic era.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Risk Data Giant Acquires Accident & Health Insurance Automation Capabilities

Author: Will Jan

Date: January 11, 2023

The deal will help the account-based marketing solutions provider to invest further in its platform and data capabilities, as the account-based marketing (ABM) space heats up with recessionary clouds ahead.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: BC Partners Acquires Madison Logic

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: January 10, 2023

Does metadata allow us to verify and augment existing data sets, or is it an indexing tool that will eventually obviate the need for searching underlying data? Two researchers examine how AI-based tools for improving data and verifying research are being developed and consider future development.

See more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: The Future of Metadata

Interviewer: David Worlock

Date: January 9, 2023

ChatGPT and other auto-writing tools could significantly disrupt teaching and assessment processes, opening up possibilities for solutions providers.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: AI in Higher Education: Bright Spots and Dangers Lie Ahead

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: January 5, 2023

What a difference a year makes.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: The Seven Key Trends Steering Us in 2023

Author: Ned May

Date: December 22, 2022

Two very different companies investing in AI present other information providers lessons in data visualization and output as well as shrinking decision times for their customers.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: G2 and Zappi Tap AI to Improve Speed to Insights, Output, and Decisions

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: December 21, 2022

CAS makes a bold move into life sciences. Leveraging its trusted techniques for highly structured scientific research information and data, it is now equipped to transform the pharma R&D marketplace.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: CAS Positions Itself to Transform Life Science Innovation

Author: Lettie Conrad

Date: December 20, 2022

Intuit is acquiring SeedFi to help the growing population of those who live paycheck to paycheck build credit. With inflation and high energy prices exacerbating the cost of living, information providers are taking actions to help those most effected.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Tax Solution Giant Helps the Underbanked Navigate Economic Uncertainty

Author: Will Jan

Date: December 19, 2022

Property-tech startup Prophia is raising the bar for commercial real estate (CRE) data and analytics players. Its approach shows how one can provide unique solutions to save customers valuable time and make more informed decisions.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Prophia’s New Investment Awards the Promise of its AI Efforts

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: December 15, 2022

Months after Moody’s announced its Credit Impact Scores (CIS) to account for physical risks caused by climate change, S&P Global acquired climate-risk research business Shades of Green. Credit ratings agencies are moving quickly to win market share in light of the global climate regulations surge.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: S&P Strikes Back by Acquiring Climate Risk Research Business

Author: Will Jan

Date: December 14, 2022

Open educational resources (OERs) are not a new phenomenon, but survey results indicate their growing importance to students and faculty in the US higher education market. Paid-for providers are advised to take heed.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: US Higher Education Student and Faculty Survey 2022: Use and Impact of OERs

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: December 12, 2022

This fourth piece in our series on API and DaaS Strategies looks at the different buyers that emerge when selling these solutions. We also look at how companies adjust their marketing efforts and get their sales teams ready to sell these offerings.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: API and DaaS Strategies – Marketing and Selling to New Buyers

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: December 7, 2022

Trust in data privacy practices is essential to the growth of the global economy, but governments are making compliance harder with a patchwork of data privacy laws. This analysis provides a primer into what to look out for and how to respond in 2023.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: New Data Privacy Laws Are Coming

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: December 7, 2022

Outsell’s latest survey looked at student and faculty usage and perceptions of institutional libraries, providing a valuable view of post-COVID reality. In addition, the findings shed light on potential areas for development as institutional libraries transform.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: US Higher Education Student and Faculty Survey 2022: Use of the Library

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: December 6, 2022

Experian launched ESG Insight to help business lenders understand their candidates’ climate risk factors. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has not only become a criterion for business operations and partnerships, but a criterion for receiving loans.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ESG Becomes a Key Factor in Corporate Lending

Author: Will Jan

Date: December 5, 2022

Information providers continue to unlock content value through partnerships. Springer Nature’s partnership with The Lens is a good example of how partnerships can deliver robust solutions for clients.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Springer Nature: Breaking Down Silos to Innovate, Create Client Value, and Grow Opportunity

Author: Reynold Guida

Date: December 1, 2022

Outsell’s latest survey highlights a worrying trend for content providers serving US higher education: a decline in usage of suggested learning resources amongst students, despite an uptick in faculty recommendations. Boosting student engagement is, therefore, critical.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: US Higher Education Student and Faculty Survey 2022: Content Discovery, Purchasing, and Usage

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: November 30, 2022

As fast-and-easy funding and an explosion in demand for cloud solutions come to an end, some legal tech startups are feeling the pain.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Layoffs Come to Legal Tech

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: November 29, 2022

As patent data is increasingly consumed by a wider range of professionals, LexisNexis beefs up its intellectual property solutions with standards data and analytics capabilities to help it cross-sell to technical professionals.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: LexisNexis Acquires IPlytics

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: November 28, 2022