KMWorld articles from September 2003

KMWorld archives from September 2003

BI consolidation: Business Objects, Hyperion Solutions in buying mood.(Business Objects will buy Crystal Decisions and Hyperion Solutions will buy Brio )
September 1, 2003... Two recent acquisitions may be changing the balance of power in the business intelligence (BI) market. Business Objects (businessob jects.com) has announced plans to purchase Crystal Decisions (crys taldecisions.com/, and Hyperion Solutions...

IT plays vital role: Homeland Security chief says information sharing is key.
September 1, 2003... Department of Homeland Security (DHS, dhs.gov) Secretary Tom Ridge has called in formation sharing the "top priority" for DHS. Speaking to industry executives and government officials at a conference in June in Arlington, Va., Ridge emphasized...

KMWorld & Intranets: 2003 conference keynotes highlight business-critical KM.
September 1, 2003... With summer slipping by, it's time to make plans to attend KMWorld and Intranets 2003 Conferences and Exposition, held again at the Santa Clara (Calif.) Convention Center, Oct. 14 to 16, with preconference workshops beginning on Oct. 13. For...

Stellent's Sarbanes-Oxley Act offering.(News)(New software offers automated process documentation collection and process testing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Based on its Universal Content Management architecture, which has been deployed by customers for a variety of compliance processes such as those related to HIPAA, ISO 9000 and FDA approval, the Sarbanes-Oxley Solution from Stellent...

Actionable government intelligence.(News)(Intelliseek and Unisys announced solution for unstructured data management for government intelligence sector)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Intelliseek (intelliseek.com) and Unisys (unisys.com) have announced what they call a total solution for unstructured data management for the government intelligence sector. They say the deal is designed to meet the increasing need for...

Percussion, Watchfire team.(News)(Percussion Software announce agreement calling for integration of Watchfire's Compliance Connector with Percussion's Rhythmyx 5 Enterprise Content Management system)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Percussion Software (percussion.com) and Watchfire (watchfire.com) have announced an agreement calling for integration of Watchfire's Compliance Connector with Percussion's Rhythmyx 5 Enterprise Content Management system. The partnership...

TeamSite 6 is released.(News)(Interwoven's TeamSite 6 Content Server )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Designed to extend content management access to all business users, Interwoven (interwoven.com) TeamSite 6 Content Server features a new interface framework with an intuitive, customizable user experience geared toward lowering the learning...

Multi-tenant-enabled CCM.(News)(iManage offers content management and collaboration platform)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... iManage (imanage.com) has released what it calls the only content management and collaboration platform designed for shared service and application service provider (ASP) models while minimizing physical infrastructure investments. iManage...

An eRoom with a view.(News)(Documentum offers eRoom 7.0, completely scalable, enterprise-grade collaboration offering with new project and program management capabilities)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Documentum (documentum.com) reports eRoom 7.0 delivers a completely scalable, enterprise-grade collaboration offering with new project and program management capabilities. In addition to those enhancements, says Documentum. eRoom 7 also...

Verity unveils Ultraseek 5.1.(News)(Verity's downloadable software)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Claiming it has been designed specifically for ease of use and minimal administrative requirements, Verity's downloadable Ultraseek 5.1 incorporates several new capabilities and enhancements including: Layout Manager, a graphical user...

Adding new layers to UDM.(News)(Stratify's unstructured data management solution )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Claiming its Discovery System 3.0 is the first unified solution to power efficient delivery of relevant, high-value information directly to business users, Stratify (stratify.com) says its new offering allows content providers and large-scale...

Action Technologies and Corticon partner.(News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Action Technologies (actiontech.com) and Conicon Technologies (corticon.com) have formed a strategic alliance that allows Action Technologies to offer its customers the Corticon business rules engine Decision Platform to support its ActionWorks...

LexisNexis' legal tool.(News)(LexisNexis has unveiled Total Search)
September 1, 2003... LexisNexis (lexisnexis.com) has unveiled Total Search, which the company describes as an integrated search application that enhances knowledge sharing within a law firm by providing access to internal and external content in a single search...

Setting the stage for success--information architecture earns performance kudos from customers.(Information Architecture)
September 1, 2003... Information architecture is the process of organizing and structuring information so that it is logical in design and presentation. It establishes categories and relationships among different pieces of information. It defines metadata schemes,...

Portals: not just a one-way street.(Portal Platforms)
September 1, 2003... Portals have been a place where knowledge is stored, and their ability to provide Web access to all types of information has been attractive to companies. But unless people knew what information was available on the portal, they weren't likely...

Records management redux: the nudge toward compliance.(Records Management)
September 1, 2003... The current swell of interest in records management (RM) comes in the wake of a number of high-profile corporate scandals. But corporate misconduct is not the only driver; the global push to e-government and the increased recognition that...

