EContent articles from September 2006

EContent archives from September 2006

The collective wisdom at work.(Web 2.0)(Product/service evaluation)
September 1, 2006... most of the media is breathless about Web 2.0. While we've dipped our toes into the hyperbolic floodwaters here at EContent, our reporting has mostly been of specific applications, rather than a lot of the rah-rah coverage I've read in a number...

X Marks which spot?(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2006... Some thoughts on Bob Doyle's comprehensive XML editor feature [X Marks the Spot, June 2006, pp. 22-30]. The content versus the audience may be a mismatch. If you're an advanced XML user, you probably understand and are aware of most of the...

Chasing a true tale.(EMail)(branded media marketing)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2006... I understand the basic market concept of Mochila /Steve Smith, Chasing our Own Long Tail, July/August 2006, p. 28], but I find it hard to believe there exists an able (not willing) market to purchase branded media. Major publishers will not...

Macro content economics.(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2006... Regarding David Scott's Column, Fearing Content Cannibalization [July/ August 2006, p.48]: The only kind of macro-content product that will suffer from having its component parts available for sale as well as the whole is a product that...

Putting the net in neutral: the Communications, Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act.(regulation)(internet traffic)(broadband networks)
September 1, 2006... the concept of "net neutrality" sounds quite reasonable in theory, but the policy proposals coming from federal legislators and bureaucrats may in reality be quite discriminatory. The primary problem with the proposals is more complicated...

Percussion Software.(Percussion Software Inc. appoints Pete Atkinson )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Percussion Software has appointed Pete Atkinson as managing director, European operations from his previous position as Percussion's sales director. Atkinson joined Percussion in 2004 from Tridion UK.

Xrefer.(Xrefer.com Ltd. appoints Jenny Walker )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Xrefer has hired Jenny Walker as EVP of marketing. In her new position, she will be responsible for worldwide marketing and product direction. Prior to joining Xrefer, Walker was corporate VP of marketing for Ex Libris.

SearchLogix Group.(SearchLogix Group appoints Eric McMath )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... The SearchLogix Group has named Eric McMath the new VP of sales. McMath served four years in the U.S. Army and received the Distinguished Service Medal for his deployment during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

OCLC members council has elected two of its own to the board of trustees.(Online Computer Library Center appointed Maggie Farrell and Bruce Newell)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... OCLC members council has elected two of its own to the board of trustees. The group elected Maggie Farrell, University of Wyoming dean of libraries and outgoing members council president, and Bruce Newell, director, Montana Library Network, to...

Reuters.(devin Wenig appointed as Chief Operating Officer)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Reuters has appointed Devin Wenig as COO. Wenig is currently president of the business divisions, with operational responsibility for Reuters' four divisions: sales and trading, research and asset management, enterprise, and media. Wenig has...

Fios Inc.(Fios Inc. appoints Hampton Coley )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Fios Inc. has added Hampton Coley to the company's discovery management services team. Coley brings more than 15 years' experience helping clients navigate the litigation and electronic discovery process, and he spent the last four-and-a-half...

Endeavor Information Systems.(Endeavor Information Systems Inc. appoints Louis P. Leuzzi)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Endeavor Information Systems has appointed Louis P. Leuzzi VP of global sales. Leuzzi will report to Endeavor president and CEO Roland Dietz. Leuzzi has almost 25 years of professional experience serving in executive sales and services roles....

Comcast acquires thePlatform.(Comcast Corp.)(ThePlatform)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Comcast has acquired thePlatform, a provider of digital media publishing solutions, thePlatform's management team will stay intact, and Comcast will run it as a distinct business. No details of the deal have been disclosed. The acquisition...

Thomson Scientific, ScholarOne, and Blackwell Publishing collaborate for manuscript review.(ScholarOne)(Thomson Corp. Thomson Scientific)(Blackwell Publishing)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Thomson Scientific, ScholarOne, and Blackwell Publishing have announced a collaboration to provide authors, editors, and reviewers with tools designed to enhance each stage of the manuscript review process. These tools will integrate elements...

FeedBurner acquires BlogBeat.(FeedBurner)(BlogBeat)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... FeedBurner, an internet feed management provider, has acquired BlogBeat, a provider of blog analytics. The combined services will give FeedBurner's customers tools for the comparison of feed subscribers and blog visitors. The BlogBeat...

Google: on en parlera: French publisher sues Google Book Search.(La Martiniere Groupe)(Google Inc.)
September 1, 2006... controversy trails Google Book Search wherever it goes. The latest bout of trouble comes from France. La Martiniere Groupe, an international French publisher, filed a suit in early June against both Google, Inc. and Google France on behalf...

The educated browser: scholar simplifies bibliographies.(content news)(Dan Cohen)
September 1, 2006... To many, the word bibliography sounds about as pleasant as nails on a blackboard, calling to mind unpleasant recollections of last-minute, late-night research reports: After burning the midnight oil completing a scholastic epic, you still face...

