Technology – Page 37

Opening the Channels of Communication

By Melody Smith | October 4, 2011 |

You think the left hand and right hand at your organization doesn’t know what each other are doing? Imagine how much government agencies keep their information “close to the vest.” Territories, power and influence are magnified in the nation’s capital and make your organizational silos look like Lego blocks. Now, don’t you feel sorry for the people responsible for managing government IT departments?

Business Intelligence Comes in Many Forms

By Melody Smith | September 23, 2011

Business intelligence (BI) has proved valuable for providing insights to companies, allowing them to make better business decisions. It isn’t a new concept; BI has been around for many years. But with the changes and advancements in technology, more and more organizations are looking to the BI trends for direction.

Flexible Technology is the Key

By Melody Smith | July 15, 2011

Enterprise content management (ECM) software needs to be as flexible as any other technology on the market. Hyland Software’s ECM solution, OnBase, is a good example of this with their expanded core functionality of intelligent imaging and capture, and a platform that can be leveraged for building data-driven applications. Add to that the increasing opportunities for it to be offered in a mobile-enabled environment.

New Database Uses Colorful Taxonomy

By Melody Smith | July 14, 2011

Leadership Directories has branched out into health care with Health Focus, its first online database covering a particular industry. Health Focus holds information on 150,000 leaders and 8,000 organizations across the U.S. health care industry.

Where Has Social Media Brought Us?

By Melody Smith | July 4, 2011

Ignoring the Internet and social media is no longer an option for organizations. Not having a Facebook page is taboo; not having a website is unheard of; and Google better be able to find you. But in the midst of social media, how is quality and success measured? In likes, uprooting Mayors, and hashtags?

OpenText Releases New Version

By Melody Smith | June 28, 2011

OpenText has released a new version of OpenText Integration Center featuring an enhanced, native connector to OpenText ECM Suite 2010. The claims are that customers can help better leverage their structured and unstructured content to reduce costs and improve efficiency with OpenText.

Introducing Epic Marketplace

By Melody Smith | June 21, 2011

Epic Media Group has established the Epic Marketplace, a comprehensive, unified marketplace that combines all their multichannel digital advertising capabilities. This follows their previously released Traffic Marketplace and formally concludes its post-acquisition integration efforts.

Removing the IT Supply Chain Barriers

By Melody Smith | May 10, 2011

A common challenge for IT departments involves the supply chain and the barriers that prevent that from working smoothly. The cause of these barriers is typically because of disconnected decisions and actions made by both business and IT. The question is, how can we change this?

Where Are They Now?

By Melody Smith | May 2, 2011

Tech companies come and go. There are always tech savvy entrepreneurs with big ideas looking to fill a need in the market and investors looking to get the huge returns that only come from investing in tech startups.

Clarity in Chaos

By Melody Smith | April 12, 2011

Information architecture is on the forefront lately, whether we realize it or not. The history-making revolts against middle eastern governments has spurred massive amounts of data, and confusion.