Smooth soaring--servicing planes fuels KM demand.(Aerospace)
September 1, 2003... As you might expect, countless tasks in the aerospace industry are accomplished on the go, and that includes accessing the knowledge management systems that retain information about the history of a particular plane as well as the diagnostic...

Raising the platform for knowledge work.(Personal Toolkit)
September 1, 2003... Not everyone would agree that there is any kind of computer software that can facilitate knowledge work (as opposed to information work). But if there is such a category--and the premise of KM is that there is--there is one type of tool that...

Trend-setting products of 2003.
September 1, 2003... We're all doing more with less these days. Vendors cite their customers' decreasing IT "bandwidth." euphemistically referring to less in-house technical staff and support. They're designing their products with the user in mind, reducing the...

Autonomy: Aungate.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Aungate, is a division of Autonomy Corporation offering the world's first automated, solution for enterprise compliance and litigation support. Founded on Autonomy's unique Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL). Aungate provides a technology...

ClearForest: ClearTags[TM].(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... ClearForest is the leader in transforming massive amounts of information into actionable insights. Our solutions deliver complete, industry-proven, accurate content extraction and analysis applications enabling research-intensive organizations...

Captiva Software Corporation: Digital Mailroom.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... The competitive business requires a centralized solution for all input, a virtual "single point of contact" that can capture, classify and deliver all incoming information, regardless of its medium or point of origin. The competitive business...

Convera: RetrievalWare 8.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... RetrievalWare 8 is a secure, highly scalable platform for mission-critical search & categorization in the enterprise. The integrated RetrievalWare platform organizes and searches all enterprise content including text, image, video and paper...

DST: Automated Work Distributor.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... AWD is a business process management platform from DST Technologies. AWD provides the following benefits and features to help you better manage your business processes. * reduces costs while increasing the speed and accuracy of transaction...

FileNet: Business Process Manager.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... FileNet Business Process Manager (BPM) is a proven ECM solution designed to increase process performance, reduce cycle times, and process productivity by automating, streamlining, and optimizing complex processes. It has the flexibility and...

Entopia: Entopia K-Bus.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Entopia K-Bus provides corporations with content Management, enterprise search and more based upon an enterprise knowledge infrastructure that uses auto-generated metadata to connect people with experts and information across enterprise...

Groove Networks: Groove Workspace.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Most knowledge workers spend their days working with Word documents. PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets. The personal productivity value of these products is undeniable, however, once this information needs to be shared,...

Hummingbird: Hummingbird Enterprise[TM] 5.1.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Hummingbird Enterprise is a flexible suite of applications for managing business content, enhancing business processes, and optimizing knowledge transfer and collaboration within the extended enterprise. The technology empowers organizations to...

Kamoon: Connect Enterprise.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Kamoon Connect is the world's leading solution for Expertise Location and Management. Kamoon Connect bolts on to your corporate intranet, portal, or email system and automates the "Find an Expert" and "Q&A" processes for ally department or...

Inxight: SmartDiscovery.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Inxight SmartDiscovery is a complete, powerful and simple-to use solution for search and information discovery of enterprise-wide text data in multiple languages. With key features including automated information extraction, taxonomy...

Kubbi Software: Kubi Client.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Kubi Software's innovative product transforms Email into a powerful collaborative application, and keeps users engaged and active in team workspaces. Kubi Client--the first Collaborative Email solution, makes it simple for Email users to share...

LEGATO: ApplicationXtender solutions for Information Lifecycle Management.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Key business initiatives, such as regulatory compliance, are changing the complexion of enterprise content management. To meet these new requirements, you need to manage all of your business content within a content repository, and you must...

OmniRIM: OmniRIM Solutions.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... OmniRIM Solutions provides advanced records management software for the systematic lifecycle management of your organization's vital business information. OmniRIM will be critical to your enterprise meeting FDA, FOI or Sarbanes-Oxley...

mGen: First Responder.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... mGen First Responder enables government organizations to respond quickly to mission-critical initiatives by identifying, locating and deploying the most appropriate personnel resources to any given incident, event or opportunity. ...

SER Solutions: SERsynergy.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... SER is the market leader of Intelligent Document Management (IDM) solutions delivering COLD archive and retrieval, document management, and integrated check imaging to regional financial institutions. Using SEPsynergy[TM] financial...

ServiceWare Technologies: ServiceWare Enterprise.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... ServiceWare is a leading provider of knowledge-powered applications for customer service and IT support--empowering organizations to deliver superior service while reducing costs. ServiceWare's problem resolution software, ServiceWare...

Stellent: Site Studio.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Stellent Site Studio is a Web content management application offered within the Stellent[R] Content Management suite. Site Studio enables companies building multiple Web sites to easily maintain centralized control over a site's architecture...

