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Semantics Field
Semantic technology has rarely been used in industries more than it has in the employment and recruitment field, and the stakes just got even bigger. CareerBuilder recently announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Textkernel, a software company providing semantic recruitment technology to the global market. This interesting news came from PR Newswire in their…
Read MoreData Governance Event
Mark your calendars now for an Online Data Governance Event on January 27th, 2016. The first-ever Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference (EDGO) is packed with great speakers talking about Data Governance, Modeling Governance, Stewardship, and how to implement and manage it all. Registration opens on November 30th, 2015 and it is free. You can attend from…
Read MoreDigitizing the Past
In Tom’s River, New Jersey they are recognizing an anniversary. One year ago the Township began relocating its records to their new Records Center. Over the course of several weeks, over 6,000 containers of municipal records were re-located from 18 separate locations to one, centralized location organized in a computer database, by department or subject, for…
Read MoreAnalytics with the Aid of Ontologies
Organizations have been using data analytics to improve their operations for a long time. Its primary users have been managers seeking to boost performance. But what happens when the power of data analytics gets in the hands of all employees? Energy Biz brought this news to us in their article, “Washington Gas puts self-service analytics to work.”…
Read MoreNFAIS Conference Releases Speaker List
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has released the line up of key note speakers for their annual conference scheduled for February 21-23, 2016 in Philadelphia. The kick-off keynote speaker is Steven Miller, Data Maestro, Global Leader Academic Programs & Outreach for IBM Analytics Group. The NFAIS members-only luncheon features Simon Inger, owner of Simon Inger Consulting,…
Read MoreSearch Enhancements
West Point Underwriters has chosen some new technology to manage metadata to address the specific needs of the insurance selling process. KMWorld brought this news to our attention in their article, “Addressing the challenges of metadata.” Concept Searching’s conceptClassifier for SharePoint and conceptTaxonomyWorkflow are the catalyst of Web technologies designed to help reduce unnecessary costs and…
Read MoreBecoming a Learning Organization
Knowledge management has often been used to solve organizational knowledge issues, even before social media tools have arrived adding additional power. This interesting information came from IHS Engineering in their article, “Making Knowledge Management a Part of Your Organization’s Culture.” In organizations concerned with innovation and knowledge-based products and services—often referred to as knowledge organizations—much of…
Read MorePartnership Brings Value to Historical Documents
EBSCO Information Services has partnered with Portico in an effort to preserve digital collections from its Digital Archives products, mostly historical source materials used by scholars and students. PRWeb brought this news to us in their article, EBSCO Partners with Portico to Ensure Long-Term Availability of Digital Archives.” EBSCO first launched the Digital Archives in 2009 and…
Read MoreDigital Library Services Leader Needed
As we strive to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are excited to share career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and…
Read MoreKicking It Up A Notch
Ontology´s Intelligent 360 for Network Operators has now released the second project phase. Ontology Systems has enhanced the network operations of Telekom Malaysia Berhad with its Intelligent 360 solution. The deployment of the solution enables them to have a singular, reconciled view of the entire network. This interesting topic was brought to us by Financial News in…
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