Taxodiary – News

Mad Discovery

By Melody Smith|July 9th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Mad Discovery

Libraries aren't exactly Madison Avenue material. However, libraries have to utilize their fair share of marketing for their programs and services. It may not be commercials and billboards. Instead, think flyers, posters, newsletters, and the like.

The Navy Has Big Plans

By Melody Smith|July 8th, 2014|News, ontology, Technology|Comments Off on The Navy Has Big Plans

Apparently, the Navy has plans to create a big data ecosystem that will allow for advancements in analytics.

The New Search

By Melody Smith|July 8th, 2014|News, search, semantic|Comments Off on The New Search

Digital marketing is changing in every industry, but none more than the insurance industry. There are tactics more appropriate and effective than the search engine optimization and keyword linking of days gone by. Google has made that very clear.

Making Your Content Findable

By Melody Smith|July 7th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, search, Standards|Comments Off on Making Your Content Findable

In the world of records management, accuracy is the litmus test of all success. What is the point of indexing and storing if you can never locate the data again in the future?

The Status of Records Management

By Melody Smith|July 4th, 2014|indexing, News|Comments Off on The Status of Records Management

Trends like cloud, social, and mobile have changed the requirements of enterprise content management (ECM) software, and the user’s expectations as well. Storage isn’t the only issue; it is about connecting and relating to the information. Because of this, records management, in its traditional form, is failing us.

Abundant Data

By Melody Smith|July 4th, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on Abundant Data

Abundance - the word of the year, maybe the decade. That is no different in the world of data. We have computers capable of processing the vast and complex data, and thanks to the clouds, our storage capabilities appear to be endless. But is this a false sense of security?

Data About Data

By Melody Smith|July 2nd, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on Data About Data

Metadata has become a common term, thanks to the National Security Agency (NSA) scandals. But in the end, metadata is described as “basic information about data.” This means it often accompanies other data in an interpretative role.

How much do you value your data?

By Melody Smith|July 2nd, 2014|metadata, News, search|Comments Off on How much do you value your data?

In the world of finance, the term asset has a particular meaning. Though you can’t always put a dollar figure on data, few would argue that an organization’s data is not an asset. Just try to imagine not having the data or access to it, and how important it is just got real.

Smoothing the Way

By Melody Smith|July 1st, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Smoothing the Way

Cambridge Semantics has released Anzo Smart Data Integration (ASDI) software to help enterprises rapidly understand and integrate information assets. This new software is designed to reduce integration timeframes and costs by a factor of 10.

Ever-Expanding Data

By Melody Smith|July 1st, 2014|metadata, News|Comments Off on Ever-Expanding Data

In an effort to reduce storage costs, the AIS Group is piloting a call recording application to ensure compliance with insurance regulations.