You Cannot Classify Unless You Connect
October 4, 2010 — One of the facts of classification and indexing is that one has to have access to the content. Most users […]
October 2010
Clashing the Old With the New
By Melody Smith|October 1st, 20102010-10-01T11:11:56-04:00
Yearning for the Dewey Decimal System to guide him through the Internet, this blogger shares his unique and humorous perspective about the information superhighway. Believing that the more precisely we can describe things, the more precisely people will be able to find what they need.
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Ontology Systems Chosen by MBNL
By Melody Smith|October 1st, 20102010-10-01T11:08:43-04:00
MBNL (Mobile Broadband Network Limited) has selected Ontology Systems’ OSS/CAD to bring together data across NMS and OSS systems from both MBNL’s parent operators to enable the audit of Iub configuration data quality and alignment and the Iub configuration against standard configuration specifications for the shared RAN infrastructure.
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Department of Defense Contracts Go To FGM
By Melody Smith|October 1st, 20102010-10-01T11:06:53-04:00
FGM receives contracts from the Department of Defense (DoD) to design, develop, and maintain the Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Service Discovery, Metadata Services, and Enterprise Service Management capabilities.
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September 2010
The Relevance of Taxonomies
By Melody Smith|September 30th, 20102010-09-30T12:25:26-04:00
In this world of real time search and respond, one has to wonder if the traditional library information sources’ reliance on controlled vocabularies remains a viable, worthwhile, and cost-effective strategy. What about enterprise search? How important are they in this world of keyword search?
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Defining and Contrasting Cloud vs. Host
By Melody Smith|September 30th, 20102010-09-30T12:22:38-04:00
Cloud computing, though relatively new, is becoming common on the tongues of most technological gurus. But what is “cloud” computing, and how does it differ from “hosted?” The blog Enterprise Irregulars attempts to explain this sometimes nebulous topic (pun totally intended).
ATG Commerce 10 Released
By Melody Smith|September 30th, 20102010-09-30T12:03:32-04:00
ATG releases ATG Commerce 10 designed to help merchants speed commerce implementations, improve merchandising, rapidly launch multiple sites, and easily expand into new markets. These capabilities are designed to increase the value of merchandise, and the profitability of overall commerce initiatives.
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Research and Development Project Might Be Changing the Future
By Melody Smith|September 29th, 20102010-09-30T12:00:15-04:00
LOD2 (Linked Open Data) is an EU co-funded project comprised of leading Linked Open Data technology researchers, companies, and service providers from across seven European countries. This 4-year collaborative research and development project is tasked with developing additional technology infrastructure and services that address new frontier challenges across government and industry.
Social Media Provides Medium for Access
By Melody Smith|September 29th, 20102010-09-29T11:21:26-04:00
Papros Inc. has made supply chain communications easier to access, record and archive for suppliers and customers alike by leveraging the power of social media and resulting in better educational outreach and eliminating multiple requests/responses from customers.
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XBRL Adoption Is a Work in Progress
By Melody Smith|September 29th, 20102010-09-29T11:19:36-04:00
Despite efforts for industry to use Extensible Business Reporting Language (XRBL) to make financial data more transparent and more easily used, agency use of this software language has not been widely adopted. According to Danny Werfel, controller of the Office of Management and Budget, and director of the Office of Federal Financial Management, the use of XBRL in agency financials is a work in progress.
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