EContent articles from March 2003

EContent archives from March 2003

Now and later. (Editthis).(Amid breakneck pace of Internet-based information availability, information providers should value to undigested information)
March 1, 2003... Immediate gratification rocks. In the words of Veruca Salt, "I want it now. Don't care how. I want it now." Who can blame her? Indulged at every whim and surrounded by sugarcoated everything, how can Willie Wonka presume to deny her? And who am...

Do the math. (Letters to the Editor).
March 1, 2003... Dear Mr. Boeri: Your article, "Content-centric XML: Where We've Been, Where We're Going in 2003", in December's EContent inspired me to write. I thought I'd take the opportunity to fill you in on something that I think fits in well with...

Mouse trapped. (Letters to the Editor).
March 1, 2003... I would like to commend Jeff Belle on his "Broken Links and Broken Laws" article. He managed to distill and clarify an extremely convoluted issue, but he also left me with a number of questions regarding copyright and the technicalities...

That's news? (Letters to the Editor).
March 1, 2003... Highly disappointed in the November 2002 [p. 53] Newsstand article and felt it should have been labeled "advertising." (Perhaps it was in fact some type of marketing service by your company?) This was a total sell job for the concept with scant...

Leading integration. (Letters to the Editor).
March 1, 2003... Congratulations on the EContent Leadership Series of White Papers that appeared in the December 2002 issue. This is a nice addition to the magazine. The tight focus and clearly expressed opinions make the content useful and the tone of the...

The E-Government act of 2002: a stab at cyber security. (Content News).
March 1, 2003... In the wake of terrorist attacks and with a war in Iraq looming, the government has begun to take precautions to ensure the security of online information. The current political climate has also prompted legislation aimed to ensure that...

Library losses could reach $50 million in divine suit. (News & Product Briefs).(New York sues divine over failure Faxon/RoweCom subscriptions unit to pay publishers and place 2003 orders for New York libraries )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The New York attorney generals office has filed a suit against divine over the failure of divines Faxon/RoweCom subscriptions unit to pay publishers and place 2003 orders on behalf of New York libraries. An article in the Chicago Tribune...

West offers Homeland Security resources. (News & Product Briefs).(West Publishing Co offers databases)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... West, a Thomson business and provider of integrated information solutions to legal and regulatory professionals, has introduced a series of Homeland Security and Anti-Terrorism databases on Westlaw to help legal professionals focus their...

OverDrive and Yahoo! Team up to enhance EBooks offering. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... OverDrive, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. have announced that OverDrive, will manage and provide content to the Yahoo! Shopping Digital Book store. The Yahoo! Shopping Digits! Book store will open with more than 40,000 digital products available for...

Readers' Guide now searchable online. (News & Product Briefs).
March 1, 2003... The entire retrospective content of Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature--back to its 1901 debut--is now searchable online via WilsonWeb. The two-phase release of Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982, now complete. makes nearly a century...

Progressive releases Vasont 8.0. (News & Product Briefs).(Progressive Information Technologies offers content management software)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Progressive Information Technologies has released Vasont 8.0, the latest version of its flagship content management system for cross-media publishing. Combining DAM and content management functionality, Vasont 8.0 is designed to handle the...

Altova's giving it away: drops the price of authentic 5...to $0. (Content News).(Altova GmbH is giving away software)
March 1, 2003... Privately-held Altova GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, offices in Beverly, Massachusetts, is a leading provider of XML software development tools and a member of the World Wide Web Consortium. Altova's products include xmlspy 5, an integrated XML...

Publishers STIX together for online font standard. (Content News).(Scientific and Technical Information Exchange )
March 1, 2003... As the Web continues to evolve as a powerful way to deliver content, scientists and mathematicians find it quite challenging to effectively present their research online. Not having a standard comprehensive font even for print, academics have...

The low-end theory: verity leverages inktomi acquisition to open new doors. (Content News).
March 1, 2003... Where Web was once the magic word for applications, J Enterprise has taken its place. And, while finding information on the Web proves an often daunting task in the corporate world, finding the right information when you need it is more than a...

TeleKnowledge. (Peopleware).(Appoints Bradford Singer vice president, marketing and business development)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... TeleKnowledge has appointed Bradford Singer vice president, marketing and business development. Singer spent eight years at NewsEdge Corporation, where he served as vice president of market development and content licensing, and was general...

Science and Technology Division of Elsevier. (Peopleware).(Jane Burke relinquishes role as president and CEO of Endeavor and does not renew her contract with Endeavor and Elsevier)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Jane Burke has relinquished her role as president and CEO of Endeavor and not renewed her contract with Endeavor and Elsevier. Roland Dietz will succeed Burke in the role of Endeavor president and CEO as of January 2003. Dietz is the current...

Arbitron Inc. (Peopleware).(Adds Diane Williams to Webcast Services)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Arbitron Inc. has added Diane Williams to Webcast Services. Williams will focus on guiding Webcast clients through Arbitron's Measurecast subscription process. Williams worked for nine years at Jones/MEDIAAMERICA, Inc., where she worked in...

