EContent articles from May 2008

EContent archives from May 2008

Free Rules.(edit this)
May 1, 2008... As a rule, the smaller and skinnier a chili pepper, the hotter it is. However, on the Scoville scale of chili heat, the habanero is that pesky exception that renders the rule almost worthless. While it's handy to have a way to gauge which...

Which of the following is closest to your organization's perspective on Content Security?(metrics)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Which of the following is closest to your organization's perspective on Content Security? To prohibit unauthorized use 38% To enable secure sharing and collaboration 22% To satisfy compliance directives ...

RSS feed use and knowledge among US employees, 2006 (% of respondents).(metrics)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... RSS Feed Use and Knowledge among US employees, 2006 (% of respondents) Subscribe to an RSS feed 2% Know what RSS is 9% Do not know what RSS is 88% Note: n-1,000; numbers may not add up to 100% due to...

Who holds the Intranet Budget(s) in your organization? Check all that apply (Times Cited).(metrics)
May 1, 2008... Who holds the Intranet Budget(s) in your organization? Check all that apply (Times Cited) IT 190 CEO/Director 158 Business Divisions/Units 91 Communications 43...

On average, for each type of Social Media you use professionally, how many hours do you spend per week using it?(metrics)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... On average, for each type of Social Media you use professionally, how many hours do you spend per week using it? Less than 1 to 2 2 to 4 ...

Type casting.(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2008... I really appreciated your article on typography ["Digital Designs: A Look at the Role of Real Typographic Design in Effective Content Delivery," Steve Barth, January/February 2008, p. 32]. It is a much-needed message to the digital world. Eye...

Content matters.(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2008... Ron Miller's article ["How Much Is Your Content Worth? Measuring Website Content ROI," March 2008, p. 38] was terrific. I found myself nodding in agreement as I read, having had versions of this same conversation with most of our clients over...

Grading papers.(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2008... I definitely could relate to Michelle Manafy's editorial in the March 2008 issue ["Oh, the Places You'll Go!" p. 8]. I was also excited to start reading the "Enterprise & Web Content Management Best Practices" white paper on pages 24-25. I...

Print versus digital.(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2008... As I read Steve Smith's column [Follow the Money, "Digital Magazines: In Search of a Problem," March 2008, p. 19] at an LAX restaurant, holding EContent in one hand while attempting to eat using my free hand, it occurred to me there are two...

History 2.0: interactive Vietnam Wall is a place for reflection, online.(content news)
May 1, 2008... The black granite from which the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (aka The Wall) in Washington, D.C., was constructed was chosen specifically for its reflective quality. Each year, millions flock to the memorial to do just that. Every day, personal...

SAS acquires Teragram.(news & product briefs)(SAS Institute Inc.)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... SAS Institute, Inc., a provider of business intelligence (BI) and advanced analytics, announced the acquisition of privately held Teragram Corp., a provider of natural language processing (NLP) and advanced linguistic technology. The...

Forbes.com to launch business and Finance Blog Network.(news & products briefs)
May 1, 2008... Forbes.com announced the creation of a Business and Finance Blog Network, comprising a community of prescreened business and financial blogs. The Blog Network's content will focus on senior business decision makers and high-net-worth investors....

AOL to acquire global social media network Bebo.(news & products briefs)(America Online Inc.)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... AOL announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo, a global social media network. Together with its AIM and ICQ personal communications network, the acquisition is intended to give AOL a premier position in the fast-growing...

MindTouch releases Deki Wiki 'Itasca'.(news & products briefs)
May 1, 2008... MindTouch announced the release of Deki Wiki "Itasca"-the latest version of its open source collaboration platform. Deki Wiki "Itasca" adds new capabilities designed to meet the collaboration need for project managers and development teams....

MadCap software expands reach into Adobe's realm.(content news)
May 1, 2008... "Shrink-wrap level pricing for enterprise level technology" is how Mike Hamilton, VP of product management for MadCap Software, Inc., describes his company's multichannel content authoring software. But that doesn't tell half the story of...

Elsevier acquires Windhover Information, Inc.(news & products briefs)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... Elsevier, a publisher of science, technical, and health information, announced that it has acquired Windhover Information, Inc., a healthcare business intelligence company that provides analysis and commentary on healthcare business strategy,...

Dow Jones Factiva introduces listen capability.(news & products briefs)
May 1, 2008... Dow Jones & Co. introduced a new "text-to-speech" capability in Dow Jones Factiva that allows users to listen to the news that drives their business. With one click, users can now listen to a news article rather than read it. Currently...

Microsoft announces acquisition of Rapt.(news & products briefs)
May 1, 2008... Microsoft Corp. announced plans to acquire Rapt, Inc., a provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media publishers. Rapt's technology, along with its advisory services, are intended to become components of the Atlas...

WikiProteins brings scientific collaboration to the WikiSphere.(content news)(Website overview)
May 1, 2008... Many of the most significant scientific discoveries in human history have been the result of partnerships--the Curies and their work on radiation; Watson, Crick, and Franklin and the structure of DNA; and countless others. Without the teamwork...

The Wall Street Journal Digital Network.(peopleware)(Matt Goldberg )(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Matt Goldberg has been named senior VP of digital strategy and operations for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, effective immediately. He will report to Gordon McLeod, president of The Wall Street Journal...

Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... Following the announcement that the digital marketing and production unit of Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment joined Imageworks as Imageworks Interactive, Robert Speiser has been hired as VP of marketing and JD Black has been promoted to VP...

Publicitas Europe.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... Adrian Lacey, who has been digital director of Publicitas Europe since 2006, has been named managing director of TACODA's London-based U.K. operation and is responsible for developing publisher, client, and agency relationships across the...

