Posts by Melody Smith
The Semantic Web in Specific Enterprise Technologies
IE as in Information Extraction, not the other one, is defined in the book Semantic Web Technologies: Trends and Research in Ontology-based Systems, John Davies, Rudi Studer, and Paul Warren define this type of IE as “a technology based on analyzing natural language in order to extract snippets of information.”
Read More10gen Conference Focused on NoSQL
10gen is dedicated an entire day event to the high-performance “NoSQL” document-oriented database. If 10gen sounds familiar, they are the company behind the open source MongoDB project. This is the tenth conference 10gen has organized on MongoDB, and will be the largest MongoDB event of the year.
Read MoreCrowdsortium Goes Public
A group of leading crowdsourcing companies has joined forces to create a trade organization the Crowdsortium, to serve as a resource to crowdsourcing funders, practitioners, customers, researchers and eventually the crowd themselves. This goal is accomplished through best practices, education, data collection, advocacy and public dialogue.
Read MoreAre Computers Any Match For Human Intelligence?
Computer’s biggest challenge is unraveling semantics, understanding the meaning of language. Beyond the actual definition, context impacts everything. A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has been working since the beginning of the year on fine-tuning a computer system that is trying to master semantics by learning more like a human.
Read MoreRAMP Chosen for Publishing Solutions
RAMP has been chosen for Pennwell’s specialized industry news and information websites. They will automate their publishing workflows with taxonomy development and applications to make search and publishing contextually relevant to users’ online behavior on these websites.
Read MoreIISEIE Releases New Online Content Catalog
The International Institute of International Software Economies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Inc (IISEIE) has released their new online Content Catalogue. IISEIE Content and Program Catalogue is an interactive repository designed to execute initiatives in their local software economies.
Read MoreFormer AT&T VP Joins Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Co. is making headlines with the appointment of new CEO and chairman, Léo Apotheker, but they are also adding staff in other areas. Former cloud evangelist Joe Weinman has joined the cloud development team at the technical superpower.
Read MoreSemantic Technology Gets Another User
Trying to filter and make sense of the real-time stream of data that comes from Twitter and other social networks, new start-up Tweetbeat offers something other services can’t – four years’ worth of semantic analysis and taxonomic structure.
Read MoreWorthPoint Makes a Good Bid
Worthpoint, a provider of valuation for art, antiques and collectibles, has been totally revamped and re-launched. Now reaching over 10,000 subscribers and offering new features, CEO Will Seippel said Worthpoint “is just getting started.”
Read MoreManaging Data – An ongoing process
Queplix Virtual Data Manager (QVDM) automates application and data integration and provides ongoing data harmonization while enabling a consistent view of customer, product, and financial data so that vital information remains accurate across software systems.
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