Articles with the keyword “online research”

Has the Insight Show overheated?

By Tim Macer on 3rd Jul 2009.

Technology was an aspect of this week’s Insight Show that the exhibition’s promoters were majoring on, yet on the ground the number of technology providers exhibiting at the show was thinner than ever. The day I was there seemed to be the one when competing sales teams converged on the orange carpet between their stands to chat about who was up to what and complain about the heat.

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A frugal future is no bad thing

By Tim Macer on 14th Jun 2009.

An interesting lunch with B, who is VP of a research software provider, visiting London. “So, what are the changes you see in research software” he asks, and I find myself answering the question at some length on the changes I don’t see happening, and how unambitious research companies are when it comes to using [...]

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Do research communities provide a new way to engage with customers for research – or are they just panels on steroids?

By Tim Macer on 5th Jun 2009.

Communities do seem to be generating a buzz this year. There is a discussion about whether communities should have an incentive or not, and surprisingly, many of the client-run communities run very effectively with no incentive,

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Accessible access panels

By Tim Macer on 19th May 2009.

I have just had a visit from Stephen Hughes, the UK rep for Cint. I am intrigued as Cint is a kind of panel solution provider, but with a twist. What caught my ear is that they are working on providing panel exchange – essentially a marketplace for those with panels and those looking for panel samples to do business – and also on automation.

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