EContent articles from May 2005

EContent archives from May 2005

This Mortal Coil.(edit this)
May 1, 2005... Mortality usually hovers somewhere just outside our peripheral vision, though sometimes it rushes up into the crosshairs. Everyone has these times when the busy business of daily life loses its soporific effect and we have a moment of prescient...

Going on the record: the Health Record Network Foundation.(content news)
May 1, 2005... The Health Record Network Foundation (HRN) has started a number of pilot programs to create a market for automated online health information. The goal is to create a voluntary online medical record system where patients can enter their medical...

IAC/InterActiveCorp to acquire Ask Jeeves, Inc.(news & product briefs)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... IAC/InterActiveCorp and Ask Jeeves, Inc. have signed an agreement under which IAC will purchase Ask Jeeves. Under the terms of the agreement, IAC will issue 1.2668 shares of common stock for each share of Ask Jeeves common stock in a tax-free...

EMC Launches CM products & platform.(news & product briefs)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... EMC Corporation, a provider of information storage and management solutions, has announced the next-generation EMC Documentum enterprise content management (ECM) platform. In addition, EMC introduced a set of content management products....

New security aspects to SmartCards.(content news)
May 1, 2005... For more than a decade, European reliance on SmartCards--to secure financial transactions, authenticate cell phones, and more recently, to launch the ePassports initiative--has grown steadily. A SmartCard is essentially a little computer that,...

Random House gets VOCEL: invests in mobile edutainment.(content news)
May 1, 2005... With Ovum--an independent UK-based technology and research consultancy forecasting mobile phone connections will hit the 2 billion mark next year, it's no wonder content owners are scrambling to repurpose content for mobile device delivery. ...

Microsoft's acquisition of Groove Networks, Inc. brings Groove executives to Microsoft, including founder Ray Ozzie, a creator of IBM Corp.'s Lotus Notes.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Microsoft's acquisition of Groove Networks, Inc. brings Groove executives to Microsoft, including founder Ray Ozzie, a creator of IBM Corp.'s Lotus Notes. Ozzie will assume the role of CTO, reporting to Bill Gates, with responsibility for...

UIG Technologies.(appointments)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... UIG Technologies, a provider of secure messaging and digital encryption solutions, has hired Bob McGuinness as VP of sales for North America. McGuinness will be primarily focused on expanding the marketplace for iSentry, UIG's flagship product...

Akamai to acquire Speedera.(Akamai Technologies Inc.)(Speedera Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Akamai Technologies, Inc. and Speedera Networks Inc. have signed a definitive agreement for Akamai to acquire Speedera in a stock-for-stock merger transaction. The closing of the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions...

IBM to acquire Ascential Software.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Ascential Software Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... IBM and Ascential Software Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire the equity of Ascential Software, a publicly held company based in Westboro, Massachusetts, in an all cash transaction at a price of...

Peas in a podcast: LiveMessage supports podcasting alerts.
May 1, 2005... Podcasting has jumped onto the scene rather quickly, and its latest trick involves enabling subscribers to receive alerts when their favorite podcasters offer new files. Essentially, LiveMessage is "a broadcast application" for information...

Authentica, Inc.(peopleware)(appointed Patrick McHugh as Vice President)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Authentica, Inc., a provider of enterprise rights management software, has expanded its management team with the appointment of Patrick McHugh as VP, sales. McHugh is responsible for driving and executing Authentica's domestic and international...

DataPower.(peopleware)(appointed Madhavan Vasudevan as senior director of business development)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... DataPower, a creator and provider of intelligent XML-Aware Network (XAN) hardware, has announced that Dr. Madhavan Vasudevan has joined the company as senior director of business development. Before joining DataPower, Vasudevan led the...

Sirsi Corporation.(peopleware)(appointed Robert E. Molyneux as chief statistician)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Sirsi Corporation has announced that Robert E. Molyneux, Ph.D., director of statistics and surveys for the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), has joined the company as chief statistician for the Normative...

Klipmart Corporation.(peopleware)(Promotions)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Klipmart Corporation, a provider of online video delivery and management services, has promoted Rick Kleczkowski to VP, strategic accounts, a newly created position. Kleczkowski was most recently VP, Latin America for Klipmart in its Sao Paulo,...

icrossing.(peopleware)(appointed Kendall Allen as East Coast director of client services )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... icrossing, a search engine marketing agency, has hired Kendall Allen as East Coast director of client services. Allen comes to icrossing from Fathom Online, where she established the company's East Coast client base and man aged New York...

