Archive for 2011
PowerSearch Releases V3.0
PowerSearch Software has released version 3.0 of their search technology product. New features include an increased reach by determining relevance for documents.
Read MoreChanging Search Into Found
With the volume of data doubling every four to six months, findability within that data has never been more important. Many are looking to indexing as the solution to this problem.
Read MoreXenData Launches New Interface
XenData will soon be unveiling a new interface at IBC 2011 that integrates the range of XenData archive server solutions with Harmonics Media Application Server and ProXplore, seamlessly.
Read MoreBig is Not So New
There has been lots of talk lately about big data and how we will handle it, as though it was a new problem. Given, data is being produced faster than ever before in history. However, in the retail world, transaction analysis and POS data is not new. The word we are looking for is diverse. It isn’t just numeric data anymore; it is text based and image based.
Read MoreWhat Drives Web 3.0?
Some think the next generation of the Internet, i.e. Web 3.0, has not progressed as fast as originally predicted. Is this delay caused by lack of technology or lack of business ventures? I think we can all agree that business models and marketing within the Web 3.0 environment will need snazzy, dramatic changes to be received by the new culture and technology. The openness of the web and the dynamic semantic search capabilities have changed the landscape, and expectations.
Read MoreRearden Commerce Launches Deem
Rearden Commerce will be combining the company’s business, consumer and merchant applications onto one smart commerce platform – Deem™. This move will connect buyers and sellers by bringing together new analytics and semantic data tagging technology.
Read MoreUK Government Embracing Open Source
Embracing open source, the Cabinet Office of the Government of the United Kingdom has chosen a proprietary software system to implement its goal and fulfill the government’s election promise to eliminate bias against open source software.
Read MoreOptions for Reducing Patient Risk Due to Coding Errors
The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ran a study examining ways to interpret data on electronic medical records to best address patient safety concerns. A developed a set of 20 measures, known as patient safety indicators, use administrative data to screen for potentially adverse events that occur during hospitalization.
Read MoreLucene 4.0 Focus of ApacheCon 2011
Apache Lucene 4.0 has been released and is garnering quite a bit of chatter, especially with the impending ApacheCon 2011. So what are the new features and more importantly, what does it mean to users?
Read MoreMetadata and the Lack of Clarity
You would think on a site as complex and interlinked as the Internet Movie Database, metadata would reign supreme. But it has never been given the respect it deserves. This may change after the International Broadcasting Convention 2011 (IBC2011) next month.
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