EContent articles from January 2009

EContent archives from January 2009

Automatic for the people.(edit this)(Column)
January 1, 2009... My audiobook ended while I was driving into the office. With 30 more minutes of back roads to navigate, I opted to listen to the radio. I have a few different stations programmed into my radio, as my epic commute takes me in and out of the...

The 'Big 3' reasons for reading digital.(metrics)(Table)
January 1, 2009... Subscribers like digital magazines for the ability to search, ease of saving, and environmental friendliness. Ability to search issues 59% Easy to save 57% Environmentally friendly 52% More...

Faces of econtent ... interviews from the econtent trenches.(Interview)
January 1, 2009... Name With The Face: Wei-Chin Cheng Job Title: Senior Professional Services Consultant Organization: Birst URL: www.birst.com Job Function: As a senior professional services consultant, Wei-Chin Cheng interacts with end...

Leaning into the abyss.(follow the money)(Column)
January 1, 2009... My column's moniker has a cruel irony to it this month as companies peer into the abyss of a business decline with no apparent bottom. Follow the Money only begs two questions nowadays: What money? Where do we follow it to? Like a fog-locked...

Tough times call for social measures: marketing with social computing tools.(content news)
January 1, 2009... It's no big news that social computing is mainstream--I recently learned that my grandmother is on Facebook--but just as Grandma is unsure how to make the most of her experience, most companies entering the fray are there out of some vague...

Open Text expands e-discovery offering, partners with Recommind.(news & product briefs)
January 1, 2009... Open Text, a provider of enterprise content management (ECM), announced an expansion of its e-discovery capabilities. The solution, Open Text eDiscovery Early Case Assessment powered by Recommind, allows organizations to assess the legal merits...

Dow Jones introduces global anti-corruption database.(news & product briefs)
January 1, 2009... Dow Jones Risk & Compliance announced the release of its Dow Jones Anti-Corruption global database. The solution enables organizations to guard against exposure to risk by identifying entities requiring more oversight and control due to global...

Expert System introduces COGITO.(news & product briefs)
January 1, 2009... Expert System, a provider of semantic software that searches, discovers, classifies, and interprets text information, announced the launch of COGITO Answers, a semantic search platform incorporating a natural language interface (NLI) designed...

Librarians get on the collaboration bus: with new journal.(content news)
January 1, 2009... An idea that has been years in the making will finally come to fruition at the ALA Midwinter Conference, Jan. 23-26, in Denver. A new, online open access journal called Collaborative Librarianship will see its inaugural issue be released to the...

Google releases SearchWiki.(news & product briefs)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Google has released the newest addition to Google Web Search, SearchWiki. With this new set of features, users can add, delete, re-sort, or comment on search results for any query to create a set of search results that are customized. They can...

LinkedIn releases new search platform.(news & product briefs)
January 1, 2009... LinkedIn, an online network for professionals, announced the release of its new search platform. Users can refine search results by entering data in different fields. Users do not need to switch tabs if they want to see results with...

Bebo launches 'Social Inbox'.(news & product briefs)
January 1, 2009... Bebo, a social media network, launched "Social Inbox," which combines email, social networking, and media recommendations in one interface. The Social Inbox aggregates feeds and updates from Twitter, Flickr, Delicious, YouTube, AIM, and others...

Morningstar acquires 10-K Wizard.(news & product briefs)(10K Wizard Technology L.L.C.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Morningstar, Inc., a provider of independent investment research, announced it has acquired 10-K Wizard, a provider of SEC EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) filing research and alert services, for $12.5 million....

View from Exalead: CloudView OEM 5.0 emphasizes scalability and manageability.(content news)
January 1, 2009... The French search company Exalead has long maintained a reputation for the scalability of its OEM solutions. With the Jan. 26 release of the 5.0 version of its CloudView OEM Edition, the company has once again aimed to make strides in this area...

Taylor Woodrow, PLC.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reed Elsevier announced the appointment of Ian Smith to succeed Sir Crispin Davis as CEO. Smith was most recently chief executive of Taylor Woodrow, PLC. His previous roles include CEO of General Healthcare Group...

Microsoft Corp.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Microsoft Corp. announced that Qi Lu, Ph.D., will join the company as president of the Online Services Group. Lu most recently served as EVP of engineering for the Search and Advertising Technology Group at Yahoo!. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Wolters Kluwer.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wolters Kluwer, a provider of information services, announced the appointment of Stacey Caywood to the new position of president and CEO of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (U.S.). Caywood was formerly VP of the Legal...

Swets.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Swets announced that Debbie Dore has been appointed as chief commercial officer. Prior to this, Dore was a regional director at Swets. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

LexisNexis Group.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... LexisNexis Group, a member of Reed Elsevier and a provider of content-enabled workflow solutions, appointed James M. Peck as CEO of the LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics Group. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

ISYS Search Software.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... ISYS Search Software, a supplier of information access and discovery solutions, appointed Scott Coles as CEO. Previously, Coles held roles with EDS, Lucent Technologies, and Avaya. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Ifbyphone.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Ifbyphone, a hosted telephone application platform company, announced the addition of Todd Curry as the company's VP of marketing. Curry was previously the co-founder and president of emarketing consultancy Ascenda Partners, LLC. ...

BlueCielo ECM Solutions.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... BlueCielo ECM Solutions, a software company offering engineering content management (ECM) solutions, announced the promotion of Brian Sallade to COO, overseeing BlueCielo's global operations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Day Software.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Day Software, a provider of content management software, appointed Kevin Cochrane as chief marketing officer. Cochrane will be responsible for corporate and product marketing, and global customer, partner, and OEM programs.

