Springer Nature’s recent IPO indicates the investment community’s view of the solid state of academic publishing, despite the time it has taken for this deal to come to fruition.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Springer Nature Finally Completes Long-Planned IPO

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: October 08, 2024

As AI assistants rapidly gain ground in the legal tech industry, generative AI tools like vLex’s Vincent AI are not only reshaping the competitive landscape but also disrupting traditional legal tech solutions that once dominated the market.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: AI Assistants Are Shaking Up the Legal Tech Landscape

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: October 01, 2024

ShimmrAI: A case study in using AI in advertising. Nadim Sadek, CEO, ShimmrAI Interviewed by David Worlock

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ShimmrAI: A case study in using AI in advertising

Author: David Worlock

Date: September 24, 2024

Clarivate’s new Web of Science Research Assistant demonstrates how generative AI can add value by enhancing end-user workflow tasks and provides an indicator of which generative AI strategies are becoming essential in scholarly research.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Web of Science Research Assistant Shows Value of Gen AI User Pathways

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: September 18, 2024

OpenAI’s o1 model marks a new chapter in generative AI, leveraging a chain-of-thought approach to tackle complex problems step-by-step. This evolution brings advanced reasoning capabilities, but with trade-offs in speed and computational cost, leaving vendors to explore where o1 can truly add value.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Unpacking o1: OpenAI’s Latest Leap in Generative AI

Author: Philipp Mueller

Date: September 16, 2024

Is adding AI now essential to corporate valuations and investability? Alex Boden, former Director of Research and Development at Quayle Monroe/Houlihan Lokey and now the founder of Asymmetrix talks to David Worlock

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Interview with Alex Boden, Founder of Asymmetrix

Author: David Worlock

Date: September 11, 2024

The global Corporate Training Solutions segment reached $40 billion in 2023, growing by 10%, a slowdown from 13% in 2022. Technology, especially AI, remains a key driver, with GenAI boosting demand across all regions.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Corporate Training 2024 Segment View

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: September 09, 2024

ZoomInfo’s recent earnings reveal key challenges and strategic pivots as it faces economic uncertainty and fierce competition. This analysis dives into what the results mean for the company’s future, and what others can learn from it.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ZoomInfo’s Setback Highlights the Need for Early Warning Systems

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: August 19, 2024

The two largest Learning Management System (LMS) providers, Anthology (Blackboard) and Instructure (Canvas), have both announced a range of new generative AI-powered offers. Far from being add-on tools, it’s clear that AI is now the core driver of these platforms’ capabilities.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: AI Becomes a Core Element for LMS Providers

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: August 12, 2024

Streamlining clinical decision support is just the tip of the AI iceberg.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: EBSCO Launches Dyna AI to Put GenAI at the Point-of-Care

Author: Nick Scheponik

Date: August 01, 2024

Funder and national open access (OA) mandates are reshaping publishing business models. While the shift from subscription-based models continues, there’s growing interest in the Subscribe-to-Open (S2O) approach. The sustainability of this model, especially for books and data, remains to be seen.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Is Subscribe-to-Open Coming Into Its Own?

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: July 22, 2024

As AI continues to revolutionize corporate operations, a new collective licensing solution from CCC ensures that both content creators and users can thrive.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: CCC Launches Collective AI License

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: July 17, 2024

Springer Nature’s launch of two new research integrity tools signals not only growing investment in an area which is critical to the future success of the research publishing space, but also the duality of the role played by AI.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Springer Nature Fights Back Against Papermills With Geppetto and SnappShot

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: July 16, 2024

Founders Andrew, Elliott, and Tiago are using their background in scientific research and in Scholarly Information to help identify fake contributions and indicate real value.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Interview with Co-founders of Signals, Elliott Lumb and Tiago Barros.

Author: David Worlock

Date: July 15, 2024

By revisiting audience acquisition strategies companies can help reduce some of the volatility of today’s market. They also need to re-cast their measurement efforts. This fifth and final piece in our audience acquisition looks measurement best practices and the metrics used to define success.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Operating Practices: Audience Acquisition and Measurement

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: July 10, 2024

Mitratech’s acquisition of HotDocs marks the end of an era for the once-pioneering document automation company, highlighting its unrealized potential.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Mitratech Acquisition Highlights HotDocs’ Unrealized Potential

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: July 09, 2024

The global Education Management Solutions segment grew by 6% to $35 billion in 2023, driven by K-12 funding and rising demand for EdTech. All regions except EMEA saw growth; future opportunities lie in AI and technology-supported solutions to increase efficiency and drive investment decisions.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Education Management Solutions 2024 Segment View

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: July 08, 2024

As the scholarly journals market moves towards an Open Access future, new data from Outsell lays out the implications, and highlights revenue pressures and diversification responses from providers looking to reduce reliance on falling journal revenues.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Impact of Open Access on Publisher Revenues: Diversification on the Horizon

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: July 02, 2024

Google Cloud’s Vertex AI developer platform will offer access to third-party data for inclusion in prompts, creating a commercial mechanism for grounding generative AI applications in authoritative content independently from model training.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Google’s AI Platform Unlocks New Opportunities for Data Providers

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: July 01, 2024

The Scientific & Technical Information & Solutions segment grew by 3% to $15 billion in 2023, driven by technology and Open Access models despite challenges from Open Access, research integrity, and generative AI. Top players showed strong performance, with opportunities in technology-led solutions.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Scientific & Technical Information & Solutions2024 Segment View

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: June 26, 2024