Data Without Boundaries Project Launches
Metadata Technology is partnering with the Data Without Boundaries project where they will help design and implement a portal for the search and discovery of datasets held within national archives, statistical offices, and research centers across Europe.
Read MorePilot Program Offered for Semantic Project
Kyield has announced a new pilot program for its patented semantic enterprise platform. This particular artificial intelligence system provides a holistic architecture that extends advanced business intelligence and predictive analytics to all information workers in the organization.
Read MorePublishers Face Another Hurdle in the Digital World
The publishing industry is undergoing many changes as they enter the world of digital media. eBooks, online material and the paperless world has made a huge dent in their process and pocket books. With these changes, it has never been more important for good public relations and easily accessed reviews of their products, i.e. books, to be part of that digital media. So the move by Goodreads to no longer use Amazon’s book information for their readers, could have some massive impact on Amazon’s retail business.
Read MoreFinding Data Faster and Easier
KnowledgeTree has unveiled new tools for their Personal Cloud Edition of SaaS document management and workflow offering. These tools are designed to make business documents easier to find and share.
Read MoreSmarter Assistants Are Possible
Siri, IBM’s Watson and other such services are good examples of how smart personal assistants are increasingly listening and understanding what is being said. Computers are increasingly using natural language processing, semantic analysis, and machine learning, combined with data to understand humans, conjure up answers and recommendations or direct people to services and information.
Read MoreSocial Collaboration for Non-Profits
Several Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) opportunities are working to bring social collaboration to non and for-profit organizations. One example is Socialtext, who has recently launched a strategic partnership with NetDocuments. ClimateWorks Foundation uses the Socialtext application to enable its global network of non-profits to collaborate and share best practices. This social knowledge exchange is a different approach for the non-profit sector.
Read MoreDoctor Who?
Healthcare systems are or should be, frantically preparing for the ICD-10 transition. But what about the physicians? Is someone paying enough attention in their preparation? They will be responsible for the clinical documentation required when the number of diagnosis codes jumps from 14,000 to 68,000 next year.
Read MoreManaging Data and Science
Thermo Fisher Scientific releases an updated version of their ProteinCenter software. This product includes more than 223 million protein-protein interactions in its database and direct support for the Cytoscape open source platform. This new version of ProteinCenter includes plug-ins for bioinformatics, social network analysis, and the semantic web.
Read MoreLeveraging Your Taxonomy – Part 4
As we continue this series on search and how it works, we have to address accuracy. First, how are we are going to measure accuracy?
Read MoreBizarre ICD-10 Codes
With all the concern and stress around the ICD-10 implementation, there is some levity to be found. Outlandish types of ICD-10 codes have been compiled for our viewing pleasure.
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