Technology
New Tech Projects Get Funding from Harvard Library Lab
The Harvard Library Lab announced its first ten projects. Included in those projects is LibraryCloud, whose goal is to allow access to a wide range of Harvard Library metadata via an application programming interface (API) that would allow developers to create new apps based on the information.
Read MoreConference on the Theory of Information Retrieval
The Third International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval will take place September 12-14, 2011 in Bertinoro, Italy.
Read MoreFiling Your Email Seamlessly
Scinaptic has launched Release 5 of its OnePlaceMail solution, an advanced Microsoft Office/Outlook to SharePoint solution.
Read MoreFrom Ink to Digital
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) marked a milestone recently when it officially reached 150 years of producing and delivering government documents for all three branches of the Federal Government and the public.
Read MoreFreeing The Data – Trends for the Future
Data is not a singular thing or process. Technology continues to evolve and branch out with highly scalable web search engines, increasingly capable natural language processing technologies, and artificial intelligence. Watson. Need we say more?
Read MoreToo Much of a Good Thing
The media industry isn’t lacking vehicles to deliver news, but sometimes, more is not better. Filters, not apps seem to be in the wish lists of most users.
Read MoreLet’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.
Read MoreIBM Receives Frost & Sullivan Nod
Frost & Sullivan, famed industry analyst, recognized IBM with the 2010 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year. It attributes the honor to their focus on business analytics and corporate vision.
Read MoreTold You So!
The IBM “supercomputer” Watson left its opponents, arguably the best Jeopardy players of all time, in the dust in last week’s competition. IBM engineers spent 4 years and dedicated computing power equal to 2800 desktop PCs to the effort. They ended up with a machine that learns as it ingests and “experiences” answers and successful questions (the Jeopardy format).
Read MoreDo the Clouds Need Standardizing?
Some would say the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) framework is technology-driven more than business-driven, since it is driven by blades, SANs, virtualization, etc. However, after reading the NIST document on Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing (PDF), one blogger wonders if technology has left them behind.
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