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Freeing The Data – Trends for the Future

By |March 10th, 2011|News, semantic, Technology|Comments Off on Freeing The Data – Trends for the Future

Data is not a singular thing or process. Technology continues to evolve and branch out with highly scalable web search engines, increasingly capable natural language processing technologies, and artificial intelligence. Watson. Need we say more?

IBM Receives Frost & Sullivan Nod

By |March 1st, 2011|Business strategy, News, Technology|Comments Off on IBM Receives Frost & Sullivan Nod

Frost & Sullivan, famed industry analyst, recognized IBM with the 2010 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year. It attributes the honor to their focus on business analytics and corporate vision.

What is Too Much Information?

By |December 6th, 2010|News, Technology|Comments Off on What is Too Much Information?

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the amount of digital data and information available? It is no surprise. The amount of data available on the Web ever day continues to reach record-setting proportions, with an estimated 30-percent growth per year.

Ireland in the Clouds

By |December 2nd, 2010|News, Technology|Comments Off on Ireland in the Clouds

What does the financial bailout of Ireland and cloud computing have in common? The bailout relates directly to a real-estate bubble that is very similar to the one in the United States and will take the form of loans in the range of $100 to $120 billion – about half the size of the entire Irish economy. A recent survey showed Ireland ranking 13th per capita in IT spending, though not ranking in the top 25 of most vibrant IT culture. This revealed that Ireland’s IT spending has been deploying new systems and is then, a perfect case for outsourced cloud computing relying on third-party providers to deliver.

Largest Regional Library Membership Network Has Announced Two New Partnerships

By |July 19th, 2010|News, Technology|Comments Off on Largest Regional Library Membership Network Has Announced Two New Partnerships

Lyrasis announces new relationships with two former rivals to produce results for all their diverse clients.

Users Prefer e-Readers over Print

By |July 15th, 2010|News, reference, Technology|Comments Off on Users Prefer e-Readers over Print

Study shows users prefer e-readers even if they aren't faster to read.