metadata
Using the Data You Store
Data storage continues to be an issue for most organizations. This piece of information might make you feel better about your own situation. At the end of 2012, 1.3 trillion objects were stored in Amazon S3, the world’s largest object storage system. Even more so, that number is growing faster than 1 billion objects per day. InfoWorld brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “What is object storage?”
Read MoreThe War On…Not Christmas
These past few months have brought us “the war on Christmas”, “the war on women”, and anything else the news would like to hype up to make us feel victimized. So when I saw the title of this article, I had to laugh. Information Week Government brought this to us in their article, “The War On Military Records.”
Read MoreBeyond Storage
We have discussed numerous times in the past about the rapid growth of data. The main focus has always seemed to surround the storage and management of the data. But what about the risk and liability to organizations?
Read MoreWhere to put all that data?
Video capture technology has changed, and so has the need for its storage. Though digital files have become cheaper to create and broadcast, both it and tape-based files need different, but equally secure storage. This interesting information was found in Biz Community in their article, “Managing media assets is critical in digital broadcasting.”
Read MoreBuilding a Solid Foundation
The complexities of cloud integration present many challenges. The solutions are similar to what you might use on-premise, but another option can leverage metadata for integration in a different way – semantic web technology. IT Business Edge brought this news to us in their article, “Another Option for Cloud Integration: Semantic Technology.”
Read MoreKnowledge Management and Data Governance – Management and Tools
As an IT process and governance consultant, I see a large number of software tools for managing knowledge, information, and data. The choices between vendors and in-house development options seem endless. Evaluation can be challenging because descriptions of purpose, use, and comparative approach are often not clear, standardized, or based on research.
Read MoreGetting the Most Out of Your Work
Temnos has released a new content intelligence platform that helps content creators get the most out of their content and user relationships. Temnos’ platform offers a scalable, integrated tool that recognizes, evaluates, extracts, and creates metadata and content to support an end-to-end content intelligence process. This interesting data was found on Geeks World in their article, “Temnos Launches Content Intelligence Platform, Appoints CEO and Secures Funding.”
Read MoreProviding a Smooth Integration
The challenge of managing information so that findability is possible with ease and speed is made more difficult with regulatory, legal and organizational requirements. In order to address records management requirements in a way that works for users and records managers, Alfresco has released its latest Records Management module (v2.1), along with the next version of Alfresco One (v4.2).
Read MorePlanning for Findability
Records management now and in the future will have to be a priority if we want to effectively manage and find our data. Many use SharePoint to achieve this goal. Migrating data for implementation can be a challenge, but from a content management point of view, metadata is the key. CMS Wire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Metadata Solves Your SharePoint Content Management Problems.”
Read MoreSemantic Technology and Big Data
Big Data Spain is an event about massive data processing applications and technologies that took place this November in Madrid. The event drove home the point that increasingly critical applications of big data in sectors such as banking and telecommunications and some new technological and business trends need systems that facilitate online analysis of large volumes of data. In addition, one of the key areas of big data application is the processing of social content to obtain all types of insights.
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