The CIA maintains the massive National Intelligence Open Source Center (OSC) who's secretive "ninja librarians" cull through millions of Tweets, Facebook posts, newspaper articles, LinkedIn comments and other sources every day. Established in 2005 as a direct result of the 9/11 Commission, the OSC is well funded because the US government believes in the value of Open Source Intelligence. We believe there is definitely a lot that businesses can learn as applied to competitive intelligence.

For those of you not familiar with Movember, "the month formerly known as November," it is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.

In the current issue of KMWorld Magazine author Judith Lamont explores different competitive intelligence tools used to both automate and analyze CI data. clearCi CEO Joe Levy answered a few questions related to competitor monitoring.