July 2011

Watch Out, LinkedIn

By |July 5th, 2011

Online networking site, resu.me, has aspirations to become and possibly replace LinkedIn. But before that can happen, they need to build a proper business model to generate income. Currently, resu.me is enjoying the success of its initial launch with nearly 100,000 users after six months.

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IBM Joins the Cloud Games

By |July 5th, 2011

Look for IBM to roll out a set of cloud-based backup services designed to help organizations save, archive and restore data after a system failure or disaster. Known as the SmartCloud Resilience services, they complement IBM’s SmartCloud Managed Backup. The offering consists of a physical and virtual server recovery service that constantly backs up an organization's applications and related data on IBM's secure cloud infrastructure.

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Interdisciplinary Taxonomies

By |July 4th, 2011

People need to decide when they are building their taxonomy if they have one point of origin or if they are interdisciplinary. Some firms start with a one-point path; it is that path and that path alone that drives the firm. They have a single point of origin. They will need to clearly state term relationships, which is not always done.

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Where Has Social Media Brought Us?

By |July 4th, 2011

Ignoring the Internet and social media is no longer an option for organizations. Not having a Facebook page is taboo; not having a website is unheard of; and Google better be able to find you. But in the midst of social media, how is quality and success measured? In likes, uprooting Mayors, and hashtags?

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Google Makes Deal with British Library

By |July 4th, 2011

Google Books recently announced a deal with the British Library to open its national library collection to Google Books. This makes them the fifth European nation to do so in the past few years.

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Teaching Business Intelligence

By |July 1st, 2011

From the first State of Business Intelligence survey conducted by the BeyeNETWORK and Saint Joseph’s University, many business intelligence analysts prefer to employ their own tools, while others do the work and deliver the results to their users. Interestingly, very few actually mentor clients in the use of BI tools.

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Content Management Systems Evolve

By |July 1st, 2011

Is your content management system holding your organization back from digital media opportunities? Content management systems continue to evolve and one particular author points out the specific ways and why it should be important to news organizations.

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June 2011

MetaVis Information Manager Makes SharePoint 2010 Information Findable

By |June 30th, 2011

MetaVis Information Manager for SharePoint 2010 has been released, which lets users bulk import, copy, and classify content directly from the SharePoint user interface. This is a easy process for users as Information Manager is embedded directly into the SharePoint 2010 ribbon. Now classifying, uploading, and copying is easy and familiar since SharePoint users can even copy between different SharePoint sites, lists, libraries and File Shares.

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Taxonomies At Work in Social Media Marketing

By |June 30th, 2011

As advertisers are navigating the world of social media, many don’t get the possibilities that abound; but every once in a while a brand gets it right. Pandora managed to create socially relevant content of genuine interest to the consumers and use appropriate advertising on social media and search sites.

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