The pandemic-induced global recession did little to slow down tax and accounting management. In fact, the economic assistance offered by governments introduced new compliance requirements that kept solutions providers busy. This analysis highlights who won and what the next opportunities will be.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Segment View: Tax & Accounting Solutions – 2021

Author: Will Jan

Date: August 31, 2021

Pearson’s new Pearson solution reflects the company’s increased focus on direct-to-consumer sales and competes directly with Cengage Unlimited.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Pearson Joins Cengage Unlimited in Targeting US HE Students

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: August 30, 2021

The lack of robust, systematic, and affordable research access leaves many emerging startup organizations with no option other than to beg, borrow, or steal. CCC’s new subscription solution looks to solve this dilemma by offering an affordable solution that maintains the rights of publishers.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: CCC Debuts as a Reseller to Cater to Biotech Start-Ups

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: August 26, 2021

Last month, Amazon formally unveiled its AWS for Health offering. Anchored by the data repository and analytics platform Amazon Web Services Health Lake, the move signals a multi-billion-dollar recommitment to becoming the technology platform of choice for patients, providers, and payors.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Amazon Rapidly Gains Momentum Toward Domination of the US Healthcare System’s IT Infrastructure

Author: David Potter

Date: August 25, 2021

The acquisition signals yet another effort by a B2B technology brand to fortify its own purchase intent data efforts, move into an adjacent space, and get away from pure-play B2B data platforms. Other B2B media and information companies need to consider a similar path.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: TechTarget Buys Xtelligent to Move into Healthcare

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: August 23, 2021

The internet is changing our ideas of what reading is about as technology makes it possible for people to tell stories and share topical interests online. In this edition of FutureScapes, David Worlock discusses the future of reading with Deborah Igunma, Co-Founder and CEO of JoinPEEK.io.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Outsell FutureScapes – The Future of Reading

Author: David Worlock

Date: August 19, 2021

Moody’s acquires RMS for $2 billion, immediately augmenting its insurance data and analytics business to $500 million in revenue. The financial information giant continues to invest big to capture new markets.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Moody’s Acquires RMS to Become an Insurance Data Powerhouse

Author: Will Jan

Date: August 18, 2021

Zoom’s minimal viable product version of Zoom Events has a lot of room for growth, and the company’s entry into the online event platform space will speed up the market shakeout ahead. Event teams must accelerate switching to platforms that meet their needs, especially when it comes to engagement.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Zoom Events Will Accelerate the Event Platform Shakeout

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: August 17, 2021

Litera is quickly emerging as a top 20 player in the Legal Solutions market as it continues making large follow-on acquisitions backed by private equity.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: LegalTech Provider Litera Continues Its Acquisition Spree

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: August 16, 2021

The half-year 2021 results show promising signs that the information industry may achieve a faster-than-expected pandemic recovery in advanced economies.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: RELX, Thomson Reuters, and Wolters Kluwer Post Promising Half-Year Results

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: August 12, 2021

Media providers need to hang onto writers and tweak their newsletter models as big social guns for Substack’s content creation, distribution, and monetization model.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Big Social Pressures Newsletter Businesses to Go After Substack

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: August 11, 2021

News Corp shells out $1.15 billion in cash to buy OPIS for its Dow Jones subsidiary, clearing one of the regulatory obstacles to the proposed merger of S&P Global and IHS Market. Players in the Financial Information & Solutions segment continue to aim for new markets with data acquisitions.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Dow Jones Fuels Its Energy Insights with OPIS

Author: Will Jan

Date: August 9, 2021

In almost any endeavour, getting off to a good start can make a huge difference, which is very much the case with subscription businesses. This analysis explores how to deploy a comprehensive and tailored onboarding process that can help deliver that all-important first renewal a year later.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Onboarding Critical to Customer Success

Author: Simon Alterman

Date: August 5, 2021

In the space of a few weeks, ZoomInfo moves into two adjacent markets by picking the right acquisition to get there. This deal also points to how conversational intelligence is rapidly becoming a must-have tool in the sales and market stack of most companies.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ZoomInfo Dives into Conversational Intelligence and Customer Service

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: August 4, 2021

New regulations in China will force domestic tutoring businesses to operate on a nonprofit basis, driving down share prices and limiting opportunities for international players.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: China’s Tutoring Businesses Face a Nonprofit Future

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: August 3, 2021

Legal information providers are racing to offer next-generation legal practical guidance workflow products integrated within legal research platforms. However, they are not only competing with each other but also competing with the growing risk of the commoditization of legal content.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: The Next Generation of Legal Practice Guidance Workflow Tools

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: August 2, 2021

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing society from top to bottom, changing everyone’s business and personal lives in new ways every year. In this edition of FutureScapes, David Worlock discusses the future of AI-based businesses with Steve Goldstein, CEO of ResoluteAI.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Outsell FutureScapes – The Future of AI-Based Businesses

Author: David Worlock

Date: July 29, 2021

Dataminr buys WatchKeeper to offer contextual data, including traffic data, company security data, weather data, and IoT sensor signals. The result is an open data architecture that captures any event contributing to enterprise risk, an approach that could displace traditional GRC solutions.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: A New Breed of GRC Solutions Evolves from Alternative Data

Author: Will Jan

Date: July 28, 2021

Outsell’s 2Q21 sales performance benchmark indicated a strong start to 2021, but now some signs of strain are showing. This analysis explores how leaders are reacting and what their expectations are for the full year.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: 2Q21 Sales Benchmark: A Short-Term Slowdown?

Author: Ned May

Date: July 27, 2021

Negative publicity surrounding the accuracy of digital health patient treatment platforms and the algorithms that drive them may short-circuit the recent rush to invest in emerging HealthTech companies.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Biased Algorithms Risk Derailing HealthTech Advances

Author: David Potter

Date: July 26, 2021