Technology
Is the Web Really a Web?
A significant portion of Internet content has a spatial dimension. For instance, a place name within a document or the location of a place referred to within a tweet. However, if we take a look from a geospatial standpoint at the various types of Internet resources and applications used today, there is a different and fragmented picture.
Read MoreLibraries Could Have Their Own sTLD
ICANN is again broadening opportunities to create new gTLDs to include sTLDs. The policy liberalizes the process for creation of new gTLDs. This brings about support and concern for an unlimited number of gTLDs and potential URLs.
Read MoreAnother Social Network?
Google+ has not overtaken social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, but it is turning heads. Already hundreds of Facebook users from India are on Google+ via a beta testing phase.
Read MoreSpeed and Quality Shouldn’t Be Either Or
Several months ago, Microsoft promised us Project Crescent, code name for a new business intelligence tool designed for nontechnical users to create dynamic reports. Crescent was the centerpiece for another code-named technology, Denali, the upcoming release of SQL Server.
Read MoreThe Pope Tweets
Times have definitely changed and it has never been more apparent than the latest news of the Pope tweeting. Yes, you read that correctly. Pope Benedict XVI tweeted for the first time today, the Vatican has confirmed.
Read MoreWhere Has Social Media Brought Us?
Ignoring the Internet and social media is no longer an option for organizations. Not having a Facebook page is taboo; not having a website is unheard of; and Google better be able to find you. But in the midst of social media, how is quality and success measured? In likes, uprooting Mayors, and hashtags?
Read MoreOpenText Releases New Version
OpenText has released a new version of OpenText Integration Center featuring an enhanced, native connector to OpenText ECM Suite 2010. The claims are that customers can help better leverage their structured and unstructured content to reduce costs and improve efficiency with OpenText.
Read MoreInformatica 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 MoreIntroducing Epic Marketplace
Epic Media Group has established the Epic Marketplace, a comprehensive, unified marketplace that combines all their multichannel digital advertising capabilities. This follows their previously released Traffic Marketplace and formally concludes its post-acquisition integration efforts.
Read MoreRemoving the IT Supply Chain Barriers
A common challenge for IT departments involves the supply chain and the barriers that prevent that from working smoothly. The cause of these barriers is typically because of disconnected decisions and actions made by both business and IT. The question is, how can we change this?
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