ISI emerging markets to acquire Asian provider of macro-economic data.(News & Products Briefs)(Internet Securities Inc)(CEIC Holdings Limited)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Internet Securities Inc. (ISI), a subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (Euromoney), has announced that it will acquire CEIC Holdings Limited and its related companies (CEIC). Headquartered in Hang Kong, CEIC is a provider of time...

Federating the enterprise: FileNet's CM vision evolves.(content news)
May 1, 2005... The definition of content management continues to expand, while content often remains fragmented throughout organizations. For years, the market moved steadily in the direction of a broader and broader definition of content management, seeking...

TACODA.(peopleware)(Appointments)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... TACODA has promoted two senior executives to be company vice presidents. Bennett Zucker, who has been executive director, customer success, becomes VP, customer success, and Alison Lowery moves from director of engineering to VP, engineering....

Zinio Systems, Inc.(peopleware)(appointed Sarah Clegg as commercial director)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Zinio Systems, Inc. has appointed Sarah Clegg as commercial director for its expanding sales efforts in the UK. Based in London, Clegg will manage Zinio's expansion efforts in the UK. She will be responsible for sales, market development, and...

EDGAR Online, Inc.(peopleware)(appointed Mike Frank as director of investor relations)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... EDGAR Online, Inc., a provider business and financial information, has appointed Mike Frank to the position of director of investor relations. Based in the company's New York office, Frank will be responsible for overseeing EDGAR Online's...

Sony Corporation.(peopleware)(Appointments)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Sony Corporation's current management team has proposed a new management structure, which was approved at the Board of Directors' Meeting. Effective June 22, subject to approval at Sony Corporation's Ordinary General Shareholder's Meeting that...

Idee Inc.(peopleware)(appointed Arlen Bartsch as director, business development)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Idee Inc., a provider of visual search software, has appointed Arlen Bartsch to the role of director, business development. Bartsch comes to Idee from Hemera Technologies, where he was EVP in charge of business development and managed the image...

thePlatform.(peopleware)(appointed Steve Sklepowich as Vice President of Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... thePlatform, a provider of software for digital media aggregating, content management, and publishing, has added Steve Sklepowich to its management team as VP, marketing. Sklepowich joins thePlatform from Microsoft's Windows Digital Media...

DayPort.(peopleware)(appointed Andy Ioannou as vicepresident)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Andy Ioannou has joined DayPort as VP, business development, broadcast solutions. Ioannou will serve on the company's senior management committee with the charge to aggressively expand DayPort's Broadcast Solutions business worldwide. Ioannou,...

Limelight Networks.(peopleware)(appointed Michael J. Sawyer as Vice President Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Limelight Networks, a content delivery network, has appointed Michael J. Sawyer as VP, marketing. Sawyer will oversee Limelight Networks' corporate and product marketing operations and will work intensively with its product development team to...

Yeahronimo Media Ventures, Inc. (YMV).(peopleware)(appointed Michael Koridon as Chief financial officer)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Yeahronimo Media Ventures, Inc. (YMV), a provider of digital media services and software, has appointed Michael Koridon CFO and EVP. Koridon will oversee administration of all YMV accounting and financial reporting and manage the company's...

Spending on search marketing by category, 2003 and 2004.(metrics)(Illustration)
May 1, 2005... Spending on Search Marketing by Category, 2003 and 2004 2003 2004 CPG 1% 2% Health 4% 4% Retail 35% 32%...

Top 10 downloaders of pirate TV programs by country.(metrics)(Illustration)
May 1, 2005... Top 10 Downloaders of Pirate TV Programs by Country Australia 18% U.S. 16% France 14% Netherlands 12% Finland 10% Canada 8% Germany 6% Sweden 4% Spain ...

Broadband vs. dial-up users age 18-34 who viewed an online video in the past 6 months.(metrics)(Illustration)
May 1, 2005... Broadband vs. Dial-up Users Age 18-34 Who Viewed an Online Video in the Past 6 Months Dial-up Users Broadband Users 18-34 18-34 Music Videos ...

