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Article: Keeping up with the news: Web clipping and media analysis for competitive intelligence.(Cover Story)
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- May 1, 2005
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AS SOUTH EAST ASIA DISCOVERED after devastating tsunamis struck it in December 2004, the importance of an early warning system cannot be underestimated. A message received in Hong Kong 4 hours before the tragedy suggested the possibility of a tsunami near Sumatra, but no system existed to turn this information into actionable intelligence.
In the business world, that's the job of an information professional--creating intelligence that can be acted upon from raw data. An operational early-warning system alerts management to potential threats and opportunities, strategic intentions, and immediate future actions of competitors, all of which are of vital importance in ...