KMWorld articles from March 2003

KMWorld archives from March 2003

The season for learning: powerful Learning Management System from IBM Lotus.(International Business Machines Corp.)
March 1, 2003... IBM (ibm.com) has announced the availability of the IBM Lows (lotus.com) Learning Management System, described as a flexible, standards-based portfolio of e-learning components that can scale from departmental implementations to enterprisewide...

It's KMWI showtime: KMWorld & Intranets 2003 conferences & exposition.
March 1, 2003... Information Today, Inc. (ITI) is pleased to announce that the KMWorld & Intranets 2003 (KMWI, kmworld.com/kmw03) conferences and exposition will take place Oct. 14 to 16 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. This...

I'll take the fifth: VeniceBridge 5.0 offers Universal workflow access.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Venetica (venetica.com) has introduced Version 5.0 of its VeniceBridge content integration software. The new release is said to significantly increase the types of content repositories that can be integrated with enterprise applications through...

Total IT security market software, hardware and services.(dollar sales for 2001 and forecast for 2006)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 1, 2003... Total IT Security Market Software, Hardware and Services 2001 $17 billion 2006 $45 billion Source: IDC Note: Table made from bar graph

Documents, dramatically. (News).(Correlate (correlate.com))
March 1, 2003... Correlate (correlate.com), the developer of visual document management solutions for team-based collaboration, has announced K-Map Solutions, designed to manage the documentation needs for regulatory compliance and project documentation. ...

There is a comparison. (News).
March 1, 2003... FatWire (fatwire.com) reports it will integrate Advanced Software's DocuComp (docucomp.com) feature with its UpdateEngine dynamic content management software. The companies say DocuComp will provide FatWire's enterprise customers with the...

Very cool Visuals from Antarctica. (News).(Antarctica Systems releases Visual Net 3.0)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Antarctica Systems (antarctica.net) has released Visual Net 3.0, which is said to give users more control over how they view and navigate large information repositories, enabling them to ask better questions of their data. The company says...

Tag-the portal's it. (News).(Interwoven's (interwoven.com) MetaTagger)
March 1, 2003... Interwoven's (interwoven.com) MetaTagger 3.5 platform is the latest version of what it refers to as its "content intelligence" software. The offering is said to enhance the effectiveness of enterprise portals by providing targeted, relevant...

The Quantum shipping news. (News).(Entopia)
March 1, 2003... Entopia (entopia.com) has begun shipping Version 1.5 of its flagship Quantum software, what it calls a complete "bottomup" knowledge management solution. The new version is said to add broader functionality to Entopia's semantic search engine,...

SAP rolls out new architecture. (News).
March 1, 2003... SAP (sap.com) has announced its Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA), which it calls the blueprint for complete, services-based business solutions and enterprise-scale use of Web services. The company reports that by combining SAP's business...

WCM system for smaller businesses. (News).(GlobalScape )
March 1, 2003... GlobalScape (globalscape.com) has launched a new Web content management system designed for small to midsize businesses, offering a simple, affordable way for users of all skill levels to update their organization's Web site. The company...

Making its presence known. (News).(Presence Online)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Global content management infrastructure company Presence Online announced its rebranding as Aptrix (aptrix.com), the name of its product suite. The company has also introduced its Portlet Connector product and announced the extension of its...

Going all the way with ECM. (News).(FileNet )
March 1, 2003... FileNet (filenet.com) announces its new P8 product architecture, which it says is designed to provide enterprise-level scalability and flexibility to handle complex content, business process and application integration. The company...

Buyer aware. (News).(Open Text (opentext.com) to acquire Eloquent(eloquent.com) )
March 1, 2003... Open Text (opentext.com) reports it has entered into a definitive agreement for an Open Text subsidiary to acquire all of Eloquent's (eloquent.com) outstanding shares for up to $6.72 million. Eloquent's LaunchForce product will be...

Law enforcement gains ground in data integration and analysis. (Law Enforcement).
March 1, 2003... Having a 360-degree view of criminals is as important in law enforcement as having a complete view of customers is in CRM systems. Yet critical pieces of information relating to criminals and crimes are often scattered among disparate...

Knowledge on the run: sales reps, suppliers and customers need mobile access to KM. (Mobile Commerce).
March 1, 2003... Sure, it's imperative for every company to develop an extensive knowledge-base and sound KM practices, but what good is that knowledge if it's locked within corporate walls? Many organizations are realizing that they must unleash knowledge...

Web services: practice and promise. (Web Services).
March 1, 2003... Web services will help knowledge management initiatives by allowing easier integration of business processes and content, but the customer-facing applications that have received so much hype will take some time to be materialize. Right now,...

Enterprise portals--adding value through workflow. (EIP).
March 1, 2003... Demand for enterprise information portal (EIP) software is growing rapidly as companies seek to address the unique information and application access needs of many different constituencies inside and outside the enterprise. Customers,...

