Archive for 2011
Semantic Technology Improving Workflow
FirstRain has launched a set of enhancements designed to simplify the experience of monitoring your company, industry, competitors and investments. Focusing on two major areas: role-based workflow improvements and mobile app availability, this newest release delivers a new level of simple yet effective intelligence integration into the daily workflow of sales, marketing and finance professionals.
Read MoreFlexible Technology is the Key
Enterprise content management (ECM) software needs to be as flexible as any other technology on the market. Hyland Software’s ECM solution, OnBase, is a good example of this with their expanded core functionality of intelligent imaging and capture, and a platform that can be leveraged for building data-driven applications. Add to that the increasing opportunities for it to be offered in a mobile-enabled environment.
Read MoreLet’s Play
Microtask, a Finnish company, attempted a new approach in the digitization effort of the National Library of Finland. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, the method through which scanned documents are converted from image to searchable text, can be prone to errors which can affect accuracy and indexing. Unfortunately, these mistakes can only be corrected by human hands and that is a time consuming task.
Read MoreNew Database Uses Colorful Taxonomy
Leadership Directories has branched out into health care with Health Focus, its first online database covering a particular industry. Health Focus holds information on 150,000 leaders and 8,000 organizations across the U.S. health care industry.
Read MoreNew Versions Available for Lucene Core and Solr
New versions of Lucene Core – Java-based indexing and search tool formerly known as Lucene Java – and Solr – an enterprise search server – are now available from the Apache Lucene project.
Read MoreTaxonomy Webinar Series – First One is Today
The SLA Taxonomy Division is presenting a webinar series –
Leveraging Your Taxonomy – starting today and continuing 6 sessions on the second Wednesday of each month through December.
Emoticons Can’t Testify
Eating your words just took on a whole new meaning. Whether you tweet, post on Facebook, or are active on the new Google+, it is important to remember that what is said, posted or received may be used in the course of court or arbitral proceedings.
Read MoreScope Scoops Up New Project
Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), India, has announced that it has been selected by ASTM International for its subject matter expert (SME)-curated knowledge mining and indexing services.
Read MoreElsevier Releases New Tool
Elsevier has released a new tool within its management solution SciVal Experts. This new tool seamlessly links opportunities with SciVal Funding, which is their funding intelligence solution delivering targeted recommendations for funding opportunities and providing suggestions regarding potential collaborators for awards.
Read MoreIndexing Needs A Solid Taxonomy
The National and University Library of Slovenia has adopted EBSCO’s Discovery Service (EDS) to index their library resources into a single, searchable catalog.
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