KMWorld articles from June 2008

KMWorld archives from June 2008

Gartner reports on the status of open source, SaaS.
June 1, 2008... Two months ago, Gartner (gart ner.com) issued a report on the state of open source software, and the findings indicate the movement is far more established than many of us would have thought. As Gartner puts it, "... if you do not think you...

Growth report: Google at age 10.(Company overview)
June 1, 2008... Microsoft's (microsoft.com) Steve Ballmer suggested that Google (google.com) was a one-trick pony. Google won its crown with online advertising. Since the day when Google's founders made the decision to enter the online advertising business,...

Everything is fragmented--the safe-fail approach to KM.
June 1, 2008... I gave a keynote address in May in Perth, Australia, to an audience of technologists looking at the future development of information and communications technologies (ICT), as well as issues of compliance arising from the demands of...

The WCM marketplace--2008.
June 1, 2008... The Web content management (WCM) technology marketplace in 2008 is as dynamic as ever--and as fragmented as ever. In fact, fragmentation has remained this market's most defining characteristic for the past decade. Scores of experienced, viable...

Knowledge management: a multifaceted remedy for pharmaceutical firms.
June 1, 2008... Pharmaceutical companies are employing knowledge management (KM) to enhance strategic performance across the enterprise, to help with long-term development of new products and to build more comprehensive knowledgebases, among other uses. ...

Social networking: KM and beyond.
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The range of software products encompassed by social networking is so extensive and diverse that sorting out the options can be difficult. The mix includes standalone blog/wiki products, contact management and...

Mashup essentials.
June 1, 2008... Most computer users have had the experience of wanting to view sets of information side by side but being thwarted because the information comes from different sources. Often, they resort to cutting and pasting from one to another. An emerging...

An all-too-familiar tale.(From The Editor)
June 1, 2008... A colleague from my days working for a major aircraft manufacturer gave me a call the other day after reading a copy of KMWorld. When we worked together, he was a remarkably gifted technical troubleshooter--more of an in-house systems...

Cerfing complexity.(Opinion)
June 1, 2008... Vint Cerf is generally called the father of the Internet. He was in the group that connected the first two nodes of ARPANET and was one of the designers of the TCP/IP protocol. And that was just the beginning. So, the appellation is well...

Goodbye, knowledge worker ... hello, knowledge entrepreneur.(The Future of the Future)
June 1, 2008... Whenever I use the term knowledge worker, I am often told that the term is "so last-century, so industrial-age." I must admit, it certainly doesn't sound appropriate when referring to the Enterprise of the Future. In fact, it's becoming obvious...

Support for oncology research.(News)
June 1, 2008... A well-known cancer research and care center in Massachusetts is using technology from InforSense (inforsense.com) to analyze patient data on the fly. Principal investigators and researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (dana-farber.org) are...

Protecting images ... and competitive advantage.(News)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A company that helps organizations to protect and store information has chosen software from IBM (ibm.com) to power its Digital Record Center for Images. Iron Mountain's (ironmountain.com) Digital Record Center...

User-driven view of information.(News)
June 1, 2008... A global insurance and financial services consulting firm has deployed new search technology. LIMRA International (limra.com) has chosen Coveo's (coveo.com) G2B Information Access Suite to provide its more than 850 members with instant access...

Open source WCM powers health site.(News)
June 1, 2008... The Child Study Center at New York University has relaunched its Web site, About OurKids.org. The new site is powered by Drupal (drupal.org) open source Web content management and was customized by DPCI (databasepublish.com). With its...

Targeting key voters.(News)
June 1, 2008... In the presidential primary climate of 2008, the importance of using technology to analyze huge amounts of information to move a campaign forward has become apparent. No matter what election is involved, political organizations are...

A hub for travel & tourism information.(News)
June 1, 2008... TourismROI (tourismroi.com), a source of information for travel and tourism management and investment opportunities, has chosen a Web content management solution to build a scalable site for information exchange. The company selected...

Taking charge of e-mail with G2B.(Industry Watch)
June 1, 2008... Coveo Solutions (coveo.com) has introduced a limited release of Coveo G2B for Email, which the company says is the only e-mail search application to deliver unified search and navigation across both live and archived e-mail (such as Microsoft...

Northern Light offers free search.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Northern Light (northernlight. com) has developed a free search engine of business news and industry authority blogs. Northern Light Search (nlsearch.com) also offers automated meaning extraction capabilities and collaborative social computing...

Enhancing clinical documentation.(Industry Watch)
June 1, 2008... Nuance Communications (nuance.com), known for its voice recognition solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire eScription (escrip tion.com), which offers computer-aided medical transcription technology. Both companies say that their...

Dow Jones acquires Generate.(Industry Watch)
June 1, 2008... Dow Jones & Company (dow jones.com) has acquired Generate (generateinc.com), which says its software combines business-sensitive company and executive intelligence with relationship mapping technology and trigger event identification. ...

Improving the Web experience.(Industry Watch)
June 1, 2008... Vignette (vignette.com) reports three significant enhancements to its Web Experience Platform foundation: Vignette Content Management, Portal and Collaboration provide the cornerstone that helps organizations deliver fast, personal, social and...

Socialtext introduces Version 3.0.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Socialtext (socialtext.com) continues to advance business social software with the introduction of two significant additions to its already robust Wiki-driven platform: Socialtext Dashboard and Socialtext People. The company says the new...

JackBe introduces Presto 2.0.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... JackBe (jackbe.com) has rolled out Version 2.0 of its enterprise mashup platform. Presto 2.0 is said to bring mashups to the business user through enterprise-ready mashup widgets that are known as "mashlets." Created in three clicks, the...

Trampoline unveils Sonar Dashboard.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Trampoline Systems (trampolinesystems.com) has released Sonar Dashboard, which the company likens to a "Facebook for the enterprise." Sonar Dashboard is designed to increase cohesion, collaboration and innovation in large organizations,...

Calendar.(Calendar)
June 1, 2008... July/August 08 Document life cycle management Solutions in healthcare September 08 Trend-Setting Products of the Year Business intelligence/competitive intelligence Solutions in government October 08 ...

Getting personal with WCM.(Opinion)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Percussion (percussion.com) has introduced its Personalization Solution, the latest in its Percussion 2.0 Solution Series. Personalization is one of the company's pre-packaged solutions that help organizations create a more effective...

Truviso enhances PostgreSQL.(Opinion)
June 1, 2008... Business intelligence solution provider Truviso (truviso.com) has completed an enhancement to the PostgreSQL (postgresql.com) open source database system that further extends its suitability for streaming data analysis. Truviso will...