ContextWeb, Inc.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... ContextWeb, Inc., a contextual advertising company and operator of the ADSDAQ ad exchange, announced that Wenda Harris Millard, president, media, of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSLO), has joined its board of directors. Millard served...

Mercado Software.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mercado Software has hired Michael Klein as its director of worldwide merchandising consulting. He brings to Mercado more than a decade of retail, direct marketing, and consulting experience, working for companies...

Fios, Inc.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Fios, Inc. announced that Dennis Kiker, Esq., has joined as a director in Fios Consulting. Before joining Fios, Kiker spent more than 13 years representing Fortune 500 clients on intellectual property, product...

EyeWonder, Inc.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... EyeWonder, Inc. has appointed Marcel Udo as its managing director of continental Europe. Based in Amsterdam, Udo will be focused on managing the demand for all of EyeWonder's interactive digital advertising products and services across Europe....

Thomson Scientific.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... Thomson Scientific announced the promotion of Marian Hollingsworth to the role of director of publisher relations, reporting directly to Jim Testa, senior director, editorial development. Prior to this appointment, Hollingsworth was manager,...

OCLC receives Mellon grant to expand library researching.(content news)
May 1, 2008... The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) was awarded a grant in February from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to further develop standards for museum data exchange. The OCLC, a library service and research organization, received a $145,000...

Inmagic, Inc.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... Inmagic, Inc. announced that Dave Golan has joined the company as VP of sales. Ron Benanto, CFO at Enterprise Mobile, Inc., and Tony Florence, executive sales manager at VFA, have also joined the board of directors. Golan joins Inmagic's...

Bango's North American.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... Adam Kerr, VP of Bango's North American operations, will now head up the company's newly established web sales division as Bango's VP of web sales. Kerr will be responsible for developing new channel and referral programs for Bango as well as...

KnewCo, Inc.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... Jan Velterop, Springer's director of Open Access, will be leaving Springer to pursue a new career as CEO of KnewCo, Inc. He joined Springer in August 2005 from BioMedCentral, an open access biomedical research publisher, where he was publishing...

Vivisimo.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... Vivisimo has hired Jeff Hornung to the newly created position of VP of strategic alliances. In this role, Hornung will oversee all of Vivisimo's strategic alliances and manage the implementation of new partnerships. Most recently, Hornung...

KineMatik.(peopleware)(Kevin Keenan )(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... KineMatik has promoted Kevin Keenan to VP of software development. Keenan will report directly to Thomas Cassidy, CEO of KineMatik. Keenan was one of the original founders of KineMatik in 1999. Since that time he has been involved in all...

SirsiDynix.(peopleware)(Brief article)
May 1, 2008... SirsiDynix announced three organizational changes: the appointment of Eric Keith as SirsiDynix chief sales officer, replacing Bill Davison, who is leaving the company; the promotion of Scott McCausland to VP of SirsiDynix North American Sales;...

ContentNext Media, Inc.(peopleware)
May 1, 2008... Nathan Richardson has been named the new CEO of ContentNext Media, Inc. (producers of PaidContent.org). He was most recently head of Dow Jones Online, a brand that includes WSJ.com, Marketwatch, and Barrons. Former ContentNext CEO and founder...

Faces of econtent ... interviews from the econtent trenches.(Brief biography)
May 1, 2008... Job Function: Anne Lonergan is responsible for managing global, enterprisewide research contracts, from defining business terms to deploying access. "My role enables me to work with people from many parts of our business: legal and...

1995's next big things.(follow the money)
May 1, 2008... For the 15 years I have been writing about digital media, two media business models have been "about to break through any day now": local advertising and vertical search. Every couple of years, another team of startups ran onto the field with...

Clearspace.(Jive Software )
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On the odd chance that you haven't been paying attention: Collaboration is important business these days. Even the CEO is getting involved, with many picking up on what has become a common mantra (EMC CEO Joe Tucci...

Can records management save the world?(info insider)
May 1, 2008... No, but it can help. "Records management?" you say. "It seems so last century--racks of boxes of paper, as far as the eye can see. Records management might save us from lawsuits, but how can it save the world?" Consider this thought...

Successfully surfing the marketing.(2.0 Wave)(Cover story)
May 1, 2008... Traditional communication methods--print and television advertising, brochures, case studies, and direct mail campaigns--have long held a dominant place in the professional marketer's toolkit. Yet with the rapid evolution of interactive Web 2.0...

The relevance of recall.(behind the firewall)
May 1, 2008... In early February, I had a most enjoyable lunch with four people that I have known most of my professional life. At a rough guess, our combined service in the information profession was the better part of 150 years. We met as the selection...

Traveler's insurance: IRM protects your documents wherever they go.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The free flow of information is the lifeblood of any organization. Employees need to be able to share documents with each other and with customers, partners, and suppliers, but once these documents leave the cozy...

Ethics online.(disContent)
May 1, 2008... Most of us obey the law as it pertains to econtent--or at least try to. Most writers follow some set of policies (possibly implicit). Yet online, a great deal of content lies in the ambiguous middle ground, governed by amorphous rules. Call it...

Sign on the digitally dotted line: e-signatures help streamline the document life cycle.(Company overview)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine this scenario: A bank's contact center representative is talking on the phone to a prospective customer who is considering taking out a rather large loan. Within seconds, the customer has the necessary...

A Case of meeting sensibly.(case study)
May 1, 2008... Company: COREOBJECTS Los Angeles-based CoreObjects Software, Inc. strives to bridge the gap between innovation and lack of infrastructure, building from scratch and bringing to market the commercially deployable "software that builds...

Buyers knocking at your virtual door.(after thought)
May 1, 2008... Whenever I begin a speech, I ask a series of four questions and have the audience raise their hands if the answer to a question is "yes." Consider your answers: In the past 2 months, either privately or professionally, in order to find an...