EContent articles from November 2006

EContent archives from November 2006

Shifting gears.(edit this)(Critical essay)
November 1, 2006... john Lienhard's The Engines of Our Ingenuity is one of my favorite radio shows. Somehow Lienhard infuses his essays on technologies-past with the essence of the minds at work behind them. He is also a marvel at illuminating the almost invisible...

Write about copyright.(E Mail)
November 1, 2006... The title of your article "RSS Rights and Wrongs" [September, pp. 24-28] suggests that RSS contributes in a significant way to copyright infringement by creating confusion between proper and improper fair use. Yet the content of the article...

Orchestrate mobile value.(E Mail)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... Steve Smith's column "Commercializing Mobile Content" [FOLLOW THE MONEY, September, p. 19] highlights the difficult business model for content producers, aggregators, and network operators that wish to sell content on mobile devices. His answer...

SIIA takes initiative; in content piracy battle.(content news)(Software Information Industry Association, Corporate Content Anti-Piracy Policy)
November 1, 2006... To thwart shoplifters, retail stores electronically tag merchandise with sensors that can trip invisible alarms on the way out the door. To thwart content thieves, the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA) is launching a similar...

Apple.(peopleware)(Apple Computer Inc. elects Eric Schmidt to board of directors)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Apple has elected Dr. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, to Apple's board of directors. Schmidt joined Google from Novell, where he was chairman and CEO. Prior to joining Novell, Schmidt was CTO at Sun Microsystems, Inc.

LexisNexis Special Services Inc.(peopleware)(John Casciano as senior vice president and chief operating officer)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... LexisNexis Special Services Inc. has named Major General John Casciano (USAF Ret.) as SVP and COO. Casciano, who retired in 1999 as director of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, has served in command and staff positions in both...

Synacor.(peopleware)(Robert Cavallari appointed as vice president of finance)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Synacor has announced that Robert Cavallari will serve as the VP of finance for the company. Cavallari will spearhead Synacor's fiscal initiatives. He joins Synacor from TelCove, Inc., where he served as the director of accounting and was...

Consortium signs & a $7.2 million contract with Thomson Scientific.(news & product briefs)(Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation and provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, has announced that a consortium of 47 French academic and government organizations, led by the Centre...

Sony lands Grouper and wades into murky content-sharing waters.(content news)(Grouper Networks, Sony Pictures)
November 1, 2006... Sony Pictures' acquisition of video sharing site Grouper Networks in August 2006 marked another significant move in the shakeout of the social media market. The acquisition, valued at $65 million, gives Sony a powerful Web 2.0 marketing and...

Cadmus Communications Corporation.(peopleware)(Andy Johnson appointed as executive vice president)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Cadmus Communications Corporation has hired Andy Johnson as EVP of print services for Cadmus's Publisher Services Group. Prior to joining Cadmus, Johnson was a VP and GM at Banta Corporation.

Answers Corporation.(peopleware)(Robert Formentin appointed as vice president of advertising sales)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Answers Corporation has announced that Robert Formentin has joined the company as VP of advertising sales. Between 1999 and 2006, Formentin served in senior sales management positions, including at Advertising.com, as VP of sales; at 24/7 Real...

Ask.com.(peopleware)(IAC Search & Media appoints Chuck Geiger as executive vice president and Eric Heymann director of global content acquisition)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Ask.com has hired Chuck Geiger, former CTO of PayPal, as EVP of technology and engineering. The company has also named Eric Heymann director of global content acquisition. Heymann joins Ask.com from Seekport Internet Technologies GmbH.

Hyland Software Inc.(peopleware)(Bill Filion and John Opdycke promoted)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Hyland Software Inc., developer of OnBase enterprise content management (ECM) software, has announced the executive promotions of Bill Filion and John Opdycke. Filion has been promoted to VP of software development, and Opdycke has been named...

Viva! Vision.(peopleware)(Viva! Vision appoints Nick Montes)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Nick Montes has been appointed as VP and GM of Viva! Vision. Before joining Viva! Vision, he was a VP of mobile sales and marketing at American Greetings Interactive. Prior to joining AG, Montes spent 10 years in senior marketing positions at...

