Melody Smith

A Plan is in Order

By Melody Smith | February 13, 2014

Varonis Systems has launched the Varonis Data Governance Suite 5.9, which incorporates a variety of new features to better enable organizations to manage, protect, and safely collaborate with unstructured data.

The Impact of Semantics on Search

By Melody Smith | February 13, 2014

The semantic web is changing. This isn’t new news. However, it seems to be making a bigger impact with its own brand of change.

Technology Openings

By Melody Smith | February 12, 2014

We are always excited to share career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, indexing, and even semantic technology, with our readers. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.

Exploring the Data

By Melody Smith | February 12, 2014

Big data has challenged organizations in the storage and access arena, and beyond. When it comes to analyzing, reporting, and managing data on spreadsheets, big data can overwhelm the capabilities of products like Excel.

Searching Outside the Box

By Melody Smith | February 11, 2014

SearchYourCloud provides a single search interface to find documents stored on a desktop or several cloud-based services. Now they have broadened their reach to include Box in their latest version of client software. The goal is to make it more of a search once – find many kind of experience.

Information and Data Governance/Management – Adding Ideas From Complementary Disciplines

By Melody Smith | February 10, 2014

After critical business information has been identified at a high level and a focal has been assigned, best practices from complementary disciplines can be incorporated. Identify the main subjects for a business specific controlled vocabulary. Each company or organization develops its own language for talking about what it does. Like all languages, organizational languages are based on a common way of seeing and thinking. A technology or farm machinery company may use alphanumeric designations to identify thousands of products. An entertainment firm may use cryptic acronyms in discussing thousands of events or programs. An agricultural organization may talk about plans and events as they relate to “the harvest.” Even within one company, the language varies between departments. A finance department is likely to have a language that is different from the language used in research or operations departments.

And We’re Off!

By Melody Smith | February 10, 2014

Today is the first day of a week full of training, information sharing, and networking at Access Innovation’s 10th Annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting. A full-day overview of the Data Harmony software suite takes place today to provide a solid foundation for deeper understanding of the core meeting sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Webinar Offered for SharePoint and Search

By Melody Smith | February 7, 2014

Concept Searching and Microsoft are holding a joint webinar on Tuesday, February 18th. The session is titled “Why Metadata Matters in SharePoint Search and Information Governance.”

Clearing the Dust

By Melody Smith | February 7, 2014

Understanding the relationships among data, metadata, and information is important if we are to make sense of the data we collect. Metadata can be about perspective. Understanding its importance can help move beyond the simpler use of collection and storage.