In an interview, Factiva president and CEO Clare Hart explained that Factiva will negotiate separate subscription agreements to maintain its client relationships. The company hopes to announce the names of the Portal Partnership s initial clients soon. Hart also emphasized Factiva s continued focus on its strategy of content integration and of offering information professionals the flexibility and options needed to integrate content offerings into companies existing computing environments. Factiva plans to continue to be a part of firms extranet strategies, and to pursue the licensing of additional third-party content. When asked how these modules fit within Factiva s portfolio of products and services, Hart explained that they enhance the portfolio by adding another option that allows companies to personalize the presentation of content on their desktops.
More options are to be announced throughout the summer months.
These options will include additional strategic partnerships with technology and Web players to create new avenues for content integration into enterprise information infrastructures, as well as the next generation of Dow Jones Interactive, Reuters Business Briefing, the Intranet toolkit Server Software, and other selected products. A Factiva-branded product is due to be launched in July. It s been a progressive first year for Factiva, and the company shows no signs of slowing. It is not surprising that Factiva s first EIP partner is Oracle, whose goal seems to be to make it as easy as possible for companies to implement working, effective portals. The same day the Portal Partnership was announced, Oracle also announced its Fast Forward Enterprise Portal solution, designed to allow companies to create an enterprise portal in 5 business days or less.