• July 24, 2008 GIA White Paper 3/2008 Features Case Examples on Market Intelligence for Sales and Marketing
• June 05, 2008 UK Results of the Global Market Intelligence Survey 2008 Suggest Increases in MI Investments
• May 7, 2008 Global Intelligence Alliance Releases Global Market Intelligence Survey 2008, the Most Extensive MI Study Conducted To Date
• April 14, 2008 American Automobile Association Chooses Global Intelligence Alliance as Market Intelligence Software Partner
• April 14, 2008 Growing Demand for International Market Intelligence among U.S. Companies to Support Market Entry and Expansion
• March 25, 2008 Global Intelligence Alliance Expands in the Netherlands
• March 18, 2008 World-Class Market Intelligence Practices Presented in New York at the Global Intelligence Alliance Customer Seminar
• March 12, 2008 Global Intelligence Alliance and Toronto Region Research Alliance Start Collaboration to Attract Investment in Ontario
• February 29, 2008 GatewayBaltic Joins the Global Intelligence Alliance Network
• January 24, 2008 Strategic Intelligence Processes at Five Large Companies Featured in GIA White Paper 1/2008 on MI for Strategic Planning

Global Intelligence Alliance Expands in the Netherlands

With a fresh approach to organizing corporate Market Intelligence operations, Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA) is expanding its customer base in the Netherlands. GIA is very proud to announce that both De Telefoongids BV and Royal Vopak have recently adopted its Market Intelligence solutions.

De Telefoongids BV, the market leader in directory services in the Netherlands, has adopted GIA’s unique Intelligence Desk™ service. Intelligence Desk™ is a market monitoring concept that combines an optimized information source portfolio, a customized web interface, and professional analyst resources to monitor the external operating environment of the customer’s organization. Eric Knibbe, Manager of Marketing Research at De Telefoongids comments: “We are receiving many enthusiastic reactions from our end users regarding the Intelligence Desk™. The co-operation with GIA has proved to be very successful. We've made a big step within De Telefoongids in the field of Market Intelligence. We are looking forward to continuing this partnership.”

Royal Vopak is the world’s largest operator of tank terminals and has adopted the GIA Intelligence Plaza™ software for managing and distributing Market Intelligence content in their organization. States René Loozen, Business intelligence Manager at Vopak: “Intelligence Plaza is a very user-friendly and well designed intelligence platform. It helps us to ensure an efficient and effective process of sharing information and knowledge”

In the Netherlands, GIA is being represented by DeskResearch Nederland, a Member in the GIA Network since 2003. DeskResearch Nederland, founded in 1998, is an independent business research company that delivers tailor-made Market Intelligence and information brokerage services. Based in Amsterdam, DeskResearch Nederland works for an international clientele in a broad range of industries.

For more information and to request a free demo of the Intelligence Desk™ service or the Intelligence Plaza™ software, please visit the Global Intelligence Alliance website at www.globalintelligence.com, or send email to info@globalintelligence.com.

Alternatively, contact:
Philippe Brandts, Managing Director, DeskResearch Nederland
Tel.  +31 (0)20 77 068 77, email: brandts@deskresearch.com

Bob Kruijer, Solutions Manager, Global Intelligence Alliance Group
Tel.  +358-424-956 200

About Global Intelligence Alliance
Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA) provides clients with a single source for customized Market Intelligence services: market monitoring, business research projects, the Intelligence Plaza™ software, consulting and training. Through its full-range service offering, GIA helps customers set up and conduct Market Intelligence activities that serve both strategic and operative decision-making. The GIA network consists of GIA Group companies and independent Member and Research Partner organizations that operate in more than 100 countries.