SiteScape: Enterprise Forum 7.0.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Communicate and share information easily in a secure, Web-based environment! * Threaded discussions * Workflow * Shared calendars * Tasks * Web conferencing * Bulletin boards Global 2000 and Fortune 500...

TheBrain: BrainEKP.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... BrainEKP[TM], TheBrain's Enterprise Knowledge Platform[TM] Visual Search, Complete Knowledgebase Authoring, and Data Integration Create one view of all information and thinking that extends across data sources and applications....

TOWER Software: TRIM Context.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... TRIM Context is an Enterprise Document and Records Management Solution (EDRMS) capable of managing the full mange of corporate information. From electronic documents and records, through content management, to the management of 'hard copy'...

TripleHop: MatchPoint.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... TripleHop Technologies is an emerging leader in enterprise search. Over the last twelve months, the company has received considerable industry recognition, winning six awards and nominations, and is rapidly being adopted by Global Fortune 500...

TOWER Technology: Seraph.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... About Seraph Seraph[TM] has been designed from the ground up to be a state-of-the-art, infinitely-scalable foundation for eGovernment. Seraph uniquely combines collaborative Document Management, DoD 5015.2 certified Records Management,...

Vignette: Vignette V7.(Trend-Setting Products Of 2003)
September 1, 2003... Vignette's content management and portal solutions enable organizations to rapidly build, manage and deploy Web applications for the real-time enterprise, including intranets, extranets, public portals and customer self-service sites. Our...

KM in practice: users stories from the knowledge front.(Hertz implements technologies to improve collaboration and communications)
September 1, 2003... Smoothing the eForm flow To maintain its self-proclaimed status as first in the car rental industry, Hertz (hertz.com) knows its business processes must flow smoothly. Effective, stream lined operations keep the company on its toes...

Calendar. (Index).(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... October * A closer look at KM's role in workflow * Solutions in practice: pharmaceutical * Tech focus: help desk/call center November/December * A closer look at KM's role in competitive intelligence * Solutions in...

A year for the records.(Panel of records management vendors discuss important issues)
September 1, 2003... This was the year the writ hit the fun. Every sector you can name--financial services, healthcare, securities, government--is faced with some new and ominous set of regulations aimed at records and information management. Are customer...

The implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: it's time to take records management seriously.
September 1, 2003... The events of the past 12 months may result in the correct understanding of records management by senior managers and industry analysts around the world. The collapses of Enron, Arthur Andersen and others are seen as examples of organizations...

Enterprise records management strategies.
September 1, 2003... Whether it be businesses, government agencies, non-profit organizations, families or an individual person, it is essential that every human enterprise is able to provide recorded evidence of past events, transactions and decisions. Fundamental...

Total Cost of Compliance (TCC)? They ruined everyone else's fun.(Operational impact of compliance measures on an organization)
September 1, 2003... Conversations about the missteps of highly compensated fast-moving corporate executives have become cliche. Late night talk show hosts and "Gen Y" constituents have made references to corporate swindling part of their parlance. As we remain...

Scary, scary, scary: legislated records management.
September 1, 2003... Everyone thinks they know about Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and similar new regulations like SEC 17a. What few people realize--executives perhaps least of all, because they rarely have time to study the details--is how truly scary and far-reaching...

Records management: the content, process and connectivity challenge.
September 1, 2003... Until recently, records management programs have been dismissed as back-office cost centers with little or no business benefit. However, the highly publicized failures and missteps of several notable companies in recent times have...

From the backroom to the boardroom: compliance drives a new era in records management.
September 1, 2003... A key challenge facing senior management, and their IT departments, is legal compliance with recordkeeping. Information assets require records management, which is defined as the policies, technology and management controls for that...

Creating an automated compliance solution.
September 1, 2003... Non-compliant and or unauthorized communications, such as e-mail, can result in costly lawsuits, damaged reputations and ultimately lost revenue. In fact, recent corporate scandals involving fraudulent accounting and conflicts of interest...

Ensuring compliance with automated controls.
September 1, 2003... A recent cartoon depicts a personnel director asking a pinstriped job applicant: "How do you feel about doing time?" And late-night TV comedians have had a field day as regulators, legislators, lawyers and accountants have scrambled to restore...

Recordkeeping in today's regulatory environment.
September 1, 2003... Imagine yourself six years from today: Your organization has just received notice of a pending legal action. You've been ordered to produce all records related to the case issue, dating back five years. Are the records on paper? Saved as...

Content taxonomy--reduce your exposure.
September 1, 2003... Remember when you first started implementing database systems? Before you knew it, one database had grown to five. Data consistency was in question. Years later, you found yourself wondering why you hadn't implemented data modeling and data...