KMWorld articles from November 2008

KMWorld archives from November 2008

A risky cloud approach?
November 1, 2008... Apologies to Shakespeare. He did not know about cloud computing, the technologies that deliver software and services from the Internet. He did know about the common sense of putting on protective storm gear. What would he think about today's...

A standard with a chance of success.
November 1, 2008... It is no exaggeration to say that the content management world was recently rocked by the announcement of a new standard. The standard (or proposed standard to be correct about it) is called the Content Management Interoperability Services...

Complex adaptive systems at play.(Everything is fragmented)
November 1, 2008... Current design methods need a radical rethink. We must shift from a fail-safe design to safe-fail experiments. In my keynote at the KMWorld & Intranets Conference in September (available as a podcast at cognitive-edge.com), I elaborated on that...

The State of digital asset management.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Digital media--photos, audio files, video clips, Flash animations, games and banner ads, PDF documents and Web pages--have become an increasingly significant part of our everyday experience. The management of digital...

The art of digital asset management.(Company overview)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The global market for digital asset management (DAM) solutions was more than $330 million in 2007, according to ABI Research (abiresearch.com), and is predicted to reach $1 billion within the next five years. Driving...

Records management: beware, prepare.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Increases in data breaches and the development of electronic discovery (e-discovery) are prompting firms to closely re-examine their records retention and management policies. New breaches seem to be reported...

Enterprise-friendly social software.
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The market for enterprise Web 2.0 capability continues to expand and evolve. Wainhouse Research (wainhouse.com) predicts a growth from $220 million in 2007 to $2 billion in 2012. The terminology to describe it is...

The evolving federation of search: search products are proliferating powerfully in both capabilities and applicability. Here's a snapshot of the search state of the art.
November 1, 2008... Search is one of those technologies customers take for granted. After all, search and retrieval was the first application to debut in the nascent document management industry of the early '90s. Text was indexed manually and automatically and...

Heard in the aisles.(management of search engines)(Editorial)
November 1, 2008... Attending our annual conference in San Jose is always refreshing--I get a chance to see professional friends and colleagues and discover what's really on people's minds. Often, the most illuminating times are those during the breaks between...

The leave it to beaver media.(management and forecast of media)(Viewpoint essay)
November 1, 2008... Have you watched a '50s TV show recently? I don't mean a "classic" such as I Love Lucy or The Honeymooners (two shows I actually can't stand), but some fare more typical of the age. Say, Leave It to Beaver. OMG. How awful those shows were! It's...

2008 KMWorld: Promise and Reality award winners.
November 1, 2008... Throughout each year, KMWorld is introduced to the best and the brightest of the suppliers and the practitioners in the trade. We conduct dozens of interviews, hundreds of briefings and review probably thousands of press releases and e-mails....

Incubating the next-generation enterprise.(The Future of the Future)
November 1, 2008... Let's take a look at building the small business of the future, from the ground up. Large companies, governments and non-profits should pay attention also. You need to be just as agile and entrepreneurial as a small business. I've been...

Exalead introduces project line.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Exalead (exalead.com) has introduced the CloudView family of products, which is slated for availability beginning in Q4 2008. The solutions have evolved from the Exalead one:enterprise line with a new architecture designed to better adapt to...

Ektron delivers new version.(Industry Watch)
November 1, 2008... Ektron (ektron.com) has released the latest version of its robust Web content management software. The company reports CMS400.NET V. 7.6 includes a host of new features and a new deployment strategy to fit the needs of both the small and...

Socialcast's corporate social network.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Socialcast (socialcast.com) has released Version 3.0 of its namesake software. The micro-blogging-based version is said to be the first corporate social network to feature a self-service model. V. 3.0 allows small to medium-sized businesses to...

Vialect releases Noodle.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Vialect (vialect.com, formerly known as IntraNet) has introduced Noodle, a robust, broad suite of integrated enterprise social networking tools. The company highlights Noodle's ability to monitor each employee's Corporate Wisdom, which is...

Essentio unveils Archivist 3.0.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Essentio (essentio.com) has released Archivist 3.0, a data management solution designed to improve system performance, mitigate risk and achieve and maintain compliance. The company claims Archivist helps enterprises manage their data growth by...

A2iA partners with ReadSoft.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... A2iA (A2iA.com) has signed a global partner agreement with ReadSoft (readsoft.com). The arrangement--makes ReadSoft the first worldwide supplier of A2iA DocumentReader's "Full Cursive Transcription" technology for handwritten documents as part...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2008... January 09 KM past and future Software as a service March 09 Enterprise content and document management Solutions in healthcare February 09 Business process management Solutions in the legal industry ...

Yammer rolls out its offering.(Industry Watch)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Yammer (yammer.com) has launched its namesake micro-blogging tool for the enterprise. The company explains that on Yammer, co-workers exchange short, frequent answers to a simple question, such as: "What are you working on?" As employees...

Kazeon adds new capabilities.(Industry Watch)(Kazeon Systems)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Kazeon Systems (kazeon.com) has introduced the availability of VMware (vmware.com) support for its Information Server product line. Kazeon reports Version 3.1 of the software fully supports both VMware instances and VMware images, allowing...

KM and the profound truths.
November 1, 2008... The simple fact that we publish one of these Buyers' Guides every six months says some very profound things about the market we call "knowledge management." For one, it exists. At all. There has never been agreement on the precise scope of...

Profiles 2008.(Directory)(Company overview)
November 1, 2008... 5280 Solutions LLC 8740 Lucent Blvd., Suite 400 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 PH: 877.677.5280 or 303.696.5280 FAX:303.683.4175 sales@5280solutions.com www.5280solutions.com 5280 Solutions LLC is an award-winning...

Index to research centers.(Statistical table)
November 1, 2008... Index to Research Centers Business Business Process Intelligence Management Collaboration 5280 Solutions LLC * ...

Index to solutions.(Statistical table)
November 1, 2008... Index to Solutions Consultant, Integrator, Service Bureau e-Commerce Education Energy 5280 Solutions LLC *...

The companies to watch in 2009.(List)
November 1, 2008... Watch in 2009 THE COMPANIES TO Company Contact * 5280 Solutions www.5280solutions.com 80-20 Software www.80-20.com * A2iA www.a2ia.com A2Z Keywording ...