Tracking national resources. (KM in Practice).(U.S. National Archives and Records Administration )
March 1, 2003... While storing national resources is its mandate, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA, archives.gov) also is responsible for providing ready, public access to the treasures it safeguards. Consequently, NARA has...

Building a body of knowledge. (KM in Practice).(Institute for Knowledge Management)
March 1, 2003... Who needs to manage knowledge? Certainly the Institute for Knowledge Management should practice what it preaches. Associated with The George Washington University (gwu.edu), the Institute decided to implement software that would enable local...

Transit training, rapidly. (KM in Practice).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... A new learning management system is helping the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART, bart.gov) train employees, meet regulations and cut costs, according to a recent press release. The e-learning system from Pathlore...

Healthy concern for content. (KM in Practice).(Washoe Health System)
March 1, 2003... To help meet accreditation mandates, a large integrated healthcare system in Nevada has implemented Stellent (stellent.com) Content Management. Washoe Health System (washoehealth.com) will use the software to comply with requirements of the...

Portal progress and KM: Sun ONE Portal Server. (Portals).(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 1, 2003... Sun ONE Portal Server 6.0 from Sun Microsystems (sun.com) represents the first example I've discussed of a comprehensive portal platform strategy targeted at constructing an enterprise computing system. In this strategy, the portal is viewed as...

Irritable vowel syndrome (and other linguistic maladies). (Opinion).
March 1, 2003... I've got to get something off my chest that has been bothering me a long time. I've been working in the technology arena as an editor and writer for nearly 25 years, and for some reason folks in the business just can't help themselves from...

The Net as Rhetoric. (Opinion).
March 1, 2003... Rhetoric has gotten a bad rap. It's come to mean shady or superfluous verbosity, which is more or less the opposite of what it actually means: persuasive talk. Aristotle, who wrote a bestseller called "The Rhetoric," understood rhetoric could...

Leveraging communities of practice. (Opinion).
March 1, 2003... This is third in a series on KM imp implementation techniques. We began developing our KM blueprint (described in our first article) while helping the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) establish its KM program. Our task was to "define and...

Personal toolkit: capturing spontaneous ideas. (Personal KM).
March 1, 2003... There are still people in knowledge management who will tell you that KM is all about capturing information and ideas to digital form. That is, of course, nonsense. However, it is also nonsense to completely discount the usefulness of having...

KMWorld's 100 companies that matter in knowledge management. (KM Companies).
March 1, 2003... It has been a little more than a year since we last published our list, and those 13 months saw far more than their share of turmoil. The tech sector has, well, tanked in many areas. Consolidation and downright business failures gained even...

Applied Semantics. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Applied Semantics develops innovative, meaning-based software products that enable businesses to transform unstructured information into structured, actionable knowledge. From simple keyword queries, to web pages, news feeds, documents, and...

American Productivity & Quality Center. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... A recognized leader in knowledge management (KM), benchmarking, measurement, and quality programs, APQC helps organizations adapt to rapidly changing environments, build new and better ways to work, and succeed in a competitive marketplace. For...

AWD, DST Technologies, Inc. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... AWD[R] (Automated Work Distributor[TM]) from DST Technologies, Inc., is a comprehensive business process management (BPM) and customer service management solution. AWD supports organizations in a variety of industries, including banking,...

BEA Systems, Inc. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... BEA Systems is the world's leading application infrastructure software company with more than 13,000 customers around the world, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. Companies turn to BEA to help them evolve their existing...

Captiva Software. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Captiva Software provides input management solutions that optimize the flow of information across an entire enterprise, that transform deluges of incoming data into streamlined, business-ready content, and that allow companies to quickly access...

ClearForest. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... ClearForest: Leveraging Content, Creating Business Intelligence. It is estimated that 80-90 percent of all data available to organizations is unstructured, and doubling every 2 to 6 months. Organizations are increasingly faced with the...

Computer Associates. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Information in Action: CA's CleverPath solutions enable organizations to increase their competitive advantage by delivering intelligent information--that is, accurate, well-focused information that helps all staff members perform their...

Current Analysis. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Current Analysis, the leading provider of competitive response solutions to the e-Business, Telecom, and IT industries, enables sales and marketing personnel to anticipate and respond rapidly to competitive threats and market opportunities....

eManage Inc. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Innovative Technologies for Content Lifecycle Management Today, more than ever, managing content lifecycle has become a key requirement by all enterprises regardless of their industry focus. It is now widely accepted that organizations that...

Endymion. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Endymion's OpenBridge"' Enterprise Navigation Portal Creating and disseminating actionable information requires the integration of structured and unstructured data types and the ability to deliver that information at a moment in time to a...

Formtek. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Gary P. Mann has more than 35 years of experience in the information technology marketplace. Prior to joining Formtek in July 2002, he served in numerous executive positions at Lockheed Martin, including as an executive officer of the Lockheed...

