Archive for 2011
Defining the Clouds
Cloud computing is a hot topic these days. But for some, it is still ambiguous in definition. Here is a quick, easy-to-remember way of explaining cloud computing. Starting at the most basic, there is an infrastructure cloud which includes the physical components that run applications and store data. Next is content cloud. It implements metadata and indexing services over the infrastructure cloud to provide abstracted data management for all content.
Read MoreCayman Islands Pack Up and Move
The Department of Planning in the Cayman Islands is moving and Ignition Ltd. will be making that process just a little easier by scanning, indexing and storing over 30,000 documents. This relocation of is part of a bigger picture effort to move many departments to the same location.
Read MoreSemantic Technology for the Foodie
dishtip allows users to search for specific food dishes and corresponding restaurants. Seems simple, but this information does not exist on any other website. dishtip displays the top 100 dishes across the USA using an intelligent web 3.0, semantic-focused mashup. PRLog brought this news to our attention in their article, “dishtip Takes Semantic Web To Next…
Read MoreIs Smell-a-Vision Next?
Bluefin Labs is a technology company grounded in cognitive science research. It recently announced that it has begun pilot testing initiatives that will provide an actionable, key link between TV and social media.
Read MoreWatson: Fan or Foe?
Months after the event, experts continue to ponder how and why Watson was able to trump two human competitors on the television game show, Jeopardy. They also muse on the attention this event has brought back to IBM.
Read MoreuniFlow V5 Offers New Functions
Panabiz International Limited has introduced the latest Canon uniFlow Version 5 software into the market. This new software claims to provide greater efficiency to copying, scanning, printing, and minimizing waste – therefore reducing costs.
Read MoreGoogle and Bing Back At It
Only a few months after accusing Microsoft’s Bing of copying their search results, Google was found to be indexing millions of image thumbnails from Microsoft’s Bing search engine.
Read MoreDigital Library Smackdown
The Digital Public Library of America initiative has created a lively debate on the DPLA’s discussion listserv about how any such institution should be constituted. David H. Rothman, cofounder of LibraryCity.org and founder of TeleRead, has been advocating for well-stocked national digital libraries for many years and is an active participant on the listserv.
Read MoreThe Age of the New Portal
Not so long ago, every organization wanted a portal to keep up with The Jones, or the Microsofts, as the case may be. Because of this, the quality of portals went downhill as did their promise results. What you are left with are organizations struggling to provide appropriate access to portlets and organizations with poor taxonomy and metadata practices importing its content only to find illegible titles and search indexes.
Read MoreMetaVis Works to Improve Findability
MetaVis Technologies has announced the availability of MetaVis Information Manager for SharePoint 2010, which enables users to bulk import, copy and classify content directly from the SharePoint user interface.
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