BBC Creates Private B-Cloud
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has taken to the clouds as part of their new technology strategy to improve value for money and provide increased flexibility.
Protecting Your Data Pays Off
By Melody Smith|March 16th, 2011|metadata, News|Comments Off on Protecting Your Data Pays Off
Varonis Systems has released the findings of a Technology Spotlight issued by analyst firm IDC that outlines the emergence of metadata framework technology as a critical component for managing and securing unstructured and semi-structured data. Are they preaching to the choir?
Hybrid Clouds?
By Melody Smith|March 15th, 2011|metadata, News, search, storage|Comments Off on Hybrid Clouds?
There is a lot of talk about organizations pulling back their data from the clouds due to the challenges of integration and the concerns of inaccessibility. Many predict a hybrid delivery is in our future. How does content management fit into the clouds, especially with a hybrid delivery model?
Metadata: Use It or Lose It
By Melody Smith|March 9th, 2011|Folksonomy, metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata: Use It or Lose It
Metadata seems to be the word of the year. Though it certainly is a key component of any document management system, there seems to be ambiguity around the appropriate use of metadata.
World Wide Cookbook
By Melody Smith|March 8th, 2011|metadata, News, search|Comments Off on World Wide Cookbook
The internet is a resource that is used in so many different ways, i.e. news distribution, research data, social networking, etc. For some of us, we also use it as a cookbook – or at least access to virtual cookbooks containing the recipes we seek. Google has added a new feature to its search engine that helps in that endeavor - Recipe View.
INSPIRE Directive Gets Support From GGP Systems
By Melody Smith|March 8th, 2011|metadata, News|Comments Off on INSPIRE Directive Gets Support From GGP Systems
INSPIRE is part of a suite of European Directives that aim to standardize and ensure access to public data across Europe. Designed to improve access to and knowledge of geographical data holdings, the INSPIRE directive requires that member states provide public access to location based data related to the environment. The latest release of GGP Systems’ desktop GIS will support that directive.
How Secure is Your Geodata?
By Melody Smith|March 7th, 2011|Featured, metadata|1 Comment
There has been lots of talk lately about stalkers locating you based on the photos you post online using your smart phone or GPS enabled mobile phone. I have received numerous emails from concerned friends and family warning me of the dire straits and danger lurking around the next photo I post of my dogs at the park. Truthfully, I deleted them all. “It’s just another urban myth,” I thought to myself.
Metadata Called Into Court
By Melody Smith|March 3rd, 2011|metadata, News|Comments Off on Metadata Called Into Court
A federal court has ruled, for the first time, that the government must produce metadata if requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Three Webinars on Metadata and Standards
By Melody Smith|March 2nd, 2011|metadata, News|Comments Off on Three Webinars on Metadata and Standards
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) have announced they will be continuing their educational partnership in 2011 with three joint webinars on topics related to metadata, linked data, and RDA vocabularies.
IEEE Collaborates with Access Innovations, Inc. To Engineer Re-Indexing of Xplore Digital Library
By Melody Smith|March 1st, 2011|Access Insights, metadata, News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on IEEE Collaborates with Access Innovations, Inc. To Engineer Re-Indexing of Xplore Digital Library
IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has collaborated with Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in the data and content management industry, to complete a comprehensive re-indexing of approximately 2.1 million of the 2.8 million IEEE article records in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library database.