Let’s Do The Time Warp
Development company, Dexetra, has launched the first “life database” application. This new product, named Friday, automates the process of building a self-database with semantic technology.
Development company, Dexetra, has launched the first “life database” application. This new product, named Friday, automates the process of building a self-database with semantic technology.
When you consider that 79% of American adults use the Internet, 38% of Internet users log onto an online networking site like Facebook or LinkedIn each day, and 28% of Internet users look for information online each day about a service or product they are thinking of buying – it is easy to connect social media and semantic technology. But who is driving who?
Expert System and Vejo Park have announced a collaboration with the Crisis Unit for Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the development of a software platform for the identification and real-time selection of important information from the Web. The result of that collaboration between Vejo Park’s G3Docs software and Expert System’s COGITO semantic software.
Monster.com and HotJobs announce the completion of their integration into one seamless website. The HotJobs site and related data have been migrated onto the Monster platform
Some retailers are reporting phenomenal sales post holiday-season and many attribute this to semantic technology.
Semantic technology can not only help companies save time and money, it helps them become more efficient, productive and engaged with their information, and ultimately their clients.
The 2011 Semantic Technology Conference is scheduled for June 5-0, 2011 at the Hilton Union Square in downtown San Francisco. SemTech 2011 is the world’s largest educational conference for the community of executives, technologists, researchers, investors and customers involved with semantic technologies.
Two upcoming webinars presented by ASIS&T should not be missed. On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (EST), “ Introduction to Semantic Web and Linked Data” will cover the basic concepts behind the semantic web and its implementation through linked data.
We have all felt the anxiety behind ordering the appropriate wine with your meal. The waiter looks on impatiently as you struggle mentally with what sounds good to drink versus what fits into the “red meat/red wine and white meat/white wine” limited wine knowledge bank you possess. Never fear, semantic web technology is here to rescue you from embarrassment.
Belgium based software provider, Actonomy, has released its xMP ‘empowered search’ - a search technology that analyses, understands search queries and delivers superior results compared to results of standard search engines.