Posts by Melody Smith
ICD-10 System Has 5x the Codes
3M, the designers of the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System, will help the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prep its computer systems for ICD-10 coding.
Read MorePlatform as a Service Has a Following
The “IPS” taxonomy – Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service – has become an integral part of cloud computing. Cloud providers are particularly fond of Platform as a Service (PaaS) as they think it is crucial but profitable market. For users, not so much.
Read MoreOntology Work Completed for Semantics Repository
The EDM Council has completed the ontology work necessary to add corporate actions to its Semantics Repository, and now plans to work with the Object Management Group (OMG) to make the repository an ontology standard.
Read MoreMusical Taxonomy Takes Another Step
One of the more popular users in taxonomies, Pandora – the Music Genome Project, is now offering channels specifically geared to workouts.
Read MoreClearing the Clouds
There seems to be a lot of fear around the security of clouds. Is it justified? Or is it amplified in an effort to preserve the status quo? Many professionals are asking these very questions, and recently so did ESG Research.
Read MoreSolving Information Puzzles
All the talk is about big data, but what about changing data? If a knowledge domain doesn’t change, it becomes stagnant. Even the Dead Sea Scrolls are changing as more and more is discovered about them by different scientists and researchers. Change was the topic recently when, Access Innovations’ president, Margie Hlava, sat down with Steve Arnold, a technology and financial analyst, owner of ArnoldIT and writer of Beyond Search.
Read MoreNew Start-Up Using Semantic Search
Locu is a data-focused startup founded by MIT graduates and computer science researchers that plan to create the world’s largest real-time, structured repository of small business offerings data. Their goal is that this data source will increase the efficiency of local search.
Read MoreCYIOS Focuses on the Team Approach
CYIOS has submitted its patent application for CYIPRO with the USPTO. Their project-based management system reinforces the team approach by allowing everyone to work on goal centric projects. According to Timothy Carnahan, CEO of CYIOS, “If you’re not working on a project within a team, then most likely you’re not working toward the goals of the organization.”
Read MoreStorage Market Not Reflective of the Economy
The analysts may keep screaming recession and the politicians are certainly talking about the economy 24/7, but in the storage software market things are looking pretty darn good. The storage software market has experienced seven consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth during the second quarter of 2011, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Storage Software QView.
Read MoreIs Semantic Search Trendy?
Semantic search and extraction of data from natural language and pictures are continuing to increase in popularity. As evidence of that trend, Hewlett-Packard recently confirmed rumors that it would acquire Autonomy, a semantic technology company. Media Post’s Search Blog brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Semantic Search And Raw Data On Rise.”…
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