The Perfect Storm: Equity Research and the Web
January 2008
Changes in the securities industry have created a perfect storm for institutional investors-driving them to seek alpha-generating insights outside traditional means. At the same time, the explosive growth of the web holds the promise of unlimited streams of rich, differentiated data for investment decision-making. Buy-side institutions striving to maximize competitive advantage must adopt new technologies to harness the massive power of the web.

This white paper explores the perfect storm buffeting investment research and the rise of alternative research.
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Searching for an Edge: Data on the Web
January 2008
Investment and business decisions rely on a strong research process with a reliable stream of relevant information. The web has long been recognized as a potentially massive source of qualitative data for new idea generation, trend identification, and critical insights; but, the web also poses significant challenges to identifying and extracting the data in a meaningful, efficient and scalable way.

This white paper focuses on the challenges presented by data on the web and the opportunities that exist to allow leading decision-makers to build qualitative data into their research process.
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Search-Driven Research
January 2008
Search-driven research is the application of search technology, research models and analytics to derive interesting, highly relevant and original data from the web. This new category of applications and technology is designed to solve the problem of finding meaning and trends from the millions of text documents published on the web every day.

This white paper defines this emerging category of technology and the critical steps to deriving valuable information from the web.
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Changing the Rules of Research: Qualitative Analytics
January 2008
The web is changing everything, driving the democratization of data across the world. Qualitative analytics is an emerging class of technology that enables patterns, trends and measurable indices to be derived from qualitative information on the web. This groundbreaking technology enables powerful analytics on textual data in a way never before possible.

This white paper presents an overview of qualitative analytics and details the critical enabling technologies.
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Establishing and Executing a Shared Vision
Achieving Success as a CEO
(2008) Thomson/Aspatore Books
Today's chief executives face many challenges, taking on the role of mentor, interpreter and visionary to lead their companies to success. Penny Herscher, president and CEO of FirstRain, shares her insight on the characteristics of successful CEOs, discusses unique challenges that she has faced in her career in technology and business and explores critical areas of focus to overcome challenges and navigate the changing role of chief executive in today's business environment.
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