Emerging Tech and Your Content

The growth throughout 2020 has set the stage for open source adoption to continue to grow throughout the remainder of this year. As cloud services continue to become part of our normal business operations and digital transformation is still the goal, many organizations are meeting barriers blockading the adoption of open source head on. Information…

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Accessing Data

No matter what digital transformation initiative your organization might be pursuing, the ability to make use of the right data is key to success. It doesn’t matter how many data scientists you might employ; unless they have access to correct data their analysis won’t provide the desired results. This information came to us from IMC…

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Powering Search

Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding searcher intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear in the searchable dataspace. This is true in a closed system or on the Internet. It is providing context to a search query beyond just keywords. The possibilities and limitations of semantic search grow as more and…

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Changing Search to Found

Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an organization helps people seek the information they need, in any format, from anywhere inside their company. Automated content tagging is one approach to solving the challenge of finding the right content. Tech Target brought this information to our attention in their article, “How automated…

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The Power of Findability

Search and findability focus on making enterprise information and expertise easier to locate and access. High findability and discoverability are the results of a well-defined information architecture and well-designed navigation system. This interesting topic came to us from CMS Wire in their article, “Can Enterprise Search Be Reduced to Two Dimensions?“ Findability can be a science. Much…

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Taxonomies in Game Development

Taxonomies provide consistency in terms and categories to enable findability in content. This is true regardless of the subject – even gaming. This interesting topic came to us from Game Industry Biz in their article, “Beyond genre: Using taxonomy data to build your next big game.” When conceptualizing or creating a game, the elements are…

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New Data, Same Challenge

Data and the need for storage is not a new challenge. Indexing it in a way findability is expedient is important and again, not new. This interesting topic came to us from ARS Technica in their article, “A DNA-based storage system with files and metadata.” One of the problems created by humanity’s ever-growing capacity to…

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The Search Journey

Content without access is relatively worthless. Enterprise search is how an organization helps people seek the information they need, in any format, from anywhere inside their company. This includes databases, document management systems or even information on paper. It’s about getting the right information at the right time. At first glance, the terms “findability” and “discoverability” may…

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