Following the Trends
A group of enterprise architecture experts recently gathered to discuss big data, cloud computing and storage, and how these work best with overall information […]
Solutions for Big Data
By Melody Smith|April 9th, 2013|metadata, News, ontology|Comments Off on Solutions for Big Data
Human beings supposedly produce 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day, according to IBM. Adding to that bit of trivia, 90 percent of the data in the world today was created in the past two years. The result is why we have the challenge of “big data” today. Enormous data sets that most relational database management systems (Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, etc.) find difficult to process. “Ontologies for Information Integration” (OI2), an April 18 workshop at the University at Buffalo, will address this challenge and offer some non-traditional solutions.
In the Eyes of the Beholder
By Melody Smith|March 18th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on In the Eyes of the Beholder
The MzTEK has coordinated an art commission titled, “Data as Culture.” MzTek’s goal is to provide a learning community in technology and arts for women. The aim of this particular commission was to highlight the use of data in an artistic context and to challenge the perceptions of what defines data.
Integrating the Best Part of Data
By Melody Smith|February 27th, 2013|metadata, News|Comments Off on Integrating the Best Part of Data
Everyone talks about data - the growth of data, the importance of data, and so on. So how does data integrate into our business and actually become products? The process is referred to as "informationalization." The premise is simple: Make existing products and services increasingly important and valuable to customers by building in more data.
Dealing with Data
By Melody Smith|December 26th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Dealing with Data
WAND has announced their integration with Nintex Workflow. By using the DataFacet Automatic Annotation custom action for Nintex Workflow, users can automatically tag documents […]
Data About Data
By Melody Smith|December 21st, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Data About Data
Some may say that data modeling is key to the world of data management. We would say that using the proper modeling tool can […]
Seeking Security
By Melody Smith|December 4th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Seeking Security
Nextier Networks announced that Powerbloc Generation Sdn Bhd has been appointed as the authorized distributor of their data leak prevention (DLP) solution for Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
Managing Our Data
By Melody Smith|November 30th, 2012|indexing, News|Comments Off on Managing Our Data
Each and every day we create metadata in our emails, texts, Word documents, spreadsheets, and more. When you multiply that by the five billion people in the world, well, you get the picture. Human-generated content is growing by the second. How do we manage it? How do we search it?
Data Provides Opportunities
By Melody Smith|November 28th, 2012|metadata, News|Comments Off on Data Provides Opportunities
Data is everywhere: on the Web, within an enterprise, in both closed and open academic communities, across every technological field or surface available. The Hindu brought this information to our attention in their article, “Connecting the dots, lucratively.” The frequency and availability of data provide an opportunity for analytics, and analytics can provide perspective.
Findability is Dependent on Access
By Melody Smith|November 1st, 2012|News, semantic|Comments Off on Findability is Dependent on Access
Healthline Networks’ health reference site -- Healthline.com -- launched its Consumer Engagement Platform. This new site enables health insurers and businesses to offer members and employees contextual searching of health data from electronic health records and medical claims.