Alacritude, LLC. (Peopleware).(Appoints Rich Kreisman vice president of business development)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Alacritude, LLC has appointed Rich Kreisman vice president of business development. Most recently, Kreisman was vice president of business development at iSyndicate. Kreisman will be responsible for all of Alacritude's revenue generating...

Progressive Information Technologies. (Peopleware).(Promotes Bret Freeman to field support manager for Vasont)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Progressive Information Technologies has promoted Bret Freeman to field support manager for Vasont. Freeman joined Progressive Information Technologies in July 2000, and most recently served as the eastern regional sales manager for Vasont. In...

Customer Services Division. (Peopleware).(Susie Thorpe joins Endeavor Australian/Asian office as Australian! Asian support manager and product specialist)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Susie Thorpe has joined the Endeavor Australian/Asian office as the Australian! Asian support manager and product specialist. She will work with Endeavor's library customers in Australia and New Zealand. Thorpe comes to Endeavor from epixtech's...

Context Media, Inc. (Peopleware).(Mark Haseltine, new vice president of products)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Mark Haseltine has been named vice president of products at Context Media, Inc. Reporting to the chairman and CEO, Haseltine is responsible for the future direction and vision for Context Media's suite of CM technology solutions. Haseltine most...

Verity Inc. (Peopleware).(Steven R. Springsteel, new senior vice president)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Verity Inc. has appointed Steven R. Springsteel to senior vice president of finance and administration and CFO. He joins Verity from Sagent Technology, an enterprise business intelligence software company, where he served most recently as COO...

Metrics.(Illustration)
March 1, 2003... metrics US Residential Broadband Subscribers, 2001-2005 (in millions of households) 2001 11.0 2002 16.0 2003 22.1 2004 29.8 2005 38.8 Source: Parks Associates, August 2002 Note: Table made from bar graph...

[xmlspy.sup.5] enterprise edition. (Decision-Maker).(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 1, 2003... Company: Altova GmbH, Altova Inc. Purpose: Web editor/integrated development environment Starting Price: $990; plus $198 for one-year support and maintenance package. Enterprise pricing TBA. Reviewer's View: Buy this product if you...

Get it together: integrating data with XML.
March 1, 2003... The awareness that enterprises have useful content stashed away in various repositories throughout the organization (rendering it far less useful) has begun to seep into the consciousness of organizations everywhere. Whatever the source of...

Can push come (back) to shove (subscribers)? (Follow the Money).
March 1, 2003... a long with online pet food sales and the paperless office, push technology was one of the Web's early laughingstocks, an emblem of taking the everything-will-be-wired paradigm just one innovation too far. Not so fast, say Toronto-based Serence...

Content integration: are you ready for it? Is it ready for you?
March 1, 2003... You had to get a handle on your mushrooming content. First, you bought a document management (DM) system. Then you implemented Web content management (WCM). Finally, you invested in a digital asset management (DAM) system. But like other...

Keys to KM: selecting a search system. (Info Insider).
March 1, 2003... in my last column I discussed the importance of selecting a single enterprise search system as part of a corporate Knowledge Management (KM) program. Here I'll look at taxonomies, categorization, product creep, and XML as further...

E Content[TM] buying & selling: an executive conference.(Calendar)
March 1, 2003... April 13-15, 2003 Marriott's Camelback Inn Resort, Golf Club and Spa Scottsdale, AZ Tackle Today's STRATEGIC CONTENT ISSUES If you buy or sell (or distribute or market) content in the electronic marketplace, plan now to attend...

First, do no Harm: can privacy and advanced information technology coexist?(questions whether technology to protect privacy will keep pace with technology that makes information gathering and use easier)
March 1, 2003... advances in networking and database technology have brought vast amounts of data together, and as search and querying technology improves, these vast stores of data become increasingly meaningful to even the casual user. In the right hands,...

Content: managed but not found. (Behind the Firewall).
March 1, 2003... the Online Information conference in London has taken place every year since 1976, and has become the definitive conference for anyone in the information retrieval business, or the provision of information research services. I have to proclaim...

Dig the new breed: leveraging the power of video content. (The Pleasure of Fulfillment).
March 1, 2003... It used to be that companies had deep travel budgets that allowed executives and associates alike to rack up frequent-flyer perks and spend layovers dallying in semi-exclusive airport clubs. These days, face-to-face business communications...

Finding the people behind the tools: Google News may actually serve to justify your paycheck. (Discontent).(Internet news services will not replace newspapers and other sources organized by humans)
March 1, 2003... Remember the early days of Google News beta version? The bottom of the screen carried this message: "This page was generated entirely by computer algorithms without human editors. No humans were harmed or even used in the creation of this...

Mazingo DRM plus content could equal handheld movies: the company's evolution can be used as a case study for the shifting philosophy of the digital content industry. (Profile).(Company Profile)
March 1, 2003... You could call Mazingo the jackalope of digital content. For one thing, it developed some kickin' digital rights management software: According to CEO Brooks Haden, Mazingo is the only company in the world that can deliver secure digital...

The duct tape wars. (After Thought).(companies that have established successful brands and Web sites by providing information)
March 1, 2003... In an increasingly competitive marketplace, all businesspeople are searching for the elusive key to success. Because econtent professionals understand how to select and deploy information, we have a unique opportunity to take a leadership role...