EContent articles from May 2003

EContent archives from May 2003

The medium is the message. (Edit This).
May 1, 2003... In Tom Robbins' novel, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, sometime-CIA agent Switters embraces the tangent and Li elevates it to an art form. Admiring the yogaesque flexibility of language, Switters says, "I suspect there's a bid for...

Searching for an Oracle. (Letters to the Editor).
May 1, 2003... I found it interesting reading the INFO-INSIDER column, "Keys To KM: Selecting A Search System" [March EContent, p. 25]. I wanted to comment that Oracle seems to be advancing into the area mentioned in the article. We currently use Oracle...

Classmates changes. (Letters to the Editor).
May 1, 2003... In the FOLLOW THE MONEY column, "Classmates: The Power of 'Whatever Happened To...?'", that appeared in the January 2003 issue of EContent, Classmates' former CEO, Michael Schutzler, was quoted. Please note that Michael Schutzler left the...

File not found. (Letters to the Editor).
May 1, 2003... I have had a very difficult time locating some articles on your Web site. I find them in the print issue, then want to send colleagues URLs so they can read the article via the site, but can't find the articles on your homepage or through your...

Microsoft takes XML mainstream. (News Feature).
May 1, 2003... XML has been touted as the next big thing in enterprise software and Web services for awhile now, but nothing signals its mass acceptance more clearly than industry behemoth Microsoft embracing XML and delivering its power to corporate...

Adobe Acrobat 6.0 goes with the workflow. (News Feature).
May 1, 2003... Faced with a growing number of competitors in the electronic document delivery space, Adobe--the granddaddy of digital delivery--will strive to set itself apart from the pack with the release of Acrobat 6.0. The next generation of the Acrobat...

Outsell predicts Information Content Industry growth in 2003. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Outsell, Inc. has announced its forecast for leading companies in the Information Content (IC) Industry. As the industry enters a cyclic recovery phase. Outsell predicts a healthy 2003 growth rate of 8.5% in the latest installment of its...

In-Q-Tel and Convera sign $1.5 million deal. (News & Product Briefs).(development and investment agreement)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... In-O-Tel, a private venture group funded by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). and Convera. a provider of search, retrieval, and categorization software, have announced a development and Investment agreement that will fund Convera in the...

U.S. Army selects Verity for its Army Knowledge Online portal. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Verity, Inc., a provider of enterprise software, has announced the U.S. Army has employed the K2 Enterprise (K2E) software on its Army Knowledge Online (AKO) intranet. More than 1.27 million Army employees and retirees are currently registered...

Dialog hosts U.S. Government's World News Connection database. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Dialog, a Thomson business and provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, has announced that it will take over hosting and maintaining World News Connection (WNC), the U.S. Government's daily online...

Vignette debuts Application Builder for enterprise portals. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Vignette Corp. has announced the immediate availability of Vignette Application Builder 4.0. Designed to empower the business user and increase the speed at which portal applications can be developed and deployed. Vignette Application Builder...

Overture takes FAST track with AltaVista search. (News Feature).
May 1, 2003... building upon its leadership position as a pay-for-performance search engine, Overture Services, Inc. will acquire both the Web search unit of Norway's FAST Search & Transfer, a developer of search and real-time filtering technologies, and...

Name that tune: audio fingerprint firms' dueling business models. (News Feature).
May 1, 2003... audible Magic says, "I can name that tune in twenty seconds." Philips Research one-ups with, "I can name that tune in three seconds." Those claims are made possible thanks to audio fingerprinting--a highly evolved content-based...

David (and his army) versus goliath: the Creators Federation takes aim. (News Feature).
May 1, 2003... The press has not hesitated to cover attempts by large corporations, such as Disney, to extend copyrights seemingly indefinitely. There is another side to the issue, however: the side of the creators themselves. While Walt Disney remains alive...

RealNetworks, Inc. (Peopleware).(Ian Freed named vice president, mobile products and services; Bob Kimball to general counsel)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... RealNetworks, Inc. has announced the appointment Ian Freed to vice president, mobile products and services. In this expanded role, Freed, with Real since 1997, will now direct business, marketing, and product development for RealNetworks'...

Tribune Media Services (TMS). (Peopleware).(executive appointments)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Tribune Media Services (TMS) has promoted four executives to vice president: Alexa Bazanos, human resources vice president; Jay Brodsky, technology vice president; Jay Fehnel, business development vice president; Stephen Tippie, marketing vice...

Information Manufacturing Corporation (IMC). (Peopleware).(Jim Hoffman named general manager of National Security Programs)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Information Manufacturing Corporation (IMC) has appointed Jim Hoffman general manager of National Security Programs. Hoffman will focus on the expansion of IMC's information technology efforts within the intelligence community. Hoffman comes to...

