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Open Source Used to Advance Science
Glencoe Software was chosen by PerkinElmer as the foundation of its newly released Columbus Scope cellular imaging software solution for microscopy. Columbus Scope allows researchers to read, visualize and re-analyze a number of different vendor-specific research imaging file formats, save and use their experimental metadata parameters, and share images with their colleagues and collaborators.
Read MoreGoing Paperless Made Easy
A law firm in Texas sough to create a virtual law firm that would leverage a Web-based practice management system and extensive use of social media. This goal of going paperless was made possible with Fortis.
Read MoreBP Searching for Consistency
BP seeks to provide consistency in their knowledge-sharing processes across the many merged corporations they have acquired in past decades by creating a central department, Engineering Technical Practices (ETP), to create and maintain BP engineering practices for both the exploration and production segments of the corporation.
Read MoreGood Taxonomy is Key to Effective Search
Speakers at the Enterprise Search Summit, held November 16-18 in Washington, D.C., united in expressing the opinion that effective search is not a challenge that can be met by technology alone.
Read MoreUsing Ontologies to Integrate Data
PointCross has released its Study Data Integration and Search (SDIS) technology. SDIS is a solution that closes a major gap in the nonclinical phase of the R&D lifecycle.
Read MoreMaster Data Management is Coming to Healthcare
Healthcare is changing, both in patient treatment and the government’s role in regulation and reimbursement. This makes the use of data, business intelligence and analytics tools ever more important.
Read MoreMeta Tagging and Google – A Match Made Where?
Google’s new news meta tagging scheme is being questioned by some for its brilliance and potential success. Though they appreciate the intent to distinguish between syndicated and non-syndicated content, they worry that the meta tags are clunky and therefore likely to be used to work the web.
Read MoreLibrary Digitization for Free
Treasures of Connecticut Libraries allows libraries to digitize, for free, up to 100 items in their collection, and then to upload their collection to a CONTENTdm site managed by the state library in Hartford. This collaboration is providing a relatively inexpensive model for libraries that want to expand awareness of their collections and demonstrate their value to a wider public.
Read MoreDotNetNuke 5.6 Has Been Released
DotNetNuke has released DotNetNuke 5.6, which includes the new DotNetNuke Site Search feature, enabling a more effective web site content search, and Enhanced Analytics Support, providing greater performance and control over the monitoring of web site traffic.
Read MoreGrant for Developing Digital Library Tools Awarded
Engineering professors were recently awarded a National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (NSF DUE) grant to develop tools that will allow for easier curation of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL).
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