Abstract
Regular readers of this column will realise that this is not a random ragbag of business information news stories. There are clear recurrent themes and strategic directions being taken by both the consumers and providers of business information. We have grouped the items under the key agenda areas — the way the information industry is restructuring in the face of the harshest economic climate in more than 20 years; the richness of the many new business information products that have been developed or reworked in some way; the myriad paths of technology development, through software and hardware innovation, affecting business information use; and, last but not least, the growing impact of social networks and their nexus with established business information products.
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