EContent articles from November 2008

EContent archives from November 2008

Brand monitor.(E Mail)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2008... I agree completely with the basic premise of the "They Said What?" [Marji McClure, September 2008, pp. 34-38] article, that companies must actively monitor their brand and reputation online. And I agree that you can improve your online brand by...

Socializing search.(edit this)
November 1, 2008... I can sing the alphabet backward. I learned it as a child and it sticks with me, just like its more popular cousin, the alphabet song. In his keynote at Enterprise Search Summit West, held Sept. 23-24 in San Jose, Calif., Gene Smith said that...

Metrics.(Table)
November 1, 2008... Does managing documents throughout their life cycles (creation through disposal) help improve your business performance? YES 90% NO 1% DON'T KNOW 9% Source: "A Premier Standard: How Organizations Can...

Types of video.(Metrics)(Table)
November 1, 2008... Types of Video Streamed by U.S. onlines Video Streamers, January 2007 (% of respondents) Past 30 days Total (ever) Movie/TV trailers, previews, or clips 48% 77% News,...

Digital media from the internet.(Metrics)(Table)
November 1, 2008... Percentage of Online Adults Who Download Digital Media From the Internet Do not 57% download digital media Download 43% digital media Note: Conducted between Dec. 26 and Dec. 28. 2007, among 2,254...

Faces of econtent: interviews from the econtent trenches.
November 1, 2008... Name With The Face: David Wild Job Title: Assistant Professor Organization: Indiana University School of Informatics URL: www.informatics.indiana.edu [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Job Function: David Wild...

Scholarly blogging: and profiting from publishing today.(content news)
November 1, 2008... It seems that everyone is blogging these days. However, despite the proliferation of blogs that range from diaries and niche subjects to celebrity, corporate, and expertly written blogs, some publishers are still hesitant to add blogging to the...

Interwoven, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Interwoven, Inc., a provider of content management solutions, announced that Jeff Kissling has been appointed SVP of engineering. Kissling will lead Interwoven's engineering and development efforts. Most recently,...

Dow Jones & Co., Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Dow Jones & Co., Inc. announced it has named John C. Gregitis VP of global sales for the Business & Relationship Intelligence group. Gregitis will be responsible for leading the Dow Jones Business & Relationship Intelligence sales team. Prior...

BitTorrent, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... BitTorrent, Inc. announced that Ilan Shamir has joined the company as VP of engineering. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Open Text to acquire Captaris.(news & product briefs)
November 1, 2008... Open Text Corp., a global provider of enterprise content management (ECM), and Captaris, Inc., a provider of software products that automate document-centric processes, announced a definitive merger agreement in which a wholly owned subsidiary...

Swets launches community.(news & product briefs)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Swets, a subscription services company, announced the launch of SwetsWise Community, a collaboration service for customers that allows them to share practices for the usage of SwetsWise functionalities. SwetsWise Community provides a...

Google launches Chrome browser.(news & product briefs)
November 1, 2008... Google, Inc. launched Google Chrome, a new open source browser. Google Chrome is available in beta in more than 40 languages. Features include a combined search and address bar, a page that includes snapshots of most-visited sites, recent...

eZ systems and apple partner.(news & product briefs)
November 1, 2008... eZ Systems, an open source ECM vendor for digital media publishing, has joined forces with Apple to provide a production and editorial workflow solution for digital media. The solution was built using Apple's Final Cut Studio and Final Cut...

Adobe updates suite CS4, emphasizes productivity.(content news)
November 1, 2008... Today's content has no respect for yesterday's silos. Documents and assets end up on pages, screens, and devices--or, inevitably, all of the above. That means extra work for designers and developers to constantly manage and repurpose material....

Penn state uses sony readers.(news & product briefs)
November 1, 2008... Pennsylvania State University Libraries and its English department will begin a year-long pilot project with student groups using the Sony Reader Digital Book, a portable electronic reading device that can hold books, audio files, and other...

Pressmart gains $6 million in funding.(news & product briefs)
November 1, 2008... Pressmart Media, Ltd., a print-to-digital delivery service, announced that it has secured a $6 million funding from two venture capital firms, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage and NEA-IndoUS Ventures. Pressmart digitally archives physical...

Interwoven enhances flagship offerings.(news & product briefs)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... Interwoven, Inc., provider of content management solutions, announced the general availability of enhanced versions to Interwoven TeamSite and Interwoven LiveSite. Enhanced capabilities in TeamSite include website building blocks that enable...

A CMS for the CMO: day gets creative with CQ5.(content news)(content management systems)(Product/service evaluation)
November 1, 2008... Content management systems often require, at best, a convoluted set of steps and, at worst, a team of IT professionals and two Excedrin to make real changes to a website. Enter Day Software Holding's Communique v5.0 (CQ5). Designed to enable...

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Previously, Shamir was GM of endpoint products at Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. BitTorrent also announced that Simon Morris has been promoted to VP of product management and is responsible for BitTorrent's...

Ingram Digital, Ltd.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Ingram Digital, Ltd. announced that Brett Thomas and Ian Hames have been appointed directors of business development in EMEA, while Ruth Jones has assumed the role of director, publisher business development. Thomas has more than 13 years of...

SirsiDynix.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SirsiDynix, provider of strategic technology solutions for libraries, announced the appointment of Keith Sturges as chief sales and marketing officer. Previously, Sturges held the position of president at SirsiDynix...

ONSITE3.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... ONSITE3, provider of litigation support and electronic evidence solutions, announced the appointment of Daniel L. Junk as VP of sales. Junk will be responsible for ONSITE3's national sales team. Most recently he served as the national director...

