EContent articles from November 2002

EContent archives from November 2002

I, Robot. (EditThis).(Column)
November 1, 2002... If you've seen the film A.I., you may recall the holographic librarian that provides pivotal information at various points in the story. In this film, where two powerful creative visions collide like madmen dancing, the holographic librarian...

Wacky Copyright. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2002... I relished your September column, "Copyright Out of Whack." I believe you have precisely encapsulated the matter--those who own copyrights wish to create a perpetual license, something not granted by the Constitution. I have been looking...

The low-down on Lo-Fi. (Letters to the Editor).
November 1, 2002... Thanks for the informative, comprehensive article you did for the site (www.econtentmag.com/bs1/2002/bannan1_02.html). Helped us much better understand the RSS nightmare and divergence. [RSS: Lo-Fi Content Syndication, January 2002-Ed.] ...

Fluent takes content to new heights. (Content News).(Fluent Media to provide content for Verizon Airfone inflight entertainment and information service)
November 1, 2002... In a bid to make the skies a little more enjoyable for business travelers, Verizon Airfone will offer a new in-flight information and entertainment service for in-flight laptop users this fall. The new service, called JetConnect, lifted off...

U.K. library gamble pays off. (Content News).(as plan to connect over 4,000 libraries to the Internet gets underway)
November 1, 2002... the U.K. library system has undertaken an ambitious project to connect more than 4,000 libraries to the Internet by the end of the year and to complete further content creation and Web sites by 2004. The project, called the People's Network,...

It takes a Content Village--The EU tackles eContent. (Content News).(European Union)
November 1, 2002... eurActiv, a Belgian portal specializing in European Union news, recently reported on the creation of the Content Village by the EU governing body, the EU Commission. Content Village is the latest advance in the EU's eContent program, the...

New company, Swingtide, launched to manage XML proliferation. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Three veteran entrepreneurs have formally launched a new software company, Swingtide, to protect, measure, and maximize companies Quality of Business amid the proliferation of XML. The company has raised $4 million in first-round financing from...

CrownPeak Technology releases Publisher Advantage. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... CrownPeak Technology has announced the release of Publisher Advantage, a special publishing industry edition of Advantage CMS, its flagship ASP-based content management solution. Developed in response to the specific needs of the publishing...

Thomson Financial introduces Thomson Research. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Thomson Financial has introduced Thomson Research, a Web-based application designed for research professionals and analysts at investment banks, law, accounting, and consulting firms. Thomson Research combines Thomson Financial's two research...

Divine introduces Virtual Reference Desk. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Divine, inc. has introduced the latest version of divine Virtual Reference Desk, a customer interaction solution that allows library reference departments to extend their services online. As a result, libraries can offer the same level of...

Documentum delivers with Documentum 5 ECM. (Content News).
November 1, 2002... Documentum, a leading provider of enterprise content management (ECM), has announced Documentum 5, the latest version of its ECM platform. The new version offers enhanced usability, security, and compliance, as well as improved collaborative...

Inxight makes unstructured data manageable with SmartDiscovery 3.0. (Content News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Inxight a provider of enterprise software applications, has released the Inxight SmartDiscovery 3.0, an unstructured data management solution for the enterprise based on the company's Inxight MetaText Server. Citing recent Gartner research that...

RealNetworks, Inc. (PeopleWare).(appoints Merrill Brown a senior vice president)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... RealNetworks, Inc. named Merrill Brown senior vice president, responsible for RealOne services for the Americas. Brown previously worked as senior vice president and editor-in-chief at MSNBC.com.

Inmagic, Inc. (PeopleWare).(appoints Dan Brinkler manager of worldwide sales)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Inmagic, Inc. has announced the appointment of Dan Brinkler as manager of worldwide sales. Brinkler comes to Inmagic from Sitara Networks, where he was manager of inside sales.

LexisNexis. (PeopleWare).(appoints Ellen Campbell-Kaminski vice president of small law firm marketing)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... LexisNexis has appointed Ellen Campbell-Kaminski vice president of small law firm marketing. Campbell-Kaminski most recently was director of marketing for Reynolds & Reynolds, a provider of integrated information solutions for automotive...

Endeavor Information Systems. (PeopleWare).(apoints Donald Rydzewski director of implementation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Endeavor Information Systems has appointed Donald Rydzewski director of implementation. Rydzewski is responsible for Endeavor's implementation departments, which assist customers in the migration to Endeavor products. Rydzewski joins Endeavor...

