Teaching Business Intelligence

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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TaxoBank Adds Pasta Lover’s Thesaurus

The first new Taxobank entry in quite some time is the Pasta Lover’s Thesaurus, apparently a student project but nevertheless an informative and mouth-watering example of a straightforward hierarchical and relational thesaurus.

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The Demise of Grammar at the Hands of Technology

Texting may be faster, more efficient and mostly gets the job done. But the slippery slope of bad grammar we have taken from emails to texting has taken away all quality of writing and content. Using the smallest number of letters to get your message across does not equal writing.

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SLA Conference Early Bird Deadline is Today

If you haven’t registered for the opportunity to connect with thousands of fellow information professionals, be inspired by their ideas and empowered by the history of the city – today is the last day to do so and qualify for the early bird discount.

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Teaching in the Web 3.0 World

How are the semantic web, mobile web, and the immersive Internet changing the way we learn and deliver learning? One author takes on that question and addresses how roles have changed in the process.

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GeneCloud Selected as Winner

The German Federal Ministry of Economics andTechnology (BMWi) has announced the 12 winners of the Trusted Cloud research program. One of the winners selected included the development of cloud computing services for the life sciences.

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