Quark, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Quark, Inc. announced that P. G. Bartlett has joined the company as SVP of product management. Prior to joining Quark, Bartlett was the VP of product management at PTC (Parametric Technology) and Arbortext. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

OCLC Programs and Research.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Jackie Dooley has accepted a position with OCLC Programs and Research as a consulting archivist. Her primary assignment will be to work with the RLG Partnership, program officers, research scientists, and product development staff.

OCLC Corporate Inclusion.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Jerome Offord Jr. has been named manager, OCLC Corporate Inclusion. Offord comes to OCLC from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), where he has been director of Diversity Initiatives since 2003. Prior, Offord was director of Finance and...

Sometrics, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sometrics, Inc. announced the appointment of Jennifer Bartlett and Michael (Mickey) Maher as business development managers. Bartlett most recently served as production manager for One Eighteen Advertising. Maher was...

PatentCafe.com.(peopleware)(Brief article)
November 1, 2008... PatentCafe.com, provider of artificial intelligence-based patent portfolio management and patent analysis solutions, announced the addition of five sales executives. David Schab, joined PatentCafe as VP of sales, while Jim Rothfuchs, Heather...

The generational divide: world of work survey encourages collaboration.(content news)
November 1, 2008... From recent college graduates to veteran employees, there are four generations in the work force today: Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen X-ers, and Millenials. With each of these groups comes a different opinion on how to best get the job...

ColumbiaSoft Corp.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ColumbiaSoft Corp. announced that Scott Zieg, who formerly led the firm's product development division, has been promoted to product manager and has assumed responsibility over the strategic direction of the...

Code Green Networks, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Code Green Networks, Inc., a provider of data loss prevention (DLP) solutions for protecting customer data and safeguarding intellectual property, announced that Dan Udoutch has joined the company as president and CEO. Previously, Udoutch held...

The New York Times Co.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Andrew Pancer, VP, digital development at The New York Times Co., and the former COO of About.com, has joined Media6[degrees] as its COO. Media6[degrees] provides brand marketers with customized audiences using...

Lycos, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Lycos, Inc., a provider of social publishing, media, and search services, announced CFO Kevin Baillie, who rejoined Lycos in 2005, will assume the role of COO for Lycos while remaining CFO. Charles Ball, who joined Lycos as VP of sales and...

TeamLogic, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Chuck Lennon, president of TeamLogic, Inc., was selected to serve on the board of directors for The Computer Technology Industry Association, Inc. Prior positions include VP of marketing for Sir Speedy, Inc., and as VP of marketing for New...

Fios, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Fios, Inc., provider of electronic discovery services, announced the addition of Kenneth Rashbaum. Rashbaum joins Fios as a director in Fios Consulting. Prior to this position, Rashbaum was the former co-chair of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran &...

Inmedius, Inc.(peopleware)
November 1, 2008... Inmedius, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael Klemme, director, Inmedius Europa GmbH. Klemme is responsible for the operations of Inmedius' Munich office. Most recently, Klemme served as product manager, content management at Corena...

Show me the value.(follow the money)
November 1, 2008... The digital privacy battles now brewing in the House of Representatives and at the Federal Trade Commission finally woke the industry up to its complacency over this issue, but I think many publishers and ad networks proceeded to get up on the...

G-Pen F610.(DECISION-MAKER: review)(Product/service evaluation)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The G-Pen F610's slim, 6" X 10" design size works well with flat and wide screens. It includes a programmable Hot Key area, allowing the user to create shortcuts for office software, internet, and Vista functions....

Mobilize your thinking.(agile minds)
November 1, 2008... When Andrew Bud--an outspoken voice in the mobile content industry and executive chairman and co-founder of mobile transaction network mBlox, a company connecting content providers and mobile operators at the heart of the off-portal...

Build community brand to build brand and business.(Company overview)
November 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While web marketers have long been tracking the growing influence of online consumer reviews, a study from Opinion Research released August 2008 has found the influence of these reviews has reached a tipping point....

Untangling enterprise Wikis.
November 1, 2008... You will find many enthusiastic voices, echoing the marketing material from vendors and busy conference floors, proclaiming wikis to be the ultimate solution to a wide range of information management problems. These problems include unmotivated...

My content management years.(i column like i cm)
November 1, 2008... i have been writing about content management techniques and technologies for EContent since June 2004, when I was 67 years old. Last June, I turned 72 and decided to refocus my energy on my longtime interest, information philosophy. I will tell...

Web 2.0 security: getting collaborative peace of mind.
November 1, 2008... Web 2.0 applications have opened up a lot of communication channels--and opportunity--for business professionals. They can, more than ever before, reach out to individuals from across the globe and share content and web applications. Through...

Mapped out.(info pro)
November 1, 2008... recently, I needed to find a house to rent for my folks. I started out with the usual sources--craigslist, the local newspapers' classified ads, a local rental agency, my network of friends, and so on. I was somewhat daunted by my success......

A case of searching with medical precision.(case study)(Company overview)
November 1, 2008... Company: ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL Allegheny General Hospital, based in Pittsburgh, annually admits up to 31,500 patients and handles roughly 60,000 emergency visits. Founded in 1885, the hospital offers the most advanced care available in...

Where's your widget?(after thought)
November 1, 2008... One of the most interesting aspects of the econtent world today are widgets: third-party applications that companies build to embed into major content platforms. Used by companies to build a brand and share ideas, applications are an overlooked...