Factiva unwraps Publisher
By Rebecca Jones
Marking the first anniversary of its formation, Factiva introduces its branded product, Factiva Publisher. Residing on an organization’s intranet, Publisher integrates Factiva content as well as that from other publishers and sources, with internal proprietary memos, reports, etc., providing a single search-and-access point for employees to relevant content available on the intranet.
Using the Publisher’s Editorial Interface, those managing intranet content can review, edit, sort, code, highlight as “hot,” and add commentary to content prior to its posting. Factiva Intelligent Indexing capabilities can be applied to both incoming external and internal content with “more like this” functionality. The Administration Interface generates usage reports showing page, folder, and document viewing, both by number and percentage of views, permitting rapid and regular editorial changes.
As an out-of-the-box solution, Factiva has focused on ensuring that Publisher is easy to use for all those involve--from Webmasters to casual users. Page Builder, which Factiva says “enables developers to place news modules anywhere in the intranet—without having to write HTML or JavaScript,” allows Publisher to be integrated into an existing intranet design. It also runs an instant search on any highlighted term in the Web browser and contains Factiva Alerter, which allows for downloads to PDAs.
Factiva Publisher sells for $7,500 U.S. plus content costs, with a $1,000 annual renewal fee.
As part of its content-integration strategy Publisher has been given development priority over Factiva’s dot.com product, Factiva.com, a business intelligence service that will be a destination site combining the content and feature sets of Reuters Business Briefing and Dow Jones Interactive. Due in mid-2001, Factiva.com will act as the platform for the next generation of products.
About the author:Rebecca Jones is co-editor of Intranet Professional and principal of Dysart & Jones Associates. Her e-mail address is rebecca@dysartjones.com.