The regulatory tide has turned against standards publishers, potentially with industry-wide ramifications.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: A Legal Storm Is Brewing for Standards Publishers

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: March 18, 2024

On 29 February 2024, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its year-long review of the UK’s wholesale financial data market in response to user complaints. This analysis explores the FCA’s key findings and essential actions for financial and credit information providers.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: The FCA’s Review of the UK Wholesale Financial Data Market: More Bark Than Bite?

Author: Sachin Gulab Kalwani

Date: March 14, 2024

Accenture’s acquisition of Udacity signals the entry of a significant new player into the online tech training market. Its deep pockets will change the competitive landscape, raising for bar for user expectations based on the anticipated investment in its AI learning platform.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Accenture Buys Udacity, Raising the Bar on Investment in AI Training

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: March 11, 2024

As generative AI solutions in the scholarly communications space mature and move out of beta testing and into the real world, so commercial models begin to gel. This report reviews the key activities in this space to date, and the monetisation models that are slowly emerging.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Operating Practice: Monetising Generative AI in Scholarly Communications

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: March 05, 2024

In this analysis, we uncover critical challenges facing product management today, including dissatisfaction among senior product managers and strategic misalignments within organizations. We offer insights and actions to address these issues, enhance innovation, and secure a competitive future.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Operating Practices: Is the Practice of Product Management in Peril?

Author: Grant Hunter

Date: February 29, 2024

As attitudes to ESG criteria evolve, so too does the market for ESG-related technology and information solutions. In our analysis, we examine eight key solution categories poised for growth, driven by investor, customer, and regulator demand for corporate responsibility and action.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Whither ESG? Navigating the Evolving Solutions Landscape

Author: Will Jan

Date: February 26, 2024

A Conversation with Jan Reichelt, Founding Partner, 10xFounders.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Is Scientific Scholarly Communication Still Investible?

Author: David Worlock

Date: February 21, 2024

A conversation with Sebastian Posth, Project Director, ISCC

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ISCC Content-Derived Coding for Discovery and Protection

Author: David Worlock

Date: February 14, 2024

ZoomInfo Copilot integrates generative AI into its SalesOS platform, offering sales teams data-driven insights and engagement strategies by analyzing CRM and ZoomInfo data. This development aims to improve sales efficiency in a competitive market with emerging AI technologies.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: ZoomInfo Debuts Its Own Copilot

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: February 13, 2024

A conversation with Nigel Crook, Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Ethical Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment; Associate Dean: Research and Knowledge Exchange, Oxford Brookes University.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Thinking Ethically About AI

Author: David Worlock

Date: February 08, 2024

In this updated analysis of generative AI regulatory and legal affairs, Outsell examines the evolving global dynamics of AI regulation and the prominent regulatory trends for 2024.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: AI Regulation and Litigation Tracker H2 2023

Author: Hugh Logue

Date: February 07, 2024

Licensing content into generative AI use cases presents material opportunities and risks to IP owners. In this analysis, Outsell presents some common patterns and terms for IP owners and aggregators to consider when licensing content into generative AI applications.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Operating Practice: Licensing IP into AI Use Cases

Author: Philipp Mueller

Date: February 05, 2024

Combining Informa Tech with TechTarget gives Informa a larger B2B digital services and data play in the US and globally. Doubling revenues in three years is aggressive and will require a formidable integration effort, and a more aggressive vertical push from a go to market perspective.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Informa Tech and TechTarget Combine to Lead in B2B Data and Market Access

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: February 01, 2024

The trend for merging content and software is stronger than ever with time to market a decisive factor.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Nimonik boosts its product suite with access to standards

Author: Tatiana Khayrullina

Date: January 31, 2024

The increasing volume of fake scholarly articles creates problems for journals publishers, researchers, institutions, and society as a whole. Are initiatives to tackle this problem enough to stem the tide and eliminate this content from within the scientific literature?

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: United2Act Sets Out Its Stall Against Paper Mills

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: January 29, 2024

Today’s higher education students are less likely than their predecessors to use faculty-recommended content, seeking out alternative resources and writing assignments using generative AI. This analysis highlights challenges and opportunities for vendors in this shifting environment.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Textbooks Wane While Homework Help Tools Are On The Rise: US HE Student and Faculty Survey 2023

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: January 23, 2024

Generative AI has the potential to evolve the tax, accounting, and auditing professions. By reducing manual data reentry, automating repetitive tasks, and providing real-time insights, generative AI can enable greater efficiency and compliance in financial data aggregation and reporting.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Special Series on Generative AI: Tax, Accounting & Audit Solutions

Author: Will Jan

Date: January 22, 2024

Generative AI can be used to create more accurate credit scores and risk assessments, enable personalized financial advice, and improve customer service in the lending market. This analysis examines its emerging product use cases in the credit space and the implications for buyers and vendors alike.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Special Series on Generative AI: Credit Information & Solutions

Author: Will Jan

Date: January 16, 2024

By going private, Byggfakta can accelerate its M&A engine and continue its mission to become a global construction technology company. There are also several lessons here on how to grow in a fragmented global market that requires country-specific solutions.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Byggfakta Privatizes to Accelerate Construction Information M&A

Author: Randy Giusto

Date: January 15, 2024

As student usage of their institutional libraries rises, opportunities open up for librarians to serve student communities more impactfully. Information providers will play a critical role in facilitating this, boosting solution usage and improving relationships with buyers.

Read more on the Outsell Leadership Community Platform: Higher Library Usage Opens Business Development Opportunities: US HE Student and Faculty Survey 2023

Author: Kate Worlock

Date: January 09, 2024