KMWorld articles from May 2007

KMWorld archives from May 2007

BI: core to the enterprise.(gart ner.com)(sap.com)(google.com)(business intelligence)
May 1, 2007... Business intelligence (BI) will change greatly over the next five years, according to industry consultants and vendors who spoke at a recent Gartner Business Intelligence Summit in Chicago. They advised companies to keep that evolution in mind...

What about SMBs? Opportunities ahead.
May 1, 2007... IT spending for the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) sector should grow by more than 8 percent this year, but not all vendors are poised to serve the market. At least that's the view of Ray Boggs, VP of SMB research for IDC (idc.com), in a...

FRCP compliance--still a ways off.(forti va.com)(Federal Rules of Civil Procedure )(Survey)
May 1, 2007... When the changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) went into effect at the beginning of the year, there was a reasonable expectation that companies would be poised and ready to adopt new procedures. The rules require all companies...

Housing Ireland's buildings online.(News)
May 1, 2007... Ireland's architectural heritage is now vividly displayed online at build ingsofireland.ie, the Web site of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH). The "archives without walls" provides the public with access to a catalog of...

Manufacturer automates e-mail archiving.(News)
May 1, 2007... Lafarge Plasterboard Australia (lafargeplasterboard.com.au) is implementing a records management solution that will enable the company to manage its unstructured documents within a single, scalable repository. The manufacturer has purchased...

Facilitating search for medical researchers.(News)(cumc.columbia.edu)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC, cumc.columbia.edu) has chosen an enterprise search solution from ISYS Search Software (isys-search.com) to provide fast, dependable access to a large collection of regulatory documents and medical...

The best approach to training.(News)(U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (palo-alto.med.va.gov) in California has purchased talent and learning software from SumTotal Systems (sumtotalsystems.com) to help support its study on the best way to...

Capture family history better.(News)(character recognition)
May 1, 2007... AncestryDPS (ancestrydps.com), a historical records specialist, has captured more than 5 billion images related to family histories since 1996. The company, based in Provo, Utah, works with governments worldwide to convert into digital format...

Human networks and relationships in KM.(Connectors, mavens and salesmen--)
May 1, 2007... About two years ago, I read a compelling book by Malcolm Gladwell called The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference (Back Bay, 2000). Gladwell puts forward the social networking concept of how little ideas become huge tidal...

Searching for customer satisfaction and online revenue: search technology is ubiquitous across the Internet, yet specific uses for search such as merchandising and behavior analysis reveal nuances of the technology that can benefit consumers and businesses in myriad ways.
May 1, 2007... Online search technologies have proliferated to become the second most widely used online application, second only to e-mail, and rapidly closing the gap. Research figures estimate that nearly 60 million Americans use search engines on a daily...

Connotate.(SEARCH: Provider Profile)
May 1, 2007... With billions of Websites and an estimated 600+ billion Web pages, traditional information storage and retrieval processes are not enough; web and enterprise search methodologies require a diligent combination of strategy, process, and...

Microsoft[R].(SEARCH: Provider Profile)
May 1, 2007... Enterprise Search from Microsoft empowers people to find information and expertise anywhere in the organization. It enables IT Professionals to manage and extend search as an integrated part of a broader information management infrastructure...

The fast-moving e-mail management market.
May 1, 2007... Various studies show that up to three-quarters of corporate intellectual property resides within e-mail and messaging systems. E-mail management (EMM)--the monitoring, filtering, storage and management of corporate e-mail and IMs--is a...

A bright prognosis for EMRs.
May 1, 2007... Although electronic records management has been around for a number of years, it's still in its early stages in the medical community, according to healthcare consultants and providers. "Healthcare is moving slowly to adopt EMR (electronic...

NexPage.(RECORDS MANAGEMENT: Product Round-Up)
May 1, 2007... NextPage[R] mitigates the risk of documents on the desktop by increasing document retention compliance. Research shows that document retention policies are failing at the desktop, only 60% of companies have written policies and only 30% of...

