Factiva is a research and business tool, owned by Dow Jones and Company. Factiva takes content from free and licensed sources and provides organizations with alerting, dissemination and other information management capabilities. Factiva provides access to sources such as journals, newspapers and television from 200 countries and in a variety of languages.

Newswires

Factiva has around 600 continuously updating newswires, including Reuters, Dow Jones and The Associated Press. Factiva features over 900 wires, including The Press Association, Asia Pulse and The Australian Associated Press. Factiva also covers press release and local newswires. Furthermore, Factiva offers archival and same-day coverage of many top newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Le Monde.

Accuracy

Factiva combines sophisticated technologies, such as text mining and visualization, with a large content archive of news. Factiva search allows the user complete control in building precision searches using a combination of Dow Jones Intelligent Indexing and keywords. It also has a simple, yet powerful, search option that features on-point results using simple, technology-free language.

Special Features

Factiva is able to automatically scan incoming website and news content for companies, topics and search terms that interest you. It can send you new articles by email or RSS at certain times during the day or on a continuous basis. Factiva also offers a dashboard-style way to monitor and find new information on a specific region, topic or industry. It has a wide range of content, including timelines, visualizations and videos.

Sharing Information

Factiva has a variety of options for distributing information and news to specific groups and individuals, including widgets, shared alerts and newsletters. The Factiva Reader provides a basic reading experience of copyrighted information and news for people who do not subscribe. These options enable you to share business-critical and relevant news with people who need to know.

Intelligence Engine

The complicated landscape of today’s business demands a person has serious knowledge. If you can quickly derive important pieces of information on your prospectors, markets and competitors, the faster opportunity will unfold. Factiva offers true business intelligence. With a unique mixture of authoritative news and information, it is a valuable engine for finding, monitoring and sharing essential information in an organization.