NetContinuum's executive management team. (PeopleWare).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Wes Wasson has joined NetContinuum's executive management team. Wasson was formerly iPlanet vice president of product marketing at Sun Microsystems and he brings more than 13 years of senior management experience to NetContinuum.

Dialog, has appointed Clifford M. Pollan. (PeopleWare).(executive vice president for strategy and alliances)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Dialog, has appointed Clifford M. Pollan, formerly president and CEO of NewsEdge, executive vice president, strategy and alliances. Pollan is responsible for all business development activities, operating responsibilities, and coordinating...

Dialog has also announced that Viji Krishnan has been appointed vice president. (PeopleWare).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Dialog has also announced that Viji Krishnan has been appointed vice president, content development. Krishnan manages the collection and licensing of content made available through Dialog's online information services.

Antarcti.ca Systems Inc. (PeopleWare).(names Barry Yates president and CEO)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Antarcti.ca Systems Inc. has appointed Barry Yates president and CEO. Prior to joining Antarcti.ca, Yates was the senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for Delano Technology Corporation, an emarketing software company. Yates...

Metrics.(Enterprise Instant Messaging Users in the US, by Industry, 2002)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Metrics Enterprise Instant Messaging Users in the US, by Industry, 2002 (as a % of respondents) Computer hardware or software 25% Media, marketing, advertising, or public relations 13% Education ...

Auto-categorization: Coming to a library or intranet near you!
November 1, 2002... Automatic-categorization--it's coming, it could be big, and it could hurt. One thing, though, it's not actually automatic. I have yet to see a product that did not need or was not improved by human intervention. But, other than that, almost...

Changing change's: The importance of identifying the best content distribution channels.
November 1, 2002... A cheap shiny disc that was given away in supermarkets nearly destroyed the venerable Encyclopedia Britannica. In their book Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy, Boston Consulting Group executives Philip...

eMPowering SOLINET: Southeastern Library's portal transformation.
November 1, 2002... Think back to the days before the Internet... Imagine: visiting a library and having to flip through the drawers of a card catalog. How did anyone ever find a book, much less finish a term paper or dissertation? Well, they managed. But...

Its all in what you know: Internet information and expert referral services.
November 1, 2002... In its early days, the Internet was a magnet for the smart, the knowledgeable, the obsessed. The free flow of information, from those who knew to those who'd asked, was a core operating principle. Informal knowledge bases accreted over...

Macromedia Studio MX. (Review).
November 1, 2002... Company: Macromedia Purpose: Create Web applications and Web content including design and development, graphics and rich content. Starting Price: $799 Reviewer's View: A suite of tightly integrated Web development tools, which...

Adobe frameMaker 7.0. (Review).
November 1, 2002... Company: Adobe Systems Inc. Purpose: Authoring and Publishing Starting Price: $799 Reviewer's View: Buy this product if you want to move to a structured authoring environment and you know your SGML or XML model will be an industry...

The White Queen strikes again: An ebook update. (DisContent).(Column)
November 1, 2002... Millions of ebooks have been downloaded. Ebooks have gone nowhere slowly. Thousands of libraries use ebooks. A few hundred libraries use ebooks, mostly thanks to grant funding. The next chapter in ebooks is 7, coming a little later than Chapter...

CMS Implementation--project management. (Behind the Firewall).(content management system)(Column)
November 1, 2002... I don't think anyone would argue with the proposition that implementing a content management system, or even an intranet re-launch, needs to be managed as a project. Some businesses have well-established project management methodologies, such...

Golfserve: Doing one thing very well. (Follow the Money).
November 1, 2002... Much like push technologies, broadband portals, or selling pet food, syndication was one of many online business models that never really panned out. Sure, the Web made it easy to parse and distribute your content to countless partners around...

Newsstand: Enhancing the way publishers publish and readers read. (Profile).
November 1, 2002... Anyone in the publishing business will tell you that the industry's operating model has changed in recent years. The proliferation of the Internet as a primary information and entertainment resource, combined with rising paper and distribution...

Looking in from your users' eyes. (End of File).(improving your Web site)(Column)
November 1, 2002... as luck would have it, I've had the pleasure of dealing with the bureaucracy of Washington DC recently, and it wasn't pretty. First, I had to find out how to get a residential parking permit. I drilled down from www.dc.gov, found a page with...