Posts Tagged ‘Metadata’
Big or Important?
Retailers have long been trying to identify tools and strategies for turning their big data into a profit center vs. an additional expense. KM World brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Retailers Harness Big Data and Big Content for Big Profits.“ Big data is a challenge for both storage and findability. Retailers are sitting…
Read MoreAnalytics Learning Opportunity
A free learning opportunity is scheduled for this week on March 9th at 2:00 p.m. EST. This webinar is sponsored by alteryx and is titled, “5 Key Self-Service Analytics and How to Get the Data.” We know organizations need the right data for effective decision making, but if aren’t able to perform self-service analytics, it…
Read MoreCall for Papers
The 10th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR’16) is scheduled for November 22-25, 2016 in Rome, Italy. The call for papers has been issued for this event with a paper submission deadline of May 15, 2016. MTSR’16 celebrates the conference’s 10th anniversary with the theme of bridging the past, present and future of…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity in Metadata and Book Sales
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering an in-person or webinar learning opportunity on Wednesday, March 16th at 1:00-4:00 p.m. (EST). The topic will be “Increasing Discoverability and Sales Through Metadata: Enhancing Reach of Scholarly Books.” This seminar will address questions like “How exactly do researchers find books these days?” and “What role do librarians…
Read MoreRunning Out of Room
Unnecessary data is a fact of life. The enterprise platform as well as personal computers are likely clogged with unnecessary data and the cloud is filling up fast. This interesting news came to us from BetaNews in their article, “Your business is likely storing useless data.” A recent survey of IT decision makers in companies with more…
Read MoreMajor Player in Health Data
The acquisition of Truven Health Analytics by IBM changes the playing field for cloud computing and data management in the health industry. This interesting turn of events came to our attention by Yahoo News in their post, “IBM buys Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 bn.” It is the fourth major purchase that IBM has made in less than a year…
Read MoreHarsh Realities
Publishers have come to a realization – kicking and screaming – that they must participate in metadata. It is important to develop standards and improve the accuracy of inputting the data to reach companies outside of their traditional customer base. The Bookseller brought this news to us in their article, “Publishers need to focus on metadata.”…
Read MoreProof of the Need for Standards
Manually applying metadata to SharePoint deployments can be time-consuming and can also create inefficiencies. Tech Target brought this interesting information to us in their article, “SharePoint Managed Metadata Service creates efficiencies.” The ability to search for and easily retrieve content is a primary function of SharePoint. However, poor metadata and taxonomy practices can defeat those efforts.…
Read MoreConsistency in Digitizing
A recent survey conducted by ALM to uncover trends in legal records scanning revealed some interesting practices. Business Wire brought this news to us in their article, “Omtool Survey Reveals That 69% of Law Firms Are Actively Digitizing Client Records But Only 35% Have Tackled Records Room Scanning.” The good news? The survey’s findings showed that 69%…
Read MoreFinding the Data
Text processing crosses many genres, fields and occupations. The need for data mining knows no borders. Maana recently announced a new patent on its semantic search technology that takes data mining into the future. Forbes brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Maana Reinvents Data Mining For The Digital Age.” Data mining is an established data…
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