December 15th, 2008 by Alex Coté
We are happy to announce the launch of a new portion of our website dedicated to providing timely and insightful industry metrics & statistics for commercial credit and collections professionals. This website will be updated regularly with a variety of trends, benchmarking information and overall A/R performance metrics, such as states with the highest rate [...]
July 11th, 2008 by Alex Coté
In the context of business information, we’ve talked lately about how information wants to be free, yet structured, but what about doing that for all content? Google immediately comes to mind. Google created the ultimate database based on the simplest of missions: “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful“. One of [...]
June 9th, 2008 by Alex Coté
Building on the theme that information wants to be free, both in the in monetary sense and in terms of accessibility, the time for non-IT information consumers has never been better.
June 3rd, 2008 by Cortera
“Information wants to be free” – these were the very first words I wrote on my first whiteboard, two decades ago, following my first substantial promotion in my technology career, which came with a nice, if oddly shaped, office and as plush a set of furniture as I was able to after-hours requisition. I certainly [...]
April 28th, 2008 by Cortera
Last week I spent three days at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 EXPO in San Francisco in an effort to better understand how emerging technologies and business models will impact the world of business information. This post is my attempt to summarize some of the key learning from the show and pose some hypotheses for how [...]
April 9th, 2008 by Cortera
I don’t think anyone can argue that the world needs better insights into the traits and behavior of businesses. What does this company do? Will they buy our products and services? How much could they buy? What do our best customers look like? How can we get them to buy more? Should we extend them [...]
