Factiva Search, integrated with the Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, is designed to provide information workers with quick and convenient ways to gain a view of the external business environment from within their daily workflow. It allows information workers to conduct research on Factiva's collection 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 look up industry trends from newspapers, journals, and newswires. Since Factiva invested in a platform based on XML and Web services, the Factiva Search application was 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. (http://www.factiva.com), (http://www.factiva.com/factivasearch), (http://www.microsoft.com/office) |