Tower Software.(RECORDS MANAGEMENT: Product Round-Up)
May 1, 2007... TOWER Software empowers organizations to drive business improvement through taking control of information, turning vast amounts of data into accessible and definable assets, and meeting compliance demands. With more than 20 years experience,...

Trinity Technologies.(RECORDS MANAGEMENT: Product Round-Up)
May 1, 2007... It is essential for corporations to manage their electronic records in a way that ensures immutability and traceability, while also following strict legal records retention policies and associated disposition criteria. Trinity Technologies...

ZyLAB.(RECORDS MANAGEMENT: Product Round-Up)
May 1, 2007... For over two decades, ZyLAB has been a leading provider of Information Access Solutions, with particular expertise in managing and searching records. Our ZyIMAGE tools are built on a comprehensive XML-based platform that archives, searches, and...

KM: still a long road ahead.(From The Editor)
May 1, 2007... For more than 10 years, these pages have been dedicated to improving business performance through the practice of sound knowledge management--not just the tools provided to achieve it, but through a sometimes fundamental change in attitude. To...

Libraries in the age of social knowledge.
May 1, 2007... Some social networking sites succeed, and some fail. Frequently, the ones that succeed don't just connect people and hope for the best. They provide social objects, items that the group can share, talk about and build relationships around. In...

Building the enterprise of the Future means no more secrets.(The Future of the Future)(Applied Knowledge Sciences )(Interview)
May 1, 2007... Change is difficult. And nowhere is that more evident than in making the transformation from a knowledge-hoarding organization to a knowledge-sharing enterprise. I have seen many organizations that have all the tools in place: portals,...

Leveraging KM tools for public schools: business process management, predictive analytics and document management are three core KM technologies that are increasingly finding their way into the public schools.
May 1, 2007... Local school systems have needs as pressing as those in industry for the capabilities provided by knowledge management solutions. Especially in a security-conscious time, and when accountability for results is dominating educational...

FAST buys Convera's RetrievalWare.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... FAST (fastsearch.com) has agreed to purchase the assets of Convera's RetrievalWare business for $23 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, FAST will retain Convera professionals serving its enterprise search customers. The deal...

New from RedDot/Open Text.(Industry Watch)
May 1, 2007... Open Text (opentext.com) reports that RedDot (reddot.com), the Open Text Web Solutions Group, has released the next versions of its content management and delivery software, RedDot CMS 7.5 and RedDot LiveServer 3.5. The newest versions of...

Spreadsheet control.(Watch Industry)
May 1, 2007... Lyquidity Solutions (lyquidity.com) has released a software development kit (SDK) for ComplyXL, which gives organizations the ability to embed the company's ComplyXL functionality into their existing document and content management systems. ...

The long arm of compliance.(Watch Industry)(HiSoftware)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... HiSoftware (hisoftware.com) has unveiled Compliance Sheriff, a hosted management solution that provides testing and reporting for standards-based policies, including accessibility and privacy. The company says the offering allows organizations...

Managing metadata.(Industry Watch)
May 1, 2007... Inxight Software (inxight.com) has introduced what it says is the first enterprise-class data integration platform designed specifically for the collection, exploration and cleansing of data derived from unstructured sources. The Inxight...

Industry-specific search tool.(Industry Watch)(SK&A Information Services)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... SK&A Information Services (skainfo.com) has released Provider HealthNet, described as a search tool that allows online access to a database of more than 2 million healthcare practitioners and decision makers. The company further explains that...

Content optimization.(Industry Watch)(Interwoven Inc. introduces segmentation and analytics solution)
May 1, 2007... Interwoven (interwoven.com) has announced a number of new offerings designed to transform content into assets for improving customer relationships and driving revenue growth. The portfolio includes Interwoven Segmentation and Analytics, a...

Version 5.0 from iDashboards.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... iDashboards (idashboards.com) has released Version 5.O of its enterprise dashboard application, which, the company says, is designed to help organizations leverage their information assets in real time through visually rich, responsive and...

Calendar.(Industry Watch)(Calendar)
May 1, 2007... June 07 Collaboration and contact management Solutions for pharmaceutical/research Solutions for e-government July/August 07 Document capture/forms processing Solutions for transportation Solutions for legal September 07 ...