Trovix raises $13 million in Series B financing.(news & product briefs)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Trovix Inc., a provider of search technology, has announced that it has raised $13 million in its Series B financing. The financing was led by Granite Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital firm based in San Francisco, and also...

Adobe announces new XML authoring support for FrameMaker 7.2.(Adobe Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Adobe Systems Incorporated has made available as a public beta for the Windows platform two new Application Packs for Adobe FrameMaker 7.2 software, Adobe's authoring and publishing software. The two new beta Application Packs, available at no...

Executive order speeds up; changes in health information management industry.(content news)
November 1, 2006... An executive order signed late this past summer by President George W. Bush requires that government agencies make available to the public information about public health-care cost and quality, creating an unexpected, and unprecedented,...

DocZone.com.(Rajesh Tewarie appointed as sales manager)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... DocZone.com has hired Rajesh Tewarie to manage the sales organization for DocZone.com's European division. His previous experience includes senior sales management positions at Nuance, Autonomy, Primavera, and SAP.

KNOVA Software.(Andy Felt appointed as chief marketing officer)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Andy Felt has joined KNOVA Software as chief marketing officer. Feit's 20 years of technology marketing and sales experience includes his most recent post as SVP of marketing at Adomo. Before Adomo, Felt played a role in the definition,...

Northern Light offers Business Research Engine for all users.(news & product briefs)(Northern Light Technology L.L.C)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Northern Light, a provider of custom enterprise, industry, and web search engines, has released a new version of the Business Research Engine, opening the service to all users. All users of the Business Research Engine can browse the Market...

Apex: digitizing newspapers past to provide a philosophical worldview.(content news)(Apex CoVantage)(Company overview)
November 1, 2006... by sharing cultural history, the countries of the world can come to a better mutual understanding through the digitization of historical newspapers. That's the idea behind Apex CoVantage's creation of the Apex Advisory Board for its Global...

Cape Clear Software.(Katherine Barnhisel appointed as vice president)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Cape Clear Software has appointed Katherine Barnhisel as VP of marketing. Barnhisel was director of marketing for WebLogic until its acquisition by BEA Systems in October 1998, joining BEA as VP of marketing for the BEA WebXpress division.

Endeavor Information Systems.(Kathryn Harnish, Char Chase and Mike Dicus appointed as product managers)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Endeavor Information Systems has appointed Kathryn Harnish and Mike Dicus to the positions of director of product management and Voyager product manager, respectively; and Char Chase was introduced as the company's new product manager for the...

MAXAMINE.(appoints Rick Randazzo as vice president)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... MAXAMINE has added Rick Randazzo to its executive team as VP of sales and business development. Most recently, he played a role in developing an alliance with TRUSTe, an online privacy certification organization.

Global Graphics Software.(Martin Bailey appointed as chief technical officer )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Martin Bailey has been named CTO of Global Graphics Software. Bailey, who has been promoted from the role of senior technical consultant, will be responsible for developing the company's technology plan and will oversee the specification,...

Wolters Kluwer Health.(Karen Abramson appointed as president and chief executive officer)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Wolters Kluwer Health has appointed Karen Abramson president and CEO of its Medical Research business unit. Abramson joins Wolters Kluwer Health after serving as VP and GM of CT Corsearch, a division of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services,...

Inmagic, Inc.(Paul J. Puzzanghera appointed as president and chief executive officer)(Phillip L. Green promoted as vice chairman)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Inmagic, Inc. has named Paul J. Puzzanghera as president and CEO. He has served as Inmagic's VP of professional services since coming to the company in 2003. Prior to joining Inmagic, Puzzanghera founded and was president and CEO of Legacy...

SDL International.(Chris Boorman appointed as chief marketing officer )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... SDL International has added Dr. Chris Boorman to the executive management team as the company's first CMO. Boorman will oversee the global marketing of SDL's corporate, partner, and product initiatives. Boorman comes to SDL International...

