Archive for 2011
New Start-Up Using Semantic Search
Locu is a data-focused startup founded by MIT graduates and computer science researchers that plan to create the world’s largest real-time, structured repository of small business offerings data. Their goal is that this data source will increase the efficiency of local search.
Read MoreCYIOS Focuses on the Team Approach
CYIOS has submitted its patent application for CYIPRO with the USPTO. Their project-based management system reinforces the team approach by allowing everyone to work on goal centric projects. According to Timothy Carnahan, CEO of CYIOS, “If you’re not working on a project within a team, then most likely you’re not working toward the goals of the organization.”
Read MoreStorage Market Not Reflective of the Economy
The analysts may keep screaming recession and the politicians are certainly talking about the economy 24/7, but in the storage software market things are looking pretty darn good. The storage software market has experienced seven consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth during the second quarter of 2011, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Storage Software QView.
Read MoreIs Semantic Search Trendy?
Semantic search and extraction of data from natural language and pictures are continuing to increase in popularity. As evidence of that trend, Hewlett-Packard recently confirmed rumors that it would acquire Autonomy, a semantic technology company. Media Post’s Search Blog brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Semantic Search And Raw Data On Rise.”…
Read MoreCrowdsourcing Needs a Solid Taxonomy
Editing by committee is a prolonged, mostly painful, process that quite often sends me running away seeking refuge among my own office and my own delete key. Crowdsourcing can be very similar. One approach that can help is to have a taxonomy built with categories and terms that apply to the entire industry.
Read MoreFont Awareness
Shelf Awareness is a Web-based resource for readers and those in the book trade. It was brought my attention by Marilyn Dahl, Shelf Awareness’s book review editor. (Full disclosure, Marilyn is my cousin.) I bring this wonderful resource to your attention for a variety of reasons not the least of which is their free email newsletter service for readers and one for professionals in the book trade. Twice a week I get an email containing reviews of a wide variety of new, recent, and sometimes classic, fiction and nonfiction works.
Read MoreCost Reduction Options for Hospitals
Many are concerned about the cost of healthcare, patients and hospitals alike. Cuts in Medicare funding, increases in insurance premiums, and new federal requirements (such as the ICD-10 medical coding transition) are putting pressure on everyone to find ways to cut costs. We found this pertinent information on Becker’s Hospital Review in their article, “6…
Read MorePatentVista Manages Patents with Taxonomies
UBM TechInsights has released the next generation of PatentVista, a patent portfolio management software. PatentVista provides an intuitive interface designed to help licensing teams make better decisions. The taxonomy tool enables organizations to leverage their internal expertise to organize, rate, review and search their patents.
Read MoreICD-10 Projects Increasing
IT management and healthcare professionals across the country are ramping up projects to create their ICD-10 plan as the December 13, 2013 deadline date nears. Everyone is facing common challenges of budget, bandwidth, staffing, training and of course, technical issues.
Read MoreDoD Seeks Common Ontology
ARINC Engineering Services, LLC sent three recognized experts in U.S. Department of Defense supply chain management to provide instruction and chair several sessions at the 2011 DMSMS & Standardization Conference this week.
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