Semantics Field

Semantic technology has rarely been used in industries more than it has in the employment and recruitment field, and the stakes just got even bigger. CareerBuilder recently announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Textkernel, a software company providing semantic recruitment technology to the global market. This interesting news came from PR Newswire in their…

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Data Governance Event

Mark your calendars now for an Online Data Governance Event on January 27th, 2016. The first-ever Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference (EDGO) is packed with great speakers talking about Data Governance, Modeling Governance, Stewardship, and how to implement and manage it all. Registration opens on November 30th, 2015 and it is free. You can attend from…

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National Association of Government Web Professionals (NAGW) 2015 Annual Conference held in Albuquerque, NM, September 23-25, 2015

Conveniently held in our hometown of Albuquerque, the program for the National Association of Government Web Professionals (NAGW) 2015 Annual Conference was sufficiently compelling to warrant our participation. Two of us attended sessions, receptions, and networked with an enthusiastic group of professionals. A first observation is in the name. NAGW members prefer “Web Professionals” over…

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Analytics with the Aid of Ontologies

Organizations have been using data analytics to improve their operations for a long time. Its primary users have been managers seeking to boost performance. But what happens when the power of data analytics gets in the hands of all employees? Energy Biz brought this news to us in their article, “Washington Gas puts self-service analytics to work.”…

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NFAIS Conference Releases Speaker List

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has released the line up of key note speakers for their annual conference scheduled for February 21-23, 2016 in Philadelphia. The kick-off keynote speaker is Steven Miller, Data Maestro, Global Leader Academic Programs & Outreach for IBM Analytics Group. The NFAIS members-only luncheon features Simon Inger, owner of Simon Inger Consulting,…

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Becoming a Learning Organization

Knowledge management has often been used to solve organizational knowledge issues, even before social media tools have arrived adding additional power. This interesting information came from IHS Engineering in their article, “Making Knowledge Management a Part of Your Organization’s Culture.” In organizations concerned with innovation and knowledge-based products and services—often referred to as knowledge organizations—much of…

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