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Colligo and FileTrail Forge Partnership

By Melody Smith | March 23, 2011

Colligo and FileTrail have announced a partnership to provide better records management for SharePoint 2010 by offering email management and physical file capture respectively.

Data Integration is in the Middle of an Evolution

By Melody Smith | March 22, 2011

Despite the fact that the players in the data integration game are not new and in fact, could be considered all-stars, there are some signs that the landscape is changing.

BBC Creates Private B-Cloud

By Melody Smith | March 17, 2011

The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has taken to the clouds as part of their new technology strategy to improve value for money and provide increased flexibility.

Varonis Systems has released the findings of a Technology Spotlight issued by analyst firm IDC that outlines the emergence of metadata framework technology as a critical component for managing and securing unstructured and semi-structured data. Are they preaching to the choir?

Hybrid Clouds?

By Melody Smith | March 15, 2011

There is a lot of talk about organizations pulling back their data from the clouds due to the challenges of integration and the concerns of inaccessibility. Many predict a hybrid delivery is in our future. How does content management fit into the clouds, especially with a hybrid delivery model?

Metadata: Use It or Lose It

By Melody Smith | March 9, 2011

Metadata seems to be the word of the year. Though it certainly is a key component of any document management system, there seems to be ambiguity around the appropriate use of metadata.

World Wide Cookbook

By Melody Smith | March 8, 2011

The internet is a resource that is used in so many different ways, i.e. news distribution, research data, social networking, etc. For some of us, we also use it as a cookbook – or at least access to virtual cookbooks containing the recipes we seek. Google has added a new feature to its search engine that helps in that endeavor – Recipe View.

INSPIRE Directive Gets Support From GGP Systems

By Melody Smith | March 8, 2011

INSPIRE is part of a suite of European Directives that aim to standardize and ensure access to public data across Europe. Designed to improve access to and knowledge of geographical data holdings, the INSPIRE directive requires that member states provide public access to location based data related to the environment. The latest release of GGP Systems’ desktop GIS will support that directive.

How Secure is Your Geodata?

By Melody Smith | March 7, 2011 |

There has been lots of talk lately about stalkers locating you based on the photos you post online using your smart phone or GPS enabled mobile phone. I have received numerous emails from concerned friends and family warning me of the dire straits and danger lurking around the next photo I post of my dogs at the park. Truthfully, I deleted them all. “It’s just another urban myth,” I thought to myself.