Juggling Challenges in Healthcare
At the recent HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo, big data was a top topic. One of the speaker’s focusi included the fragmentation of data.
Read MoreResearch Advances in Digital World
Emory sociologist Roberto Franzosi has collected more than 1,200 newspaper clips about lynchings in Georgia from 1875 to 1930. He is applying a research methodology and software program he developed to catalog and analyze the narrative data. Franzosi’s Georgia Lynching Project is one of the first four projects of the new Digital Scholarship Commons (DiSC), which helps faculty and graduate students harness digital tools and resources.
Read MoreCollaboration Sought with SharePoint
Larsen & Toubro Infotech has launched CliquePoint, an enterprise social collaboration platform that was created by using Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. This new social application reduces email usage, increases business agility, and through this collaboration, reportedly increases user’s productivity by up to 20%.
Read MoreNew Product Uses Semantic Layers
Birst Inc. has released Birst Visualization Edition, a quick deploy version of its enterprise product. In this new edition, a semantic layer is featured and eliminates the need to write SQL queries or perform data extractions. Information Management brought this news to our attention in their article, “Birst Releases Visualization Edition.” A semantic layer is in the appliance links tables and generates queries “under the covers” for non-SQL experts.
Read MoreData Migration Streamlined by Partnership
Sitecore has partnered with Kapow Software to make it easier for customers to migrate legacy content into Sitecore. This integration eliminates the time-consuming process of moving content into the CMS.
Read MoreThe Meanings of Ontology
Ontologies are the newest label attached to knowledge organization systems (KOSs). They are generally specific modules and models developed by the knowledge management community. Stanford University has developed an ontology software called Protégé, which people seem to either love or hate. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of middle ground. They are either very fond of it: “Oh, I just love Protégé!”; or they hate it: “I don’t understand that tool; it doesn’t make any sense to me.” I don’t know which class you will fall into, but it is open source software and it is available. So, try it out and make your own decision.
Read MoreNavigating the Changes
Many things have changed in the health care industry and many more are likely to follow suit. Two of the most significant changes recently have been the delay of the ICD-10 implementation and the more recent Supreme Court review of the Affordable Care Act.
Read MoreSeeking Findability
Daegis is now able to preserve and manage Lotus Notes collaborative application data throughout the entire eDiscovery process. This new technology has been added to its eDiscovery Platform and makes Daegis the only provider to offer clients the ability to capture, process, search, and review collaborative Lotus Notes applications such as team room documents, document libraries, support systems and customized templates for legal discovery.
Read MoreAnother Unique Use for Semantic Technology
Poderopedia is a project that aims to promote greater transparency in Chile by mapping and visualizing the relationships among the country’s elite. To achieve this, semantic technologies are being utilized to store and query data. These technologies represent a diverse set of relations between entities (people, companies, organizations) in a flexible way. By identifying the power and influence of people, key Chilean political, civic and business leaders can be identified. OWL (Web Ontology Language) is being used to define the vocabulary because it provides the semantic richness needed.
Read MoreConnecting for Business Reasons
Social listening is not eavesdropping like it would seem. The technology has been around for awhile and the buy-in is reaching significant points. So what is social listening? Social listening is the ability to capture consumer comments about products, brands, campaigns, corporations, etc. This knowledge of trends and opinions is valuable, very valuable.
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