Posts by Melody Smith
The Age of Big Cloud Data
There is yet another acronym on the horizon. ABCD – The Age of Big Cloud Data. With the Web accelerating the digitization of all content (digital information was 1% of all information in 1986 but 95% today) and the creation of new digital content (from 4.5 billion gigabytes in 2000 to 1227 billion gigabytes in 2010), there has to be room in the clouds for all this data to transition from physical to virtual.
Read MoreXBRL Taxonomy Search Tool Made Available
CompSci Resources, LLC is making available to the public its XBRL taxonomy search tool in order to assist issuers and mutual funds generate their XBRL submissions to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Read MoreNew Partnership Provides SEC Compliance Solutions
Insight2Infinity and Compliance Xpressware has formed a strategic partnership where the two companies will maintain an ongoing business relationship enabling Insight2Infinity’s customers to meet SEC’s HTML/XBRL compliance requirements.
Read MoreRenting e-Books Could Save a Few Trees
With Amazon’s announcement about the Kindle Textbook Rental program, it makes one wonder how many basement hackers are gearing up to swipe content and begin a new career. It isn’t that I don’t think it is a good idea, I think it is a great idea. Besides the whole saving a tree benefit, textbook costs are a big black hole of which you never get a return. Even reselling books is pennies on the dollar and usually you are stuck with them. Almost everyone has a box of textbooks tucked away in their storage area because you just can’t stand the thought of tossing thousands of dollars worth of books. Instead, you move them from location to location, thinking someday you will find someone who can use them.
Read MoreGoldfire 6.6 Released
Invention Machine is making available Invention Machine Goldfire 6.6, the Company’s innovation intelligence platform. The latest release features enhancements that help companies build and foster a collaborative culture for accelerating innovative products and services to market.
Read MoreSLACK Implements RSuite CMS
SLACK , Inc. has implemented RSuite CMS by Really Strategies to automate distribution of its journal content to licensing channels.
Read MoreCan Humans Do Better Than Computers? Sometimes?
The buzz continues around Google +, both good and bad. It seems like every day I am hearing about a situation with folks being “booted” or blocked. Even William Shatner apparently got booted from the algorithm giant. Is this because they are so locked into those algorithms that even semantic technology can’t save them from a misunderstanding? Can they really loosen the reins enough to let users have some control?
Read MoreDaegis Adds New Feature to eDiscovery Platform
Daegis has announced they are able to preserve and manage Lotus Notes collaborative application data throughout the entire eDiscovery process. This new technology has been added to its eDiscovery Platform and makes Daegis the only provider to offer clients the ability to capture, process, search, cull and review collaborative Lotus Notes applications such as team room documents, document libraries, support systems and customized templates for legal discovery.
Read MoreOntologies and Semantic Networks
As knowledge organization systems increase in complexity, we have increasing numbers of dimensions or features or ways to define the terms. Semantic networks help with bringing all those concepts together and tagging them so that you can look at them in lots of different ways.
Read MoreFetch! Mobile App Included in Windows Azure Marketplace
IDV Solutions is now official Microsoft launch partner for the upcoming Windows Azure Marketplace. IDV’s Fetch! mobile application will be one of a few select products offered in the Windows Azure Marketplace upon its launch.
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