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The 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.
Read MoreUnder the Semantic Hood
Semantic web is a more and more frequent term in not just the world of business, but in all areas that utilize technology, and let’s face it, isn’t that everyone? This interesting topic was found on Search Engine Journal in their article, “The Difference Between Semantic Search and Semantic Web.”
Read MoreSemantic Search Fosters Findability
The latest version of Eikon from Thomson Reuters offers semantic search capabilities. Eikon 3.0 applies free text search capabilities to financial data. Wall Street Technology brought this news to our attention in their article, “Semantic Search Takes Thomson Reuters Eikon to New Levels.”
Read MoreBe Strategic About Your Search
Search on a personal system or PC is just as important to the users as an enterprise search across mega data sources. When you need to find your information, the storage source is irrelevant.
Read MoreHistorical Search
Azavea, a geospatial data analysis software company, has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation to create a web-based historical mapping system that will enable geographic indexing of historical documents. The software is designed to support a wide range of government, commercial, academic and other research projects.
Read MoreData Integration Specialists Needed
Ontology Systems has launched a partner program aimed at recruiting data integration specialists. Ontology specializes in semantic search technology, so the specialists they are seeking need to be experienced with this game-changing technology. This interesting information was found on Channel Pro in their article, “Ontology kicks off search for data integration specialists.”
Read MoreWorking Together
MetaVis Technologies has recently announced that Information Manager Enterprise User Edition now supports SharePoint 2013. This new development allows users to manage data directly from the SharePoint user interface. This interesting information was found on GeeksWorld.com in their article, “MetaVis Makes It Easier to Organize Content in SharePoint 2013.”
Read MoreKeeping The Access
Concept Searching has entered into a partnership agreement with Enterprise Knowledge bring together Concept Searching’s technology expertise in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management, and Enterprise Knowledge’s experience providing strategic taxonomy design solutions that assist both commercial and federal organizations capture, manage, and maximize the value of content assets.
Read MoreRemembering the Value of Space
A dynamic document management program can reduce costs, improve findability, and make work flow seamless. Document management systems continue to evolve, and what was once seen as a luxury is now considered a requirement.
Read MoreWebsite Offers Semantic Content Discovery
Docstoc today launched a redesign of its website. Version 2.0 now includes semantic content discovery engine, topical pages, a rebuilt search engine, new profile pages, and file management.
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