KMWorld articles from April 2002

KMWorld archives from April 2002

Build it, and they'll come: Epicentric makes application development easier.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Claiming to reduce the time and cost of portal application development, Epicentric (epicentric.com) introduces Foundation Builder. Using wizard-based interfaces, non-technical users are said to be able to build personalized portal applications,...

Structure the unstructured: New automatic tagging platform from ClearForest.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... ClearForest (clearforest.com) announces ClearTags 4.0, an auto-tagging platform that includes semantic, statistical and structural tagging. The company says that the new offering has greatly expanded tagging output and, in turn, the...

Engineer wiser drawings: Turning AutoCAD and MicroStation files to text-searchable PDFs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Layton Graphics (layton-graphics.com) reports it has introduced CAD2PDF Translator, which plots native AUTOCAD (DWG) and MICROSTATION (DGN) files to fully functional PDF files that can be readily consumed by the Adobe (adobe.com) Acrobat Reader...

Akiva helps enterprises manage ideas. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Akiva (akiva.com) a new company formed through the merger of ChatSpace and MindCruiser, reports it offers enterprises, both large and small, a cost-effective and reliable way to gather, evaluate and act on new ideas for faster growth and...

Quiver and NextBrick to partner. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Quiver (quiver.com) has announced a partnership enabling content infrastructure systems integrator NextBrick (nextbrick.com) to resell and integrate Quiver's information management products to future and existing clients. NEXTBRICK will...

Supply chain management. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Webplan (webplan.com) is developing a supply chain solution on the Microsoft .NET platform. Webplan explains .NET provides an XML interface to the Webplan CeO platform. The company says that arrangement permits applications and servers on...

Data to knowledge conversion. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... KnowledgeFarm (knowfarm.com) has introduced a service said to help organizations rapidly populate customer support knowledgebases, including Web-based customer self-help knowledge resources. The company says the service, Data To Knowledge...

Power to diverse users. (News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Vignette (vignette.com) has released V6 MultiSite Content Manager (VMCM), an extension to its V6 Content Suite. It claims VMCM is the first application to allow organizations to easily manage content on multiple sites and portals within an...

It's the virtual agent, man. (News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... eGain Communications (egain.com) has just released Assistant 5.0, a conversational agent that can help Web site visitors search, solve problems and purchase items via typed exchanges in conversational English. The company says the new...

A gift for the enterprise. (News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Targeting the Global 2000, Endeavors Technology (endeavors.com) has announced Magi Enterprise 3.0, a new version of the company's flagship P2P collaboration system. The new product allows enterprises to establish ad hoc virtual private...

Follow the YellowBrix road. (News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Previously availably only as an ASP, ArchiText Enterprise Server Toolkit (EST) from YELLOWBRIX (yellowbrix.com) is now available in a licensed version. Geared toward the enterprise market, the product is a set of information management tools...

FatWire targets portals. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... FATWIRE (fatwire.com) has introduced Spark pCM, a portlet for BEA's WebLogic portal. FatWire reports Spark portal Content Management (pCM) will include basic CM features including: workflow, a "to do" list, simplified user and group...

Wireless ownership: E-mail is today's skirmish, platforms are tomorrow's war. (Wireless Market).
April 1, 2002... Wireless e-mail has become the new catch-all application for wireless network and portal operators. It appeals to both business and consumer customers, and has plenty of revenue-generating potential. But this simple application is also proving...

Health insurance: Online options take root. (HealthCare).
April 1, 2002... The healthcare industry has followed the path of many businesses in using the Internet, first creating static Web sites geared toward marketing, then providing customers with information such as searchable databases of providers, and finally...

Trends in the market for analytic applications. (Knowledge Management).
April 1, 2002... Analytic applications play a critical role in the broader knowledge management strategy as applications supporting management through quantitative data analysis. Concerned with the analysis of structured data, those applications are applied to...

Knowledge management: Shaping the profession. (Knowledge Management).
April 1, 2002... Good companies have been managing knowledge for years, even if they didn't use that term to describe their activities. The people who were helping to implement the process were de facto knowledge managers even if they didn't have "knowledge" in...

A partnership worth pursuing. (Opinion).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Knowledge management just took a big step forward as the board of governors for the George Washington University Institute for Knowledge Management held its first meeting to help guide the blending of the university's academic foundation and...

