KMWorld articles from June 2002

KMWorld archives from June 2002

Stratify inks a deal: new agreement with Inktomi provides unified view.(Stratify Discovery System)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2002... Stratify (stratify.com) has announced an agreement with Inktomi under which it will offer joint customers a scalable, integrated, categorized search solution for the enterprise. Further, Inktomi will resell Stratify's new offering, its...

Categorically speaking: Semio's Tagger 5.0 comes with new graphical workbench.(Web/Internet search engine)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2002... With new architecture said to be optimized for enterprise scope performance and scalability, SemioTagger 5.0 from Semio (semio.com) is the latest version of the company's indexing and content categorization engine. Semio says Tagger...

The need for speed: Enfish Enterprise now 25% faster, friendlier.(investment software)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The new version of Enfish (enfish.com) Enterprise has been designed for faster performance and streamlined deployment and is claimed to significantly boost a company's productivity by saving time for users and maximizing the return on...

Brain power. (News).(TheBrain Technologies new application software)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... TheBrain Technologies (thebrain.com) has launched BrainEKP for Customer Care, a new application of the company's Enterprise Knowledge Platform. The application is specifically designed for time-critical knowledge delivery essential to problem...

New content applications. (News).(Internet software by Interwoven Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Interwoven (interwoven.com) has announced three new applications targeting enterprise portals, collaborative document management and Web application management for the global enterprise. TeamDoc, TeamPortal and TeamCode are built on...

Inxight's Categorizer 3.0. (News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Inxight Software (inxight.com) has announced Categorizer, which the company says provides publishers and information aggregators with a method for classifying unstructured information into taxonomies, enabling them to deliver information to...

Stellent extends reach. (News).(Content Management 6.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Stellent (stellent.com) has released Content Management 6.0, which includes three new major components -- Collaboration Server, Connection Server and Extrasite Server. Stellent says Collaboration Server leverages an organization's existing...

A model for collaboration. (News).(Teamwork by Ptech Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Designed for modeling teams building an organization's enterprise architecture using Ptech's (ptechinc.com) Enterprise Frame Work solution, the company's new TeamWork software allows modelers to work independently in sessions and integrate...

Help corporate workgroups. (News).(Intuit's QuickBase program)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Designed to meet the needs of groups of 10 to 200 people, QuickBase for Corporate Workgroups from Intuit (intuit.com) gives users access to their own centralized databases to collaborate on such tasks as tracking sales prospects, managing...

APQC introduces new service. (News).(American Productivity and Quality Center)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The American Productivity & Quality Center (apqc.org) has launched the Knowledge Sharing Network (KSN), an online information resource for productivity and quality improvement. APQC reports the system delivers valuable research, best-practice...

MatrixOne & Cimmetry partner up. (News).(Cimmetry Systems Inc. contract eMatrix supply chain management software)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... MatrixOne (matrixone.com) and Cimmetry Systems (cimmetry.com) have announced a new OEM agreement whereby MatrixOne will provide Cimmetry's visualization and collaboration capabilities to its customers through its core collaboration platform,...

Can you relate? (News).(VeniceBridge Relate by Venetica Corp.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Venetica (venetica.com) has introduced VeniceBridge Relate as part of a new release of its flagship product, VeniceBridge Integrate, which the company says enables portals and other ebusiness applications to discover and work with content in...

Pick a peck of portlets. (News).(Sybase Inc. acquires OnePage Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... In a move designed to enable its enterprise portal customers to create and deploy portal applications from browser-accessible information sources, XML data sources, Java classes, databases and Web services, Sybase (sybase.com) has acquired...

Imparting knowledge through storytelling. (Knowledge Architecture).
June 1, 2002... This is the first of a two-part series in which author Tom Reamy discusses the need for organizations to create a "knowledge architecture" that captures the knowledge transmitted through storytelling. There has been an ongoing interest in...

CM vendors on a shopping spree. (Content Management).(content management industry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Stellent (stellent.com, formerly Intranet Solutions) astounded the content management (CM) world in 2000 and 2001 with success through the toughest times. But the company felt some backlash in the latter half of Q1 this year, with a serious...

Getting the message. (Messaging).
June 1, 2002... Messaging is being enhanced in group-ware applications, and is extending its reach through new applications in instant, mobile and unified messaging. With an installed base now over 90 million users, Lotus (lotus.com) Notes continues to...

Workflow: horizontal, vertical and all-purpose. (Workflow).
June 1, 2002... Workflow has been a mainstay of knowledge management for years, and has changed significantly as technology has evolved. An early application was the routing of insurance claim form images around to individuals who reviewed and approved or...

Portals help insurers and their customers: protecting the future through good relationships. (Insurance).(knowledge management based web portals)
June 1, 2002... The insurance industry is taking advantage of portals, using the Web-based tools for sharing information within a number of departments in each organization, including underwriting, billing, finance and customer service. While Web portals...