Picdar has appointed Jonathan Wootton, previously IT director in traditional and digital publishing. (Peopleware).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Picdar has appointed Jonathan Wootton, previously IT director in traditional and digital publishing, to the new role of director of customer services. Wootton's previous positions have included senior manager within national newspaper IT and...

Stellent, Inc. (Peopleware).(David Batt named executive vice president of global field operations)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Stellent, Inc. has appointed David Batt, executive vice president of global field operations. In this role, Batt will direct the strategy and execution of Stellent's worldwide sales, consulting services, and alliances organizations and report...

EOS International. (Peopleware).(Salvatore Provenza named as director of sales and marketing for the Americas and Asia Pacific Regions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... EOS International has named former Microsoft executive, Salvatore Provenza, as director of sales and marketing for the Americas and Asia Pacific Regions. Provenza's appointment expands EOS International's executive team and will drive the...

Percussion Software. (Peopleware).(James Keller named vice president of Rhythmyx Sales & Alliances)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... James Keller has joined Percussion Software in the newly created position of vice president of Rhythmyx Sales & Alliances. Prior to joining Percussion, Keller was vice president of sales for JP Mobile, Inc.

Special Libraries Association (SLA). (Peopleware).(Ethel M. Salonen is the new president)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Ethel M. Salonen is the new president-elect of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). Salonen is the manager of external content at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA. Salonen and the newly elected members of SLA's Board of Directors...

Alacritude, LLC, which operates eLibrary.com and Encyclopedia.com. (Peopleware).(Kathleen Greenler named vice president of marketing and product management)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Alacritude, LLC, which operates eLibrary.com and Encyclopedia.com has appointed Kathleen Greenler, vice president of marketing and product management. Greenler was formerly vice president of marketing for Inlumen (recently purchased by Pinnacor...

Contribute 1.0. (Review: EContent - Decision-Maker).
May 1, 2003... Company: Macromedia Purpose: Allows non-technical content producers to change Web site content and publish updates themselves. Starting Price: $99 per license Reviewer's View: Contribute provides an inexpensive way for content...

Intelligent marketers market their intelligence. (Follow the Money).
May 1, 2003... Gathering market intelligence at a content site is one of those unkept promises of interactive publishing, a missing piece of the online business model that site owners like to speculate about but rarely pursue... until now. Since...

Content management case studies.
May 1, 2003... Content management is the catch phrase of the moment and its kin--WCM, ECM, and FCM--the darlings of technology acronyms. Its predecessors, document management and knowledge management along with relative newcomer, digital asset management,...

Paying your way to the top. (Search Engine Advertising).
May 1, 2003... From the moment search engines began organizing content on the Internet, advertisers and marketers have wanted their site to be at the top of the listing heap. Until recently, it was inconceivable that an organization could buy its way to...

Fear of migration. (Behind the Firewall).
May 1, 2003... I don't know exactly how many content management systems are now installed in North America and Europe, but it must be in the thousands. Given the numbers, it is surprising how little research has been published about the factors that influence...

Building a dam to last: archiving digital assets.
May 1, 2003... multi-megabyte audio files and video clips; multi-gigabyte movies; massive multimedia presentations. These days, many enterprises find their digital content cup overflowing. Measuring in the hundreds of gigabytes to dozens of terabytes,...

E-docs: signed, sealed, and delivered. (Info Insider).
May 1, 2003... You know a concept has gone mainstream when related products are frequently out of stock at your local discount warehouse. For me, that epiphany was prompted by--as unlikely as it may seem--paper shredders, when I bought the next-to-last one on...

Style and substance: grading the PC "Classic Hundred". (DisContent).(Websites rated)
May 1, 2003... these days, when individuals are interested in a company, they log on and hit that company's site. Unfortunately, not every company worth checking out has a Web site that does it justice. Last month's DISCONTENT examined the Web sites of the...

Aladdin Knowledge Systems: securing the global village. (Profile).(Internet security provider)(Company Profile)
May 1, 2003... I like many health maintenance organizations, OSF Healthcare System, a six-hospital, 80-clinic HMO in Peoria, Illinois, is moving more and more of its information into digital storage. Hospitals have found that digitizing everything from...

Forget the remote, I'm going online. (After Thought).(online coverage of current events stories)
May 1, 2003... The Columbia Shuttle disaster demonstrated that digital con tent is simply the best tool available to understand a major unfolding news story. Not just because of its convenience or near real-time delivery, either. Because many organizations...

Solution center buyer's guide.
May 1, 2003... Altova, Inc. 900 Cummings Center, Suite 314-T Beverly, MA 01915 Ph: 978-816-1600 www.altova.com Product Overview AUTHENTIC 5 is a FREE, lightweight, XML document editor application (similar to a word-processor) that...

Metrics.(Illustration)
May 1, 2003... Metrics Growth Rate for US Online and Total Media Spending, 2003 (as a % increase vs. prior year) Online media spending 6.3% Total media spending 4.7% Source: eMarketer, December 2002 Note: Table made from bar graph...