The Power of Strategy

A data strategy is a long-term plan that defines the technology, processes, people, and rules required to manage an organization’s information assets. All types of businesses collect large amounts of raw data today. They need a well-thought-out data management and analysis plan, however, if they want to use this information to make informed decisions. CMS…

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The Power of a Library

You can’t be in the world of information science and not appreciate libraries of any form or fashion. This interesting one was brought to our attention by The Scholarly Kitchen in their article, “The Trash Library of Ankara.” Unique and weird libraries are my favorite. Whether it is the library of mass destruction created from…

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Search and Emerging Technologies

A lot has changed and improved since the first-generation search technologies. Today’s modernized search platforms make it easier to build infrastructure, integrate with content sources and improve relevancy. InfoWorld brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Why you should modernize search technologies.” Semantic search is a data searching technique in a which a search query aims…

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Finding Efficiently

Findability for users (whether internal or external) is important. Google Cloud has released a new fully managed search tool, called Retail Search, which is aimed at retailers who are concerned about product discovery on their digital platforms. This interesting information came to us from CIO in their article, “Google Cloud brings its search smarts to…

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Finding the Way with Taxonomies

Most organizations today face challenges as they accumulate volumes of data on premises and in the cloud. How do they begin to locate what’s valuable, sensitive or relevant when the time comes, and in an expedited manner? A custom taxonomy might be the answer. Taxonomies provide consistency in terms and categories to enable findability in content. This is true regardless…

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Search with Results

Search engines have come a long way in their ability to help you find desired information within an enterprise. Technologies vary, but no matter the search method, all kinds of searches can be enhanced if a solid custom taxonomy is developed. Regardless of how content is indexed, taxonomies can enhance search by boosting accuracy in…

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Search with Intelligence

We know search has been evolving and will continue to do so. Intelligent search is the power behind so much of our business world. A long way from the early days of keyword search boxes. This interesting topic was brought to us by the blogpost, “Insights on the Present and Future of Intelligent Search.” With…

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Perfecting Search

In the world of search, users don’t always enter the precise words they are searching for, which can limit or misconstrue the results. This interesting information came to us from Mark Tech Post in their article, “Spotify Employs Natural Language Search/Semantic Search For Podcast Episodes.” Search algorithms have to compensate using fuzzy matching, normalization and…

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