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February 2011
Good Strategy Gets Teradata High Ranking
By Melody Smith|February 28th, 20112011-02-25T16:21:48-05:00
Teradata, a data warehousing and analytics firm, was named as the industry leader in its field by analyst Gartner. The “Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems” placed the company ahead of competitors Oracle and IBM.
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2011 Semantic Technology Conference
By Melody Smith|February 25th, 20112011-02-25T11:39:37-05:00
The 2011 Semantic Technology Conference is scheduled for June 5-0, 2011 at the Hilton Union Square in downtown San Francisco. SemTech 2011 is the world’s largest educational conference for the community of executives, technologists, researchers, investors and customers involved with semantic technologies.
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ThingWorx Joins the Safeguard Family
By Melody Smith|February 25th, 20112011-02-25T11:36:06-05:00
Safeguard Scientifics has financed ThingWorx, a platform designed to accelerate the development of applications connecting people, systems and devices.
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Metadata Aids Access to Patient Information
By Melody Smith|February 25th, 20112011-02-25T11:32:38-05:00
Hitachi Data Systems has released a new information management system that provides healthcare practitioners patient information in one locale by using metadata more effectively.
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ASIS&T Presents Webinars on Semantic Web & Linked Data
By Melody Smith|February 24th, 20112011-02-23T18:59:20-05:00
Two upcoming webinars presented by ASIS&T should not be missed. On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (EST), “ Introduction to Semantic Web and Linked Data” will cover the basic concepts behind the semantic web and its implementation through linked data.
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World Wide Wine?
By Melody Smith|February 24th, 20112011-02-23T18:57:08-05:00
We have all felt the anxiety behind ordering the appropriate wine with your meal. The waiter looks on impatiently as you struggle mentally with what sounds good to drink versus what fits into the “red meat/red wine and white meat/white wine” limited wine knowledge bank you possess. Never fear, semantic web technology is here to rescue you from embarrassment.
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Be a Presenter at Taxonomy Boot Camp
By Melody Smith|February 24th, 20112011-02-23T18:55:22-05:00
Taxonomies are a critical part of the information architecture. It makes your information work. But you already know that. So how about sharing your successes and experiences at a unique networking event?
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Taxonomy Ranks #1 in Best Practice
By Melody Smith|February 23rd, 20112011-02-23T11:24:07-05:00
Sixty CIOs and IT leaders gathered together to learn from their peers about how to transform their organization into a service oriented organization and how to run their department like a stand-alone business. At the end of all the presentations, five best practices were indentified and taxonomy development was first on the list. Are you really surprised? We weren’t.
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DocuXplorer Offers Taxonomy Consulting
By Melody Smith|February 23rd, 20112011-02-23T11:20:50-05:00
DocuXplorer has hired Rachel Lurie, MLS, to head the taxonomy division of its Consulting Services unit. According to their spokesperson, this new position will now provide clients with “customized taxonomy training.”
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