PureVideo Networks.(PureVideo Networks appoints Carrie Kelly as vice president of search marketing)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... PureVideo Networks has appointed Carrie Kelly, previous VP of search marketing for Inter Active Corp's Ask.com, as VP of sales.

Inxight Software, Inc.(Kenneth Beesley appointed as chief scientist, extraction technology)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Inxight Software, Inc. has hired Dr. Kenneth Beesley to the new post of chief scientist, extraction technology. Beesley will focus on the technical foundation of Inxight's Extraction product line, finite-state technology. Beesley comes to...

Metrics.(online media usage)(Statistical table)
November 1, 2006... Average Online Video Usage per U.S. Viewer, October 2005 & March 2006 (minutes) October 2005 85 March 2006 100 Note: Table made from bar graph. Source: comScore Networks Inc., May 2006 Number of Videos Streamed,...

Emails and IMs and feeds--oh, my!(info pro)(instant messaging)(Column)
November 1, 2006... a little while ago, I read a column in The Wall Street Journal titled "Hoarders vs. Deleters: How You Handle Your Email Inbox Says a Lot About You." Essentially, it's like what your mother used to tell you: "Disorder on your desk indicates...

Faces of econtent.(John B. Horrigan director for Pew Internet & American Life Project reports impact of internet)
November 1, 2006... Job Function: As associate director for research, John Horrigan plays a key role at The Pew Internet & American Life Project, producing reports that explore the impact of the internet on all aspects of American life. "I'm responsible for...

Battle headline-by-headline.(follow the money)
November 1, 2006... Want to give yourself a rude wake-up call about the harsh reality of brand value on the modern web.) Try this: Make a personalized web page at Google or MyYahoo! composed of all the major RSS feeds from your site along with the feeds from...

exalead one: Desktop Professional Edition.(DECISION-MAKER)
November 1, 2006... for the past few years, European companies have used exalead one:search technology to access and manage the information on their corporate intranets, individual desktops, and the internet. Exalead has also received recognition as a valuable web...

YouTube and iTV.(individual television)(Column)
November 1, 2006... youTube's tagline, "Broadcast Yourself," signals the beginning of a new era in digital content, though the necessary production technologies and distribution infrastructure may still be a few years off. The wide acceptance of blogging as a...

Screen-play building a multi-screen entertainment strategy.(Cover story)
November 1, 2006... it appears that we--meaning everyone who didn't spend his or her early teen years obsessed with MySpace--might just be the last generation to actually consider the differences between viewing screens. Yet it's this choice of screens whether...

How digital content has transformed the way we work; take a look inside the real world of econtent.(Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive L.L.C.)(Preston Gates and Ellis L.L.P.)(Preston Gates and Ellis L.L.P.)
November 1, 2006... trees can breathe a sigh of relief. According to a 2003 study done by the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems, only a scant 0.01% of the nearly five exabytes of information created in 2002 was...

Collaboration rules.(agile minds)
November 1, 2006... empowered customers--demanding to access or create content tailored to their needs and delivered on their own terms--have turned up the heat on technology and content companies alike, pushing them to bring greater innovation to market. But...

The rights stuff: the integration of enterprise digital rights management into an enterprise architecture.
November 1, 2006... how much is your company's data worth? For Jason Elizaitis, director of information technology at asset management firm Fairfield Greenwich Group (FGG), the price tag was staggering: With $9 billion in assets under management, FGG needed to...

A case of customer centrism.(case study)(Mentor Graphics Corp.)(Company overview)
November 1, 2006... Company: MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION Mentor Graphics helped create the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry in the early 1980s, developing software and hardware solutions that make it possible for electrical engineers and electronics...

Minty-fresh explosive marketing.(after thought)
November 1, 2006... for marketers, one of the coolest things about the web is that when an idea takes off, it can propel a brand or company to fame and fortune. For free. Whatever you call it--viral, buzz, or word-of-blog marketing--having other people tell your...