Hoover's Online. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... HOOVER'S--The Business Information Authority[SM] Need a high quality business information source that doesn't swallow your budget? Whether you're just beginning or fully deployed, Hoover's is a perfect addition to your knowledge management...

Hyperwave. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Hyperwave is a company dedicated to unleashing the potential of organizational knowledge. Its solutions deliver information distribution, team collaboration and continuous learning across the extended enterprise. Underpinning the Hyperwave...

Identitech. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... The importance of timely and relevant information to competitive organizations is undeniable. However, until now, technology has delivered more data than companies can effectively utilize. What we need is a real-time solution that converts that...

Intelliseek Inc. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... To: The Enterprise Community, struggling with information overload From: The Technology Experts at Intelliseek Inc. Re: Smart-search technology that achieves real business intelligence It has come to our attention that R&D teams,...

Kamoon. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Current economic realities increase the pressure on executives to maximize the value of all their assets, including their human assets. Clearly, any way to extract more value from your investment in the human experts who hold your...

KMtechnologies. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... A New Way of Working Together Founded in 1998, KMtechnologies, is a leading provider of web-based collaboration software solutions. work2gether[TM], our flagship product, integrates knowledge management, document management, collaboration...

Mobius Management Systems, Inc. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Mobius is dedicated to providing integrated total content management (TCM) solutions that meet all enterprise requirements for managing and delivering content. We believe that both "human-created" content--generated by desktop...

Odyssey Development Inc. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Somewhere along the line, the Grinch of Over-Engineering infiltrated the information technology industry, purporting to impose hordes of "value-added" services, three-letter acronyms and technology consultants on anyone who would listen. And...

OneSource Information Services, Inc. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... As a leading provider of business information solutions, OneSource is helping companies improve mission-critical processes throughout the customer lifecycle, including serving customers, finding and leveraging new opportunities, and managing...

PensEra. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Each professional worker in your organization acquires a significant amount of knowledge from daily interaction I and activities, such as meetings, conversations, research, analysis and email. The daily flow of knowledge from activity often...

Primus Knowledge Solutions. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Lower Costs. Raise Capacity. Retain Customers. Knowledge: Access it Analyze it Improve it. In recent years, customer relationship management (CRM) has played a critical role in serving the dual needs of both customers and...

TheBrain Technologies Corporation. (Special Advertisment Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Collapsing the Time to Knowledge"' TheBrain Technologies Corporation is the leading provider of comprehensive knowledge applications. Our Enterprise Knowledge Platform, Brain EKP(tm), connects people, processes, and information into a...

TimeVision, Inc. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... TimeVision, Inc., is helping companies in a variety of industries break human resource management barriers imposed by rapidly changing corporate landscapes. The increasing number of mergers and acquisitions, international offices, downsizing,...

TripleHop Technologies. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Searching for information used to be a task primarily handled by researchers and librarians; it is now a mainstream corporate activity. Corporate executives have direct access to an ever increasing amount of information from a number of...

Venetica. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Creating Enterprise Value Through Content Integration Once again, effective utilization of content has become a strategic priority for global organizations. But what happens when that content is distributed across the enterprise? Mergers...

West. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... A business within The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), West delivers a powerful competitive advantage to its customers by providing the best legal, regulatory and business information available and the innovative technology tools to...

Zensar. (Special Advertisement Section: View from the Top).
March 1, 2003... Letter from Ganesh Natarajan's Desk The Knowledge Management practice at Zensar is onto something extremely challenging, yet equally satisfying for us: "Making KM Happen" for our customers. Our thorough analysis, in-depth experience and...

Focus on BI. (News).(Information Builders)
March 1, 2003... Information Builders (informationbuilders.com) has introduced Version 5 of its WebFocus software, which is said to offer more than 450 new features. The new Java servlet-based implementation significantly minimizes hardware requirements...

Is there a doctrinaire in the house?(Peter Auditore)(Interview)
March 1, 2003... The queasy feeling started when Peter wrote in an e-mail: "The collaboration market is completely confused. I'll tell you what I mean next week." So naturally, the first thing I did was give up. I mean, if a market is confusing to one of...

The many faces of collaboration: why documents and integration are the key factors in the collaborative equation.(Peter J. Auditore)
March 1, 2003... Interview with Peter J. Auditore We tend to talk about "collaboration" as though it were something new. But it's only the technology piece that has fundamentally changed--the song remains the same. People still need people, and fully...

New Mexico utility lights up.
March 1, 2003... Since its inception in 1917, the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has grown to become the state's largest utility. Currently, it provides electricity to more than 360,000 customers and natural gas to more than 420,000 customers,...

Knowledge automation: delivering on the promise of knowledge management.
March 1, 2003... For many IT organizations, knowledge management is an attractive concept for streamlining service and support. Why not empower customers and employees to solve their own problems by giving them access to the corporation's knowledge stores? ...