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Informatica 9.1 Released
Informatica has released its flagship product designed to handle the “big data” generated by today’s transaction processing and social media systems, Informatica 9.1. Big in velocity, complexity and variety; big data is the hot topic.
Read MoreMetadata’s Role in Integration
Integration has permeated every part of information management systems. This is true both in and outside the brick and mortar walls. A recent report on cloud computing noted that the average is five or more different data sources per organization. All of this makes metadata more important and more difficult.
Read MoreNew Information Technology Department Taxonomy
WAND has released the latest entry in its enterprise taxonomy library, the
new Information Technology Department Taxonomy. This new taxonomy is designed specifically for IT departments and gives a jump-start to any enterprise content project that is organizing IT related documents.
To Like or Not Like?
“Thumbs up” has taken on a whole new meaning with Facebook’s now famous button “Like”. But how does this ranking in social media affect search ranking? And which is more valuable?
Read MoreNew Approaches to Manage Big Data
Splunk has received a patent for its method of organizing and presenting big data to mirror the experience of browsing links on the web. Splunk has a unique approach to the problem of analyzing massive amounts of machine-generated data by space linking one event to another with pseudo-hyperlinks.
Read MoreProducts that Support SharePoint Integration Continue to Grow
Microsoft has released their new cloud computing Office 365 that allows companies of all sizes to use the power of tools such as SharePoint, Exchange, Lync and Office with the benefits of cloud computing.
Read MoreSharePoint Integration Makes Metadata More Powerful
Idera held a webcast last week on “Understanding SharePoint 2010 Managed Metadata.” Andrew Connell, MVP, author, instructor and co-founder of Critical Path Training, demonstrated to attendees how to use the Managed Metadata Service application in SharePoint 2010 to create and utilize taxonomies in various capacities and how metadata can be used within SharePoint sites.
Read MoreGoing Paperless is Not for the Faint-Hearted
Remember the new concept of the “paperless office?” Here we are decades later struggling with the same challenge of automating the storage processes and document management. Why is this so difficult to achieve?
Read MoreData Integration Requires Finesse
Known as a provider of open source middleware for data and application integration, Talend has added cloud support to its integration platform. Using a shared metadata repository complete with administration and development tools, they can address problems resulting from the distribution of data across many different systems.
Read MoreThe Risks and Rewards of Semantic Technology
Though semantic technology is ever more popular these days and is the new cool toy most organizations want to play with, there are some that are still afraid of what is to them, the unknown. Is that an understandable fear? Yes. Is it a well-informed fear? Maybe.
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