Top five search destinations among home and work internet users in the U.S., June 2004: (as a % of market share).(metrics)(Illustration)
May 1, 2005... Top Five Search Destinations among Home and Work Internet Users in the U.S., June 2004 Google 41.6% Yahoo! 31.5% msn 27.4% AOL 13.6% Ask Jeeves 7.0% Note: Because a Web surfer may...

Internet reach and search engine penetration in select countries worldwide, April 2004: (as a % of respondents).(metrics)(Illustration)
May 1, 2005... Internet Reach and Search Engine Penetration in Select Countries Worldwide, April 2004 (as a % of respondents) MSN- Time Warner Google Microsoft (AOL) ...

To search or not to search: that is the query.(info insider)
May 1, 2005... Maybe it's because I have always had more stuff on my PCs than most of my peers, and as such, I have trouble finding things, that I was a very early adopter of desktop search. I really loved a $99 product called QuickFind from a small company...

Faces of econtent.(CSA)
May 1, 2005... Job Function: CSA publishes abstracts and indexes to scientific and technical research literature. Chris Horn, training & information specialist, is part of a team of four people in the U.S. and three in Europe who train customers,...

Ovid Technologies, Inc.: Books@Ovid.(Company Profile)
May 1, 2005... The medical profession enjoys a long-standing prescription for electronic content. It was the early 1970s when MEDLINE went online as one of the first commercially available bibliographic databases. Since then, digital medical information has...

eDiets.com sells that old familiar feeling.(follow the money)
May 1, 2005... I have always admired online dieting company eDiets.com, in part because its success underscored important principles about how content makes money online. With 200,000 paid members at any one time (1.8 million total over its history),...

Search tools converge on the desktop.(Copernic.com)
May 1, 2005... It was not that long ago when PC users were pleading for decent consumer desktop search tools--software that provides a way to search your hard drive the same way you do the Internet. But with the exception of a few companies, nobody seemed to...

Searching for multimedia tools.(Search Tools)
May 1, 2005... Recently there's been an explosion of new developments related to finding and using visual and audio resources on the Web, Multimedia is definitely hot. While there have been some fee-based services that monitor and provide clips of television...

Search in any language.(Search Tools)(YAHOO INC)
May 1, 2005... "Search," as Steve Cohen, EVP and VP of products at Basis Technology, explains, "is made up of two stages: indexing and retrieval." Monolingual search is relatively straightforward, but things get much more complex when you start offering...

Local search brings results home.(Search Tools)
May 1, 2005... Local search technology, which has been growing in popularity, is all about bringing information about where you live into your search parameters. For example, you can find a doctor or a florist in your area, get their phone number, a map with...

Metadata-not just for librarians anymore.(behind the firewall)
May 1, 2005... In January this year I found myself in the wonderful city of Brussels. The reason for the trip was that I had been invited to act as an "expert" at a workshop that had been set up by the European Committee on Standardization (CEN) to discuss...

Oh what a feature: functional usability of Web content management systems.
May 1, 2005... In Part I of this series, I looked at CMS interfaces and found that in general, users come to CMS projects with diverse expectations, leaving vendors struggling to match a product out of the box to a prospective customer's particular scenarios....

Is the enterprise ready for its close-up? Making a business case for corporate multimedia.
May 1, 2005... Even content dweebs like us can do the math: replacing face-to-face meetings with online Web and video conferencing, streaming media sales events, and the like represents a substantial cost savings to the enterprise. Just add up the price of...

The coming of the borgs.(disContent)
May 1, 2005... You've seen them--in airports and on airplanes, on com muter trains, in the supermarket, walking down the street, in cars, wandering around outside office buildings. You may even be one. That's right, the borgs have landed. Millions of them are...

Cadmus Communications Corporation: the 3Path to (Information) Enlightenment.(profile)(Company Profile)
May 1, 2005... Bringing order to chaos--a laudable objective in the ever expanding universe of digital information. The name "Cadmus" has been used to describe those who bring order to chaos, and Cadmus Communications, the Richmond, Virginia-based publishing...

Looking beyond search.(after thought)(search engines )
May 1, 2005... It seems like every week there's an announcement about yet another Internet mainstreamer like Google or Amazon making a foray into the world of scholarly content. What's going on here? Why are broad-based, general-purpose companies moving into...