Learning Opportunity This Week
Many organizations have content dispersed across multiple independent repositories and often without any metadata consistency. The attention given to enterprise data is often not extended to unstructured content, widening the gap between the two worlds and making it near impossible to provide accurate business intelligence, good user experience, or even basic findability. This very timely…
Read MoreSecure Your Data From Inside
Security with technology is a constant concern for most organizations. It might surprise some, but probably not all, that humans are the weakest link in the security chain. This information came from The Wall Street Journal in their article, “How to Improve Cybersecurity? Just Eliminate the Human Factor.” Training employees to make better decisions can…
Read MoreNew Applications for Semantic Technology
Kenniset is a public organization for education and information communication technologies in the Netherlands. They have deployed TopBraid Enterprise Vocabulary Net (EVN) from TopQuadrant to support the development of standardized semantics for Dutch education. KM World brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Standardized semantics for Dutch education.” TopBraid EVN is a Web-based system for…
Read MorePeer Recognition
CIOReview has chosen Semantic Research for its 20 Most Promising Defense Tech Solution Providers 2015. IT Business Net brought this news to our attention in their article, “CIOReview Selects Semantic Research for 20 Most Promising Defense Tech Solution Providers 2015.” This is based on the evaluation of Semantic Research’s solutions that bring together relevant data from multiple…
Read MoreLibrary Data Open to Access
Helsinki University Library’s open data web service offers the vast majority of the library’s data in easy-to-use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. This interesting news came from the blog post, “Helsinki University Library opens its data for the general public.” Citizens and businesses can retrieve library’s data from the service for personal or commercial purposes. There are…
Read MoreFile Organization Assistance
Working with PDF files stored in the cloud can be a little challenging depending on their size. A new partnership with Dropbox connects Acrobat users with documents stored in the cloud storage icon. This interesting information came to us from Computer World in their article, “Adobe teams with Dropbox as part of Document Cloud upgrades.” Users…
Read MoreArchiving History
The new year starts differently for everyone. For New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, it begins with the daunting task of computerizing municipal records. Well, he is not personally taking on the task, but his administration is scanning millions of papers that have been stored away in private warehouses throughout the city and in New…
Read MoreFood Machines
As technology continues to evolve, personalization and connectivity seem to be key drivers to new products. This is true for how we interact with food as well. Sustainable Brands brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Could the ‘Internet of Food’ Revolutionize Personal Nutrition?” 3D printers just might be leading the innovations but it…
Read MoreMetadata as a Tool
The National Security Agency (NSA) has been given the green light when it comes to collecting telephone metadata after an Appeals Court decided to overrule the original judge. This information came to us from The Hosting News in their article, “NSA Given Permission by Appeals Court to Continue Collecting Metadata.” This comes two and a half…
Read MoreLooking Forward To DHUG: Part 1
It’s that special time of year again, the snowcapped mountains and chilly air a reminder that spring is still a few weeks away. It’s also a reminder that something else is just around the corner, as well: the 2016 Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting. It’s the most exciting time of the year here at…
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