Equal Opportunity for All Users
Enterprise content management (ECM) has progressed from simple, stand-alone file management and imaging systems, to today’s complex, multi-technology ECM platforms. But along the way, have they made a division between small to medium businesses and large enterprises in the features that are available and applicable?
Read MoreBBC Creates Private B-Cloud
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has taken to the clouds as part of their new technology strategy to improve value for money and provide increased flexibility.
Read MoreThe Future Is Upon Us
Remember The Jetson’s on Saturday morning? It was cool to watch Jane order dinner from the push-button space age conveniences and see their leisurely daily life assisted by numerous labor-saving devices. Has semantic technology brought us to the point that our smallest desires can be anticipated by inanimate objects?
Read MoreConference on the Theory of Information Retrieval
The Third International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval will take place September 12-14, 2011 in Bertinoro, Italy.
Read MoreProtecting Your Data Pays Off
Varonis Systems has released the findings of a Technology Spotlight issued by analyst firm IDC that outlines the emergence of metadata framework technology as a critical component for managing and securing unstructured and semi-structured data. Are they preaching to the choir?
Read MoreMedia World Embraces Semantics
Semantics is playing an increasingly important role in the development of knowledge management tools across a variety of industries, but some of the most interesting developments are coming from the media world.
Read MoreIt’s Good to Have Friends
The Taxonomy Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) wants you to recruit your friends for membership. This is one of those times that you benefit from having so many friends because the division member with the most recruits wins prizes!
Read MoreHybrid Clouds?
There is a lot of talk about organizations pulling back their data from the clouds due to the challenges of integration and the concerns of inaccessibility. Many predict a hybrid delivery is in our future. How does content management fit into the clouds, especially with a hybrid delivery model?
Read MoreTaxonomies in Book Store Organizations
There are many approaches to the building of a thesaurus and taxonomy. No absolutely right or absolutely wrong methods exist but there are some that are not as efficient as others. Some which lead to bias in the resulting work. Some which will not work with the data the client actually wants to surface on a website or data mine or tag. There are some very expensive approaches and some very practical approaches to doing the work.
Read MoreJumping On and Off the Clouds
We hear the term “cloud” every day, but what does it mean to us, and more importantly how do we decide whether to move our data?
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