Compiled by Mark Balestra
Competive Knowledge Is not Just for Breakfast Anymore
Executives looking to arm themselves with knowledge to do battle in today's treacherous business world will gather in San Diego August 15-16 for Frost & Sullivan's seventh annual West Coast Competitive Intelligence in Business Conference and Exhibition. The event is designed to supply business professionals with the knowledge and analytical techniques they need to gain an edge over the competition. Attendees will learn how to harness competitive intelligence to achieve strategic breakthroughs within their organizations. Speakers will explain how to design and implement a CI strategy that works for your organization including programs that take advantage of the vast amount of resources available over the
Internet. Learn how to recognize the acceptance and use of competitive intelligence in a global setting.
For more information, visit www.frost.com/conferences/CIT.
EDGAR is Better
In case you haven't used EDGAR Online, the service has recently been enhanced with a state-of-the-art information screening and targeting tool developed especially for broad use in designing custom search programs for corporate intelligence applications. Through the use of the powerful new search tool, EDGAR Online can now offer even more precisely targeted information products to its corporate clients to let them obtain and act on competitive marketing, production, financing, bankruptcy and many other kinds of information contained in SEC EDGAR filings. Check it out at www.edgar-online.com.
Looking for Quality Execs?
As your company expands, new executive positions are being created, and filling those positions with the right candidates is critical for growing healthily. For companies in niche industries, the task of locating people with expertise is colossal, and many are crying for help. One avenue to consider is Futurestep.com, an executive placement service created through a strategic alliance between Korn/Ferry International and the Wall Street Journal. There are currently 600,000 candidates registered on the Futurestep.com database. For further information, visit www.futurestep.com.
Step Right up for an E-Commerce Education
Professionals looking to make a career move into the exploding field of e-commerce may want to consider Berkeley Extension's new Certificate Program in E-Commerce Business and Technology. The
eight-course program is available in two different formats: the traditional classroom format and a
convenient new online format. For more information about the certificate program, visit
www.unex.berkeley.edu.
Here Comes a Heaping Plate of Expanded Telecommunications Findings
Forrester Research Inc., one the Web's top independent Internet research firms, today announced the expansion of its analysis of the telecommunications industry. By focusing on eBusiness opportunities and challenges facing service providers, the expanded research offering will address industry-specific issues to aid providers as they build more powerful online relationships with customers and suppliers. Forrester's Telecom eBusiness research lens will focus on how providers can use the Web to support and sell to consumers, profit from mobile eCommerce, and build a network applications infrastructure. It will help them overcome bundling and branding challenges and provide insight into opportunities at the intersection of Internet and wireless services, online sales and customer support, and network and hosting infrastructure strategies. Stay tuned to www.forrester.com for upcoming reports.