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Generations and Technology
Generational differences are attributed to everything from driver’s licenses, work styles, and communications. The first generation born to be truly digital natives are millennials. So it would be natural that they push the boundaries of massive online data considering that 59 percent of millennials get their news online, and 80 percent sleep with their phone next…
Read MoreChallenges of Securing Data
Metadata continues to accumulate at an unfathomable rate. Every digital transaction – conversation, purchase, or data transfer – adds to the pile. Techcrunch brought this news to us in their article, “Digital toxic waste (or why metadata shouldn’t live forever).” We have been led to believe that metadata is nothing to worry about. It is only the content that adds up.…
Read MoreChaos in Taxonomy
Art and taxonomy walked into a bar together. No wait, it was a school. Or was it a gallery? This very interesting information came to us from The Creator’s Project in their article, “A Giant Cabinet of Curiosities Challenges Taxonomy Traditions | Liberal Arts.” A bewildering array of objects lines the shelves of an imposing, three-story…
Read MoreKMWorld 2016 – Still Time to Register
KMWorld 2016 is just a few week away. In Washington D.C. on November 14-17, 2016, chief information officers, information professionals, content managers, and knowledge architects will gather to celebrate this year’s theme: Hacking KM: People, Processes, & Technologies. Maybe “celebrate” is stretching it a little, but this conference will take a look at novel ways to support knowledge…
Read MoreFinding the Content Fast
NTENT recently announced the expansion of its next generation semantic search and natural language processing technologies to support the Russian language. Business Wire brought this news to us in their article, “NTENT’s Semantic Technology Now Transforms Information Discovery for Russian Speakers, Making it Faster and Easier to Find Information.” This falls in line with the needs…
Read MoreMark Your Calendars Today
DATAVERSITY is launching a new conference dedicated to Graph Databases and Technologies. Graphorum will be held in Redwood City, California on January 30 – February 1, 2017. This event will be co-located with the Smart Data Conference. Graph technology is the the very popular analytic solution in visualizing relationships that matter. Graphorum is designed to accommodate…
Read MoreSemantic Technology in the Financial World
Semantic technology can benefit people in a variety of ways. Onboarding in the financial world used to be a simple matter of filling in a form and transferring assets. However, anti-money laundering regulations designed to vet a potential client’s payment partners and history have mandated that companies perform detailed due diligence on their clients, and maintain a…
Read MoreAudiobooks Transformed
Remember books on tape? Then they morphed into CDs, but it still took four or five CDs for a decent size novel. Now with smartphones, audiobooks are finding a new audience that appreciates the ease and portability of downloading recorded versions of books onto their smartphones. USA Today brought this information to us in their article, “Smartphones give…
Read MoreA Computer Orders Pizza and the Crowd Explodes
Semantic technology has come a long way, baby. This is illustrated in the recent announcement that Siri’s creators had successfully placed an order for pizza with voice commands. IT ProPortal brought this news to us in their article, “Metadata: How businesses can use it to its fullest.” Granted, pizza alone is worth a celebration, but in…
Read MoreSharePoint Surprises Users with Sneak Peek and Early Delivery
Microsoft is offering a sneak peek of the first Feature Pack for SharePoint Server 2016, which is set to arrive in November. This interesting news came to us from eWeek in their article, “Microsoft Previews SharePoint Server 2016 Feature Pack 1.” When Microsoft released SharePoint Server 2016 in May, it pledged to periodically release Feature Packs…
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