M&M's and mixed nuts. (Opinion).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
April 1, 2002... Here's a perennial problem seemingly baked into how we humans organize ourselves. On the one hand, we have a seemingly natural tendency to cluster ourselves into groups of relatively like-minded people. In fact, we can't have a...

Knowledge manangement and the learning organization converge. (Opinion).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
April 1, 2002... Over the past several years, knowledge management has emerged as a strong and well-respected organizational discipline. Equally, the concept of a learning organization has also emerged as a well-regarded organizational environment to stimulate...

Personal toolkit: Context is concentric. (Personal KM).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... This month's column elaborates on a theme I mentioned in January, desktop index and search engines, because I think it is one of the most important categories of personal knowledge management tools and points to one of the biggest failings of...

A portrait of success: Collaborative tools ease communication and build knowledge. (Collaboration).
April 1, 2002... As the relationship between painter and model illustrates here, collaboration is part of the artistic process. Collaboration, too, is an integral tool for organizations, and software that eases the collaborative process is sought by companies...

HR managers harvest bounty from web-enabled tools. (Human Resources).(human resources managers )
April 1, 2002... In tight economic times, human resources managers sift through hundreds of resumes for positions that might have attracted only dozens of applicants in more prosperous times. The process of identifying candidates with the right skills for the...

KM in practice: User stories from the knowledge front. (Knowledge Management).
April 1, 2002... Getting up from under paper Instant access to patient information is just one of the benefits of a new electronic patient records system implemented by the Auckland District Health Board (adhb.co.nz), according to officials there. The...

Layton Graphics, Inc. (Product Showcase).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The CAD2PDF Translator plots AutoCAD and MicroStation files to "intelligent" PDF files that can be readily consumed by the free Adobe[R] Acrobat[R] Reader or Adobe[R] Acrobat[R] 5.0. These PDFs retain vector resolution and convert text in CAD...

ServiceWare Technologies. (Product Showcase).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... ServiceWare Technologies provides enterprise knowledge management solutions that enable organizations to deliver superior service to customers, employees and partners by transforming information and data into knowledge. Our Web-based solution,...

Cytura Enterprise content mangement. (Product Showcase).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Cytura is a leader in assisting Enterprise Customers, Independent Software Vendors and Solution Integrators, across all industries, solve the complex issue they have with managing distributed and disparate information. Cytura provides...

Factiva. (Product Showcase).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... Bring an external business view into your workflow. With Factiva Integration, you achieve a custom information solution that's based on your exact business objectives. Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global news and...

Hyperwave. (Product Showcase).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... The Hyperwave eKnowledge Infrastructure consists of three principal products, each available as an individual or combined solution. The eKnowledge Suite enables users to contribute, modify and access information utilizing a comprehensive...

Objexis Corporation. (Product Showcase).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... Objexis Team Portal is the only Web solution that allows you to get the most out of your company's knowledge, teams, and strategy--in one highly secure platform. Easy to use, quick to deploy, and readily scalable, it provides a structured...

KMWorld NewsLinks. (Product Showcase).(advertisement)
April 1, 2002... KMWORLD NEWSLINKS delivers the week's KM news right to your desktop. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning you'll receive updates on what's happening in the field, in-depth feature articles, hard-hitting opinion columns and pointers to the best KM...

Integrating Enigma & IBM. (News).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... ENIGMA (enigma.com) and IBM (ibm.com) have combined on a solution designed to enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and operators of capital equipment the ability to combine decision support systems and e-commerce solutions for their...

Revving up an SFA plan. (News).(Baan introduces iBaan SalesPlus 4.2, new sales software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Baan (baan.com) has announced iBaan for CRM QuickStart, which is bundled with iBaan SalesPlus 4.2 software for a complete installation and training package, enabling companies to implement a full sales force automation program within 30...

Asset access in an instant. (News).(LaserFiche introduces LaserFiche United)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Integrating full-text retrieval, Web distribution and workflow with all other software applications of existing IT environments, LaserFiche (laserfiche.com) has announced LaserFiche United. The company says LaserFiche United makes an...

Growth of worldwide CRM applications and infrastructure market.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... Growth of worldwide CRM applications and infrastructure market 2000 $6.2B 2005 $14B Source: IDC Note: Table made from bar graph.