Denis Teyssou, Chief editor at Medialab R&D, AFP

The internet offers the perfect environment for companies to get a better understanding of the market they activate in and the actions of their competitors. Identifying relevant  information in a timely manner has become very important, especially when companies have to work with a limited number of human resources.

The XWiki Competitive Intelligence solution allows you to easily gather information, organize and share it in order to make better strategic decisions or simply follow what's happening in the market and get a better insight into the competition.

Built on top of XWiki, this solution allows you to monitor your competitors, organize all information you gather from both the internet and in real life (trade shows, meetings, etc.) in one single location. Information can be enriched with a wide range of wiki features such as page editing, comments and annotations. Using this technology you'll be able to generate press reviews, newsletters or any other report that's valuable to your company. 

AFP is a global news agency that delivers fast, accurate and in-depth coverage of the events shaping our world today in six languages and several formats (video, text, photos, multimedia and graphics). 

AFP has been a heavy user of XWiki Watch since its first versions. The initial need for a competitive intelligence tool came from the sales and marketing departments that wanted to improve the company's competitive intelligence processes. AFP chose XWiki Watch due to its ability to centralize watch efforts, using internet sources and standard wiki pages, as well as the possibility to organize information. Given the extremely diverse information sources, the platform allows any user to find the information that is relevant to the markets and products he is in charge of. Users can also post articles, reviews, analysis with just a few clicks.

Denis Teyssou, Chief editor at Medialab R&D at AFP, defines XWiki Watch as a "very powerful collaborative watch tool".