OCLC Eastern.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ellen Mizio has been named senior training and support coordinator, Member Services, OCLC Eastern, where she will work with member libraries to guide in the use and application of OCLC products and services.

ON24, Inc.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... ON24, Inc., a provider of webcasting and virtual events solutions, announced that Denise Persson has joined the company as chief marketing officer. Persson was formerly EVP of Global Marketing for Genesys. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Unitrends: Mark Campbell: Thomas Knight.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Unitrends announced the appointment of Mark Campbell, Ph.D., as CTO and Thomas Knight as SVP of sales and marketing. Campbell will lead Unitrends' solution road map, technology architecture, and strategic product and business planning. Knight...

Unitrends: Mike Coney.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Unitrends also announced the appointment of Mike Coney to its seven-member board of directors. Coney has held positions at companies including VERITAS, Sun Microsystems, Ingres, and Monster.com.

Working with what you know: Ephox goes live with EditLive! for Quickr.(content news)
January 1, 2009... like everyone else, website authors are always on the lookout for tools to make the way they do their jobs simpler and more efficient. With an abundance of products flooding the market claiming to make web-authoring easier, it becomes...

Agito Networks, Inc.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Agito Networks, Inc. named Amit Chawla as president and CEO. Most recently, Chawla served as the EVP of Global Business Units for Veraz Networks, a provider of IP-enabled communications solutions.

Martini Media Network.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Martini Media Network announced that Skip Brand has joined the company as CEO. Brand previously held positions at Yahoo!, Cox Communications, and Excite@Home. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Brand Asset Digital.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Brand Asset Digital, a distributed technologies company, announced that Jim Caparro has joined the company's board of advisors. Caparro is the founder and former CEO of EDC, chairman/CEO of Island DefJam, and Warner Music Group's WEA.

MuseGlobal.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... MuseGlobal, a provider of content integration platforms, appointed John Thomas Gensch to SVP and chief revenue officer. Gensch joins MuseGlobal from Cygnus Business Media, a Wisconsin-based B2B publisher.

AdMeld.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... AdMeld, a technology company focused on online advertising and integration, announced Michael Barrett as CEO. Recently, Barrett was EVP and chief revenue officer for FOX Interactive Media. He also held positions at AOL, Yahoo!, and Disney...

Clickability, a provider of on-demand web content management, announced the formation of the Clickability Media board of advisors.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Clickability, a provider of on-demand web content management, announced the formation of the Clickability Media board of advisors. The board includes senior executives such as Tim Bradbury, Brian Buchwald, Aiden Colie, Cathryn Cronin Cranston,...

Quantum Art, Inc.(peopleware)
January 1, 2009... Quantum Art, Inc., a web content management system provider, appointed Joe Barrett to the position of president and CEO. Most recently, Barrett was co-founding CEO of GoGo Images. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection.
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Why should readers of EContent care about a rather expensive suite of products that have traditionally been marketed to creative professionals and coding geeks? If it were any other product line, the answer might be...

Humanizing mobile search.(agile minds)
January 1, 2009... The arrival of Android and the remarkable success of the Apple iPhone have encouraged consumers to explore the mobile internet in record numbers. However, the new interest in mobile content and services is not limited to the 10-plus million...

Blogs are dead! long Live blogging!(technology watch)
January 1, 2009... Recent months have seen a new backlash against blogging. In an October 2008 article titled "Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004," Wired recommends "pulling the plug" on your blog. Other commentators have speculated that the...

Greening your content.(special section)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There's an argument to be made that econtent is green content. There's some truth to that: the notion of a paperless office, virtual collaboration, content management that leads to reuse rather than...

Saas: the secret weapon for profits.(and the planet)(software as a service)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Green IT is all the rage. In 4Q 2008 alone, anyone so inclined could have filled his or her days signing up for green IT initiatives, attending conferences and implementing dashboards to track his or her company's...

The green pages: publishers strive to reduce their environmental impact.
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As we enter 2009, it's clear to any reputable scientist that our planet is in peril. As one expert put it, we are using the resources of three planets and we only have one. It all seemed to come into focus after...

Virtual trade shows: a realistic alternative to business travel?
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine attending a conference or trade show while still getting to enjoy dinner with your family and without dealing with the headache of airport delays. Thanks to the emergence of virtual events, you can attend...

When worlds collide.(info pro)(Column)
January 1, 2009... I recently saw a timeline showing the merger of our Milky Way galaxy with the Andromeda galaxy in a mere 3 billion years, long before our sun is scheduled to go all nova on us. Perhaps with some advance planning, we can negotiate some kind of...

Trends and observations: adapting to needs of the new consumer.(EMC: Web Content Management)
January 1, 2009... Analyst findings on the future of Web Content Management (WCM) solutions are increasingly positive. The expected growth in this market is largely due to the concept of consumer engagement, which is driving corporations to reexamine their web...

A case of fancy footwork.(Case study)
January 1, 2009... THE PROBLEM IN DEPTH The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics (ABC) defines pedorthics as "the practice--pursuant to a written order/prescription when addressing a medical condition--of evaluating,...

Lose control of your 'message'.(after thought)
January 1, 2009... On the speaking circuit, the most frequent question I get asked is around the ROI of social media use in marketing and communications. Often, ROI questions arise because marketers--who have spent their careers measuring the success of...