Posts by Melody Smith
Knowledge is Power
It has been said that Web 3.0 is defined as real identities generating massive amounts of data on facts, personal habits and social inclinations encompassing every area of their lives. When you include healthcare data, government information, and the slew of security records – the predicted amount has been surpassed a thousand times.
Read MoreClarity in Chaos
Information architecture is on the forefront lately, whether we realize it or not. The history-making revolts against middle eastern governments has spurred massive amounts of data, and confusion.
Read MoreNew Product Enhances Data Mining
Pingar will soon launch its first Chinese search portal, after four years of working to develop the Chinese market.
Read MoreSemantic Enrichment for Publishers: Beyond Search and Browse
Using taxonomies and semantic tagging of articles to enable subject browsing and to improve Search are two of the most popular reasons why publishers invest in semantic technology, but the potential benefits are not limited to these two applications.
Read MoreCatholic Publication Goes Online
The first volume of The Southern Guardian has completed scanning, and every issue from the year 1911 is now available to read online. What may seem to be a small project, and indeed it may be, is valued by many.
Read MoreLooking Back At One Woman’s Adventure in Computer Science
Wendy Hall, previous president for the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and a professor of computer science at the University of Southampton in England, ponders on the past and looks forward to the future.
Read MoreSLA Conference Early Bird Deadline is Today
If you haven’t registered for the opportunity to connect with thousands of fellow information professionals, be inspired by their ideas and empowered by the history of the city – today is the last day to do so and qualify for the early bird discount.
Read MoreDell and Perfect Search Join Forces
Eliminating the concern about wasting time and money searching for data, the folks over at Dell have joined forces with Perfect Search to offer the Perfect Search Appliance (PSA) as a solution for indexing and finding the information you need, now.
Read MoreFounder of Lucid to be Keynote Speaker at Lucene Revolution
Marc Krellenstein, founder of Lucid Imagination, is set to address “The Once and Future History of Enterprise Search and Open Source,” at Lucene Revolution 2011.
Read MoreOnline Reputation Monitoring Tool Released
SAS has a new tool that allows companies to monitor social network conversations related to their brand and more actively manage their online reputation. This “fly on the wall” Conversation Centre tool is scheduled to be released in May and will be an addition to their Social Network Analysis (SNA) software.
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