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Where to put all that data?
Video capture technology has changed, and so has the need for its storage. Though digital files have become cheaper to create and broadcast, both it and tape-based files need different, but equally secure storage. This interesting information was found in Biz Community in their article, “Managing media assets is critical in digital broadcasting.”
Read MoreAs Smart as Siri
The next step in the semantic web may be cognition-as-a-Service (CaaS). CaaS will enable every app to become as smart as Siri in its own niche. CaaS powered apps will be able to think and interact with consumers like intelligent virtual assistants.
Read MoreBuilding a Solid Foundation
The complexities of cloud integration present many challenges. The solutions are similar to what you might use on-premise, but another option can leverage metadata for integration in a different way – semantic web technology. IT Business Edge brought this news to us in their article, “Another Option for Cloud Integration: Semantic Technology.”
Read MoreConsistency Equals Findability
Adaptive has released their web-based platform, Adaptive Business Glossary Manager (BGM), which provides a framework to help organizations define and communicate consistent business vocabulary and align glossary terms.
This platform is available in the Cloud or behind the firewall. It can substantially improve data governance and management while reducing exposure to compliance risk.
Read MoreChoose Your Partners Carefully
Law firms are always looking for a seamless and efficient process and/or product to manage their digital and physical records. The RM Suite has been designed with law firm information governance in mind. As documents and emails are saved to eDOCS DM, they are automatically categorized and electronically filed in RM using the appropriate Client/Matter File Plan and Retention Schedule. This interesting information was found on Heraldonline.com in their article, “Matrix Logic Announces Records Management Legal Solution Suite for OpenText eDOCS RM at ILTA 2013 Conference.”
Read MoreImproving the Find
A database is only as good as the data entered and the search tool being used to explore it. With that in mind, the Energy Department’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) has taken steps to improve their databases by releasing a reference tool that uses semantic search techniques. This interesting news was found on GCN.com’s blog, PULSE, in a post titled, “DOE rolls out semantic search for science research.”
Read MoreGetting the Most Out of Your Work
Temnos has released a new content intelligence platform that helps content creators get the most out of their content and user relationships. Temnos’ platform offers a scalable, integrated tool that recognizes, evaluates, extracts, and creates metadata and content to support an end-to-end content intelligence process. This interesting data was found on Geeks World in their article, “Temnos Launches Content Intelligence Platform, Appoints CEO and Secures Funding.”
Read MoreProviding a Smooth Integration
The challenge of managing information so that findability is possible with ease and speed is made more difficult with regulatory, legal and organizational requirements. In order to address records management requirements in a way that works for users and records managers, Alfresco has released its latest Records Management module (v2.1), along with the next version of Alfresco One (v4.2).
Read MoreTaxonomies to the Rescue
MEDLINE citations are manually indexed at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), using as reference the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary. In the past, human indexers read the full text of the article to properly index. However, due to growth, the NLM is exploring automatic indexing options. 7th Space Interactive brought this topic to our attention in their article, “MeSH indexing based on automatically generated summaries.”
Read MoreThe Search War
Apple recently purchased Topsy, a social media analytics company. This move left some folks wondering why. For some, the answer was clear – search, old search to be exact. In a move to challenge Google’s reign as the premier search engine, Apple’s $200 million dollar purchase is intended to provide new levels of recommendations based on Topsy’s data. Don’t scoff at the price, there are billions of dollar in play when you are talking about the game of search.
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