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Data Management
Information governance (IG) has been discussed for several years now. Unfortunately, implementation has proven difficult, due to the scale of the domain. Datamation brought this situation to our attention in their article, “Trends in Information Governance: eDiscovery and Big Data.” Given this, organizations have the best chance for success by concentrating on the highest risk and…
Read MoreWebinar Offers Assistance on Platform Research
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) is offering an interesting webinar as part of their 2015 series titled, “How to Conduct User Experience Research for Your Platform.” Scholarly publishers are looking at how to conduct user experience research to deliver improved, intuitive interfaces that serve their researchers daily workflow needs. This webinar will address…
Read MoreThe Future of Machine Learning
Machine Learning-as-a-Service (MLaaS) is one of the latest terms identifying the “sweet spot” for promising technologies and applications of big data analytics. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Improving Big Data Analytics with Machine Learning-as-a-Service.” Machine learning algorithms on demand via the Cloud have great potential for many areas of work.…
Read MoreHoliday Special Offer
The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) has a special offer for you this holiday weekend. Along with fireworks, parades, and barbecue, you can join AIIM and take advantage of the sale for annual Professional Memberships. Join by midnight on July 6, 2015 and take $20 off the regular $169 membership fee. AIIM Professional Membership gives…
Read MoreThe Many Shades of SharePoint
AIIM (the Association for Information and Image Management) is offering an interesting webinar titled, “The Flavors of SharePoint: Which is right for you?” In this webinar, SharePoint implementation consultant Errin O’Connor will discuss the pros and cons of different SharePoint configurations, including the following: Security and authentication Licensing considerations Training needs Best practice recommendations, including when…
Read MoreAward Winners
Content Analyst® Company’s CAAT 3.16 engine won the 2015 CODiE Award for Best Semantic Technology Platform, Tools and Applications from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). We found this interesting information on PRWeb in their article, “Content Analyst Company Wins 2015 Best Semantic Technology Platform, Tools and Applications CODiE Award from SIIA.” As their flagship…
Read MoreOntologist 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 MoreTaxonomy in the Legal System
When it comes to managing court cases, few software applications can meet the specific needs of case workers and court clerks. The usual method for courts to acquire their case management systems is to just pick commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software from a leading packaged solution vendor, then customize it to suit. This interesting topic comes from…
Read MoreTaxonomy of Tradition
You already know my interest in finding obscure and odd taxonomies. Remember the hipster taxonomy or the taxonomy of psychopaths? My latest find has taken a bit of a twisted turn but still lies in the world of tradition. It was found on Forward in their article, “The Taxonomy of the Jewish Casket.” While not…
Read MoreIndexing History
In what feels timely but was actually an unplanned juxtaposition of events, the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society launches a new project. This comes just days after a gunman claimed nine lives at an historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina. The Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was built as a result of the abolitionist…
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