Business Intelligence and Big Data

Big data is becoming a common term as organizations are wondering about business intelligence and how they could derive some from all the information at their disposal. The awareness of big data is good, however the time is coming and organizations will need the infrastructure to help them make sense of the data and secure it.

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Semantic Consumerism

New York-based Precision Health Media continues to raise funds in venture capital, supporting their technology platform for health brands called ConditionMatch. The platform uses semantic analysis to identify Web pages that contain content about commonly diagnosed health conditions, such as diabetes, depression, and allergies. Then it places ads for products related to those conditions on appropriate pages. This is why when you look up the symptoms of acid reflux, conveniently a coupon for Prilosec shows up on the side of the page.

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New Semantic Search Engine

A new semantic search engine that classifies and analyzes the meaning of text has been developed by NEC. Now users will be able to locate text related to a keyword by referencing keyword aspects, thus enabling a more dynamic search result.

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Semantic Search Used in Discovery

PureDiscovery is combing their semantic discovery technology with LexisNexis® LAW PreDiscovery. This integration will help litigation discovery professionals find the most relevant documents faster than ever before. Semantic search technology allows the system to ‘learn’ as litigation documents are uploaded and searched. By applying the intelligence gathered to run smarter searches and help produce precise search results, the results will be much more comprehensive.

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Data Standard Models in Competition

Open Data Model is a fairly new organization, at least compared to EDM Council. But these competing models have been busy lately. EDM set out classifications based on asset class distinctions as the basis for its model. Open Data’s model is based on the ISO 10962 standard and the same organizing principles as Wikipedia.

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Apple Acquires Mobile Application Company

Apple has acquired mobile application company, Chomp. Their feature product is an app for searching the iOS App Store in clever ways. Chomp’s app uses a “proprietary algorithm” that learns the functions and topic of apps. This semantic-like technology helps users search for apps based on their true functionality, not just their names. The app offers app browsing by unique categories that don’t exist within the App Store’s own taxonomy.

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