Another Patent for AI Technology

Kyield and its founder/CEO Mark Montgomery has received an artificial intelligence patent titled “Modular System for Optimizing Knowledge Yield In the Digital Workplace” from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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Pearson Reading Maturity Metric Released

A new and more accurate measure of the reading difficulty of texts has been created. The Pearson Reading Maturity Metric was developed by scientists at Pearson’s Knowledge Technologies group and measures how close individual students’ reading abilities are to what they will need to succeed in college and careers.

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Social Media Scorecards

New features for SAS Social Media Analytics have been released, which include social scorecards. This new competitive intelligence functionality provides social community managers the ability to view activity over time and ascertain the effectiveness of online and social programs.

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What Do You Get With SharePoint?

Just like art and beauty being in the eye of the beholder, the usability of SharePoint in your enterprise system seems to have different opinions. One writer/user/analyst shares their experiences/perceptions with SharePoint in the real-world applications.

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Big Data and Rabbits

By 2020, the “digital universe” will be 44 times as large as it was in 2009. It is no secret that data generated and stored by enterprises are growing, but these statistics really brings to light some realities. Ninety percent of data volume generated today was produced in the last two years. This is not old data archived for generations. We are producing data like rabbits.

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From Paper To Digital

Reading anything on digital devices has many physical, behavioral, and psychological limitations as well as advantages. At the very least, eye fatigue sets in even before the battery warning light starts scolding you. A digital summer read at the beach becomes fraught with hazards as sand starts creeping into your iPad and the glare has given you a crushing headache. Will your pursuit of a great vacation read drive you indoors? Under the porch? Into the deep woods? Will you become a pasty white, reclusive figure forever lurking in the darker recesses of society in search of shadowy environs so you can catch, glare free, that illusive, perfectly crafted phrase? Digital readers are getting better at handling varied lighting conditions, but there are still challenges.

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New Alliance Continues Use of Semantic Technology in Healthcare

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Nuance Communications have announced a new collaboration. As makers of Dragon Medical Enterprise, Nuance’s new affiliation will offer several advantages, including more effective use of the EMR by physicians, cost savings, and the use of natural language processing will improve clinical decision-making.

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DocuXplorer Releases Upgrade

DocuXplorer has released a new, even more powerful version of DocuXplorer. Of the seventeen new features and four enhancements included, the most noticeable new feature is a dramatically improved OCR functionality. Users are now able to segregate a zone or multiple zones for automated index set population.

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