New Publishing Tool Partnership
A new partnership between Unbound Concepts and Baker & Taylor will help teachers, librarians and curriculum buyers search, identify, and discover content to best serve students in the classroom and library. Knowledgespeak brought this interesting news to us in their article, “Unbound Concepts and Baker & Taylor partner to help publishers improve discoverability of K12 content in…
Read MoreImproving Productivity
BA Insight has introduced support for SharePoint 2016 and cloud hybrid search with SharePoint 2016. KM World brought this news to us in their article, “BA Insight Announces Support for SharePoint 2016.” Hybrid is a key part of SharePoint 2016 and taking advantage of the cloud experience is a strong benefit. BA is providing its existing customers…
Read MoreJoining the Game
Machine Zone is known as a top-ranked mobile game company, but now it has launched a platform that lets other companies license its cloud technology that will enable many millions of people to communicate and interact in real time. This interesting information came to us from Venture Beat in their article, “Machine Zone launches cloud platform to process…
Read MoreClassification Gets God’s Blessing
Taxonomy is about naming and classifying, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when an article uses biblical scripture such as, “A good name is more desirable than great riches. — Prov. 22:1“ to talk about the work of taxonomy. Christianity Today brought this news to us in their article, “Our First Mission Isn’t Finished.” Let’s face…
Read MoreSemantic Fingerprinting Changes Finance
Tagging documents with metadata to identify the author name, institution, subject matter, or any relevant piece of information at all brings all of those card catalogs into a single databank, accessible all at once. We like to call it Semantic Fingerprinting because, as it turns out, tagging a person’s electronic record actually does reveal the…
Read MoreNew Kid on the Block
The launch of a new digital publishing platform that is incorporating a fully redesigned user experience and state-of-the-art content management system was recently announced by SourceMedia. This new platform will support all SourceMedia brands, enabling deeper engagement among its professional communities across all content types and business lines. This interesting information came to us from MySanAntonio.com in…
Read MoreAchoo!
http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Sneeze_Inducement It is spring time, and if you live in Kentucky, this means more than horse races and bluegrass. It means things are blooming, your eyes are watering, and you feel like a wadded up ball of sandpaper has set up camp in your throat, permanently. I am not a native Louisvillian. I moved here…
Read MoreHolding Your Data Hostage
A series of ransomware attacks directed at hospitals in the United States is not only making many nervous but also highlighting the vulnerability of private health records. Hackers prey on healthcare facilities with the ability to pay and the need to protect their data. Enterprise Tech brought this news to our attention in their article, “Hospital…
Read MoreArchiving History in the Making
It is always exciting (at least to me) to find interesting and unique uses of technology and digital archiving. This item certainly fits that definition. The Ukrainian Weekly brought this interesting story to our attention in their article, “Spiritual heritage documentation project identifies nearly 600 endangered churches.” In Edmonton, Alberta, the Sanctuary: the Spiritual Heritage Documentation Project has documented…
Read MoreSemantic Technology Outperforming Humans
Semantic technology still feels foreign, futuristic and unknown for many. Understanding within context for humans is tough enough, but to expect technology to follow suit is overwhelming for some. DATAVERSITY brought us this interesting information in their article, “Machine Learning Is Learning How to Read Lips.” A technology model for lip reading developed at the University of…
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