Factiva integrates its services with the Microsoft Office System
Instantly search world-class news and business information from within Microsoft Office System Programs including Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, today announced that Factiva's first solution for the Microsoft Office System, Factiva Search, is now commercially available.
Factiva Search, integrated with the Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, provides information workers with quick and convenient ways to gain a comprehensive view of the external business environment from within their daily workflow. It allows information workers to conduct research on Factiva's collection of thousands of sources directly from a report or presentation they're creating. For example, while drafting a competitive brief in Microsoft Office Word 2003, competitive intelligence professionals can use Factiva Search to quickly look up important industry trends from the most influential newspapers, journals, and newswires from around the world and easily enhance the accuracy and timeliness of their research.
"With just a simple right-click of the mouse, information workers can access Factiva's collection of authoritative news and information sources and incorporate facts into their documents or presentations," said Clare Hart, president and CEO of Factiva. "Factiva Search improves employee productivity by providing the right information, at the right time, in the right place."
"The Factiva Search solution, built into the heart of the MS Office system, enables our employees to quickly and conveniently access information from within their Microsoft applications, such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint," said Eugenie Prime, manager, Corporate Libraries, HP. "It contributes to our employees' ability to keep in step with news and trends, and to be aware of the competitive landscape."
Since Factiva invested in a state-of-the-art platform based on XML and Web services, the Factiva Search application was easily integrated into the Research Task Pane of all the Microsoft Office System programs, including Word 2003, Excel 2003, Access 2003, Outlook 2003, OneNote 2003 and PowerPoint 2003.
"With XML support in the 2003 release of Microsoft Office programs, organisations are better able to streamline the information-gathering process and adapt and respond to changes in the marketplace," said Joe Eschbach, corporate vice president of the Information Worker Product Management Group at Microsoft Corp. "To that end, we're delighted to see development efforts from Factiva make that investment pay off with Factiva Search becoming publicly available."
For more information regarding Factiva Search, access www.factiva.com/factivasearch.
For more information regarding the Microsoft Office System, access http://www.microsoft.com/office.
About Factiva
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources.
Factiva's products and services help companies integrate news and business information into their daily workflow to increase organizational intelligence and leverage external and internal content within the knowledge management function. Factiva's content management and integration services are used by leading organizations around the world.
Built on industry standards and open architecture, Factiva products deliver flexible, extensible, customizable solutions to enable easy integration and use in the enterprise.Editorial and technical consulting, taxonomy application, integration expertise and e-learning programs reflect Factiva's innovative approach to delivering solutions beyond the content.
Factiva is one of KM World Magazine's "Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management" and part of EContent Magazine's "Top 100 content companies to watch."Factiva is also recognized as a winner of the 2002 Software & Information Industry Association's Codie Awards in the Best Online Business, Corporate or Professional Information category.
Factiva Search, integrated with the Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, provides information workers with quick and convenient ways to gain a comprehensive view of the external business environment from within their daily workflow. It allows information workers to conduct research on Factiva's collection of thousands of sources directly from a report or presentation they're creating. For example, while drafting a competitive brief in Microsoft Office Word 2003, competitive intelligence professionals can use Factiva Search to quickly look up important industry trends from the most influential newspapers, journals, and newswires from around the world and easily enhance the accuracy and timeliness of their research.
"With just a simple right-click of the mouse, information workers can access Factiva's collection of authoritative news and information sources and incorporate facts into their documents or presentations," said Clare Hart, president and CEO of Factiva. "Factiva Search improves employee productivity by providing the right information, at the right time, in the right place."
"The Factiva Search solution, built into the heart of the MS Office system, enables our employees to quickly and conveniently access information from within their Microsoft applications, such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint," said Eugenie Prime, manager, Corporate Libraries, HP. "It contributes to our employees' ability to keep in step with news and trends, and to be aware of the competitive landscape."
Since Factiva invested in a state-of-the-art platform based on XML and Web services, the Factiva Search application was easily integrated into the Research Task Pane of all the Microsoft Office System programs, including Word 2003, Excel 2003, Access 2003, Outlook 2003, OneNote 2003 and PowerPoint 2003.
"With XML support in the 2003 release of Microsoft Office programs, organisations are better able to streamline the information-gathering process and adapt and respond to changes in the marketplace," said Joe Eschbach, corporate vice president of the Information Worker Product Management Group at Microsoft Corp. "To that end, we're delighted to see development efforts from Factiva make that investment pay off with Factiva Search becoming publicly available."
For more information regarding Factiva Search, access www.factiva.com/factivasearch.
For more information regarding the Microsoft Office System, access http://www.microsoft.com/office.
About Factiva
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources.
Factiva's products and services help companies integrate news and business information into their daily workflow to increase organizational intelligence and leverage external and internal content within the knowledge management function. Factiva's content management and integration services are used by leading organizations around the world.
Built on industry standards and open architecture, Factiva products deliver flexible, extensible, customizable solutions to enable easy integration and use in the enterprise.Editorial and technical consulting, taxonomy application, integration expertise and e-learning programs reflect Factiva's innovative approach to delivering solutions beyond the content.
Factiva is one of KM World Magazine's "Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management" and part of EContent Magazine's "Top 100 content companies to watch."Factiva is also recognized as a winner of the 2002 Software & Information Industry Association's Codie Awards in the Best Online Business, Corporate or Professional Information category.
