Factiva Developer’s KitFactiva Developer’s Kit: A Powerful, Customized ContentSolution for Your Enterprise ApplicationsFactiva Developer’s Kit improves productivity and saves time and money by

seamlessly integrating content within your workflow environment such as

CRMs, Portals and Intranets. This Web Service has an XML-based API that

provides your company’s developers with a customizable, flexible interface

that integrates external news and vital business information and delivers it

right where you need it most. Because it is application agnostic, platform

independent and uses standard Internet technologies, Factiva Developers

Kit enables fast and cost-effective development of applications and

customized interfaces.

Complete Solutions – Powered by Factiva Developer’s Kit, Built by Factiva Consulting Services

Whether your goal is easy deployment, seamless application integration, or customized content behind the firewall,

Factiva Consulting Services can help you determine the best way to increase the value of your Factiva Developer’s Kit

investment. Get relevant content delivered exactly where you need it, right into your workflow environment so you

can save time - Stop searching, and start finding. Factiva Consulting Services has the expertise in content strategies

and new search technologies to maximize your investment in our customized solutions.

How can Factiva Developer’s Kit help my business?Reduces IT costs

Because application implementation is easy to deploy and is easily extensible, Factiva Developer’s Kit reduces IT costs

and protects your investment. Developers can add new features as required for specific job functions or tasks, and

can continue to take advantage of the new functionality continuously being added to the Factiva Platform.

Developer Portal/Developer Support Group

Improve your application design and speed up development with Factiva Developer’s Kit expert support. The

Developer’s Portal is hosted by Factiva and is a one-stop-shop for relevant information tailored to the informational

needs of developers including: code samples, online references and technical documentation. This, together with

account management tools, content updates and more is available 24x7 through Factiva's Membership CircleSM at

http://customer.factiva.com.

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Customer Benefits• Speeds up information retrieval: Speed up

development time and create one search mechanism

that returns Factiva headlines alongside other proprietary

or third party information.

• Makes quality information easy to obtain: Integrate

the relevant customer headlines on the same page as

your CRM or portal application so Sales is prepared

before every client visit.

• Proactively delivers breaking news to decision

makers: Automate the delivery of targeted news to

executives via their desktop, PDA or other wireless

device.

• Helps prevent information overload: Package

information and improve sales processes by tailoring

“grab and go” customer reports.

• Increases intranet adoption and usage: Deliver fresh

headlines and relevant information to your portal

everyday to keep users coming back.

• You control the way Factiva works within your

corporate environment: Tightly integrate the colors,

fonts and the way you present Factiva content with your

corporate or portal branding.

• Customizes development to fit users’ exact

requirements: Provide quick access to reliable

information in context, without leaving intranets or

corporate systems rather than using disparate

information sources.

According to IDC, “Not findinginformation costs an averageorganization over $5.3 milliona year. The problem may becaused by poor search or lackof integrated access to all ofthe enterprise’s collections ofinformation.”

“Hot news contextualized forspecific sites is very popular,and Factiva takes care of it.Follow Factiva's lead in makingthe integration effort easy forinternal portals.”

Source: “TrendAlert: The State of ContentIntegration” Inside the Firewall – Outsell

Save time and improve efficiency with relevant news and quick,simple views – integrated right into your company’s CRM portal.

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Save Time With Customized IntegrationFactiva Developer’s Kit enables fully customized integration of news and business

information directly into business applications. This provides content in context,

reducing the time that end users spend looking for information and allowing

them to focus on more profitable tasks and to make better-informed business

decisions.

Fast, cost-effective deployment

There is less need for training developers in proprietary software products, and

overall development time is reduced as Factiva Developer’s Kit uses W3C Web

service standards and XML request/response methodology. Developers control

the look and feel of the application and can present it in your standardized

corporate style, making it intuitive for users

Product Implementation Examples:You can tailor functionality to work for specific user groups and continue to add

new product features and integrate functionality directly related to specific job

functions. With Factiva Developer’s Kit, flexibility is unlimited.

Customized Screens

Build interfaces tailored to departmental needs. For example, when PR needs to

read the forecasts about your company made by top investment analysts, you can

build customized, adaptable search forms to suit the diverse information needs

across the whole department. Each user is provided with targeted, more relevant

search results, speeding information analysis and transfer of knowledge.

Embed content into your enterprise applications

Factiva Developer’s Kit gives you the freedom to embed content where you need

it most—whether it is a CRM, portal or intranet application.

Ensure your sales team is prepared before every sales call by integrating the right

information into your Sales Portal. With Factiva Developer’s Kit you can match

each customer to a Company Code, and then get news on the customer, the

competitor, and the industry alongside information retrieved from other data

sources. Salespeople get up-to-the-minute news and information and can

perform research without leaving their workflow.

Drive intranet adoption with fresh, relevant information delivered to a familiar

workflow environment that is consistent with your corporate branding. Your

intranet will become part of the user’s daily routine with up-to-date Factiva news

commingled with internal content.

Technical Requirements• Uses platform-agnostic, industry standard web technology, consistent with

the guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium (WC3).

• WSDL version available.

• Uses HTTP for transport. Optionally allows the use of SOAP for transaction

formatting.

• Content is hosted by Factiva and results are delivered in XML format.

• Developers can use any XML-enabled programming language, including,

but not limited to: VisualBasic, C++, Java, Perl, and all languages for the

.NET platform.

• Factiva branding and certification guidelines must be adhered to.