Posts by Melody Smith
Learning and Networking Opportunity in Chicago
The Data, Strategy & Architecture Analytics conference is being held in Chicago next month. With more than 15 different workshop topics available and four different keynote speakers and topics, there is much to look forward to if you are planning to attend. If you aren’t, well, why not? One of the keynotes speakers is Thomas Redman,…
Read MoreNew Languages
Search is not the same as it was a decade ago, let alone a month ago. The fact that “Google” is used as a verb is just one example. Not only has the grammar changed, the process itself has evolved. No longer is it keyword driven. Semantic technology seeks based on context. The Financial Express brought this…
Read MoreGoverning Metadata Webinar This Week
A unique learning opportunity is available this week called, “Real-World Data Governance Presents: Govern Metadata – Vocabulary, Dictionaries, and Data.” Governance Metadata is easier to understand and simpler to manage when you address it in three easy levels. This webinar will do just that. The levels are 1) semantic, 2) business metadata and 3) technical metadata…
Read MoreMaking All Content Findable
Business emails are subject to many of the same records management requirements as any other office documents. To help with handling the indexing and findability of this data, harmon.ie released a new tool that unifies all email and documents in a single, central repository instead of relegating them to Exchange and SharePoint. Fierce Content Management brought this…
Read MoreThe Voices You Hear
Along with the rest of silicon valley, Expect Labs CEO Tim Tuttle has seen the rise of voice technology. Even Siri and Cortana were clumsy at initial launch. The very concept of a disembodied, electronic voice carrying on a conversation with a human being is not as intriguing as Hollywood made it out to be in…
Read MoreChallenging Day for Healthcare
One of the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry, in addition to the ICD-10 transition, is coordination among their many business partners. Providers, payers, and vendors all need to be on the same page at the same point, and that point is today. October 1st is the day when all providers must start using a much…
Read MoreRecords Management Reform In Order
The State Department has been criticized for inefficiency in finding documents and releasing them in response to records requests. So in response, Janice Jacobs, who was assistant secretary for consular affairs, will take on the newly created position in charge of improving document preservation and records systems. This interesting bit of news came from The Weather Space…
Read MoreSiri-Like Applications Continue to Evolve
Graphics processing units or GPUs in semantic technology are not new. However, despite how mainstream they are and despite the fact that many recognizable applications like Siri use them, research is still being done to further explore deep learning, particularly with a semantic and natural language processing angle. This interesting information came from The Platform in…
Read MoreThe Tightening of Data Security
Security in technology and data is rapidly becoming a top priority, and rightly so. The massive hack of background check records at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently compromised the data of 21.5 million people. This interesting information came from USA Today in their article, “OPM says second hack affected more than 21M Americans.” As you…
Read MoreThe Design of Standards
There is a need for standards in everything. Now there is a world standard for capturing and conveying the knowledge that robots possess. This interesting subject came from Scientific Computing in their article, “Ontology for Automatons: Standard Knowledge for Robots.” An ontology for automatons was crafted by a working group of 166 experts. The IEEE Standard…
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