Yet another case for KM. (Opinion).(knowledge management)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... For more that six years, we've been advocating the practical application of knowledge management to achieve business success. But the term itself has undergone its ups and down-sometimes embraced and celebrated by vendors and analysts alike; at...

Postmodern knowledge management. (Opinion).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Postmodernism is a pain in the butt, starting with its very title. Since modem means "now' how can you be after now except by not existing yet? But, despite its adoption by smart-alecks who use it just to show how smart they are, postmodernism...

Knowledge management: a practical catalyst for innovation. (Opinion).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... I recently received a card from a student in my "Managing Research and Development" class at The George Washington University with the above quote. The card (from Successories, successories.com) goes on to state, "If these 'experts' ran the...

Personal toolkit: peer pressure. (Personal KM).(Groove Networks peer-to-peer software)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Teamwork is the nature of knowledge work today. But we're not talking about stable, permanent groups with comfortable relationships and defined roles. More likely we collaborate from day to day in ad hoc, overlapping groups with peers,...

KM goes to school: today's graduates are being trained to evaluate business needs and find the best KM technology to help their employers reach their goals. (Knowledge Management).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... As the next wave of college graduates hits the job market, there will be a select group who have been trained in knowledge management systems. Those graduates will have studied the latest trends in KM systems, database management, search...

What technologies are KM professionals buying? An IDC survey of KMWorld 2001 attendees. (Knowledge Management).(intranet/internet usage research)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... The preponderance of information within most organizations is unstructured--text, for the most part, but also audio, video and graphics files. Several years ago, IBM (ibm.com) estimated that upward of 75% of enterprise information was in those...

MassCARES seeks to unite disparate state and local agencies. (Knowledge Management).(Massachusetts Confidential Access to Resources through an Electronic Storehouse)
June 1, 2002... The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS, mass cares.org) is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' largest secretariat, consisting of 15 agencies and a budget of roughly $9 billion--a massive 44% of total government expenditure....

Government solution provider directory. (Gov't Solutions).
June 1, 2002... 7915 Jones Branch Drive McLean, VA 22102 PH: 703.506.0088 FAX: 703.903.0454 marketing@atsva.com www.atsva.com ATS ATS is a systems integration, software development and systems engineering company implementing...

Knowledge Management: the bibliography. (Marketplace).(advertisement)
June 1, 2002... Knowledge Management (KM) is a holistic process by which an organization may effectively gather, evaluate, share, analyze, integrate, and use information from both internal and external sources. This book is the first comprehensive reference to...

Smart services: competitive information strategies, solutions, and success stories for service businesses. (Marketplace).(advertisement)
June 1, 2002... Here is the first book to focus specifically on the competitive information needs of service-oriented firms. Author, entrepreneur, and business consultant Deborah C. Sawyer illuminates the many forms of competition in service businesses,...

FileNet acquires eGrail. (News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... In a cash deal estimated at about $10 million, FileNet (filenet.com) has announced it is acquiring the core assets of privately held eGrail (egrail.com). FileNet reports the move will give it added products to deliver Web content...

OLE linking for financials. (News).(Object Linking and Embedding )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... I Manage (imanage.com) has introduced support for Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and spreadsheet linking in iManage WorkSite for the financial services industry. The company says the offering is the only document management and...

Primus' new user interface. (News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Primus Knowledge Solutions (primus.com) has released eServer iView, which it calls an intuitive and user-friendly interface designed to maximize the full functionality and benefits of eServer 5.1. Primus claims the new interface will reduce...

Government: the mirror image of information management.
June 1, 2002... The governor of the great state of Maine, Angus King, often brags about his state's advanced technology by proudly pointing out that "any Mainer can now buy a fishing license at 3 a.m. in his underwear." Well, I can tell you that as a citizen...

Transforming information into intelligence: governments and corporations seek similar goals.
June 1, 2002... Today's economic climate has both corporation, agencies and departments at all levels of government looking to add value to their businesses. By leveraging knowledge assets, organizations can generate new opportunities, and governments can...

Next-generation records management: achieving digital transparency in government.
June 1, 2002... In recent times, governments have experienced a sharp increase in the use of electronic systems both for internal operations and for communication and collaboration with all external audiences including citizens, lawmakers and businesses. This...

Making an impact in the corner office: a year of best practices.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... When we started the KM World Best Practices White Paper series, we imagined it as a new, more appropriate platform for the exchange of information between buyers and sellers of information-technology goods and services. Our theory was that...

Content Management--the winning ticket at NY State Lottery: eliminating paper and creating efficient workflow.(IBM software)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Operating efficiently and delivering high-quality service to both citizens and business are top priorities for any government agency. For the New York Lottery, operational efficiency continues to be as critical as ever for the organization to...

e-Government portals: a Sybase vision; e-Gov comes of age.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Existing government Web sites provide customers with access to government information, allow simple transactions, and provide links to other relevant agencies. But it clear that e-Government is no longer just about "webifying" government...