Sony and GUBA partner for online movie distribution deal.(Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.)(GUBA)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and GUBA, an online multimedia entertainment site, have announced the immediate availability of more than 100 feature-length movies from Sony Pictures on the GUBA Premium online video service. The launch...

IBM introduces search and content integration software.(International Business Machines Corp. introduces search and content integration software)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... IBM has introduced two entry-level versions of search and content integration software. IBM webSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Starter Edition and webSphere Information Integrator Content Starter Edition can help customers access...

Advertisers are missing the Internet connection, OPA report reveals.(content news)(Online Publishers Association)
September 1, 2006... if you're reading EContent, no one needs to tell you what an important medium the internet has become for delivering content and reaching consumers across the world. But, according to a June 2006 study conducted on behalf of the Online...

Click and Buy.(Click and Buy appoints Eli Entin )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Click and Buy has hired Eli Entin to be its VP of product management. Previously, he was a senior product manager for PayPal. At PayPal his role was in risk management and credit underwriting for PayPal Pro, authentications, and eBay Express.

National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC).(National Archive Publishing Co. appoints Jim Militello)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC) has announced that Jim Militello has joined the company as CFO. In this role, he will manage finance, human resources, and business information systems. Previously, Militello served as VP of finance at...

BrightPlanet Corporation.(BrightPlanet appoints Thomas Tiahrt)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... BrightPlanet Corporation has named Thomas Tiahrt to be its first chief scientist. His development experience includes work on image databases, picture archiving communication systems, bioinformatics, and information retrieval software. He has...

Swets Information Services.(Swets Information Services appoints Thomas Snyder)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Swets Information Services has appointed Thomas Snyder as Swets' new chief commercial officer. In his role as chief commercial officer, he will be responsible for Swets' global marketing, sales, customer relations, and product development...

Swets.(Swets and Zeitlinger Holding appoints Dan Wasserstrom )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Swets has also appointed Dan Wasserstrom as Swets' VP of sales in North America. Prior to joining Swets, Wasserstrom held a number of sales leadership and business development positions within large companies. Most recently, he led the start up...

Radiance Technologies Inc.(Radiance Technologies appoints Kay Kienast and Mike Catalano)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Radiance Technologies Inc. has named Kay Kienast chief marketing officer, Mike Castle VP of business development, and Mike Catalano VP of engineering. Kienast most recently was marketing general manager for commercial segments at CDW. Castle...

Mediasurface.(Mediasurface PLC appoints Andy Peart )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Mediasurface has appointed Andy Peart to the newly created role of CMO. With eighteen years experience in IT marketing, Pearl joins Mediasurface from Magic Software Enterprises, where he was corporate marketing director. Previously, he has held...

Nstein Technologies Inc.(Nstein Technologies Inc. appoints Michel Lavigne and Pierre Donaldson)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Nstein Technologies Inc. has appointed Michel Lavigne and Pierre Donaldson as directors of the company. Lavigne is a director of the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec and, since June 2005, has been a director and member of audit committees...

iMakeNews, Inc. (IMN).(iMakeNews appoints Michelle R. Mathews )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... iMakeNews, Inc. (IMN) has appointed Michelle R. Mathews as market manager, direct selling industry. Prior to joining IMN, she was an independent consultant for PartyLite, a direct selling company for candles and related accessories in North...

Ingres Corporation.(Ingres appoints Roger Burkhardt )(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Ingres Corporation has announced that Roger Burkhardt has joined the company as president and CO0. He assumes immediate responsibility for worldwide sales and marketing as well as the global development and engineering organization, and he will...

ICANN tackles: domain name dilemma at Morocco summit.(content news)(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
September 1, 2006... Anticipation grows as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) prepares for one of its most significant meetings, to be held in Marrakech, Morocco. The meeting will cover aspects of the ongoing heated debate over the...

Metrics.(Survey)(Statistical data)
September 1, 2006... U.S. Adults Who Think that Search Engine Companies Should Turn over Search Queries to the Government, February 2006 (% of respondents) Should not turn over search queries 50% Should turn over search queries 44% Note:...

Faces of econtent ... interviews from the econtent trenches.(Tim Walker, Hoover's Inc.)(Interview)
September 1, 2006... Name With The Face: Tim Walker Job Title: Industry Editor Organization: Hoover's, Inc. URL: www.hoovers.com Job Function: "The main part of my job, like any other industry editor here, is to cover...

Commercializing mobile content.(follow the money)(introduction of mobile television )(Viewpoint essay)
September 1, 2006... by the time you read this, Sprint Nextel customers will be getting their first taste of free mobile TV, and thus also tuning in to the real future of wireless content. The young male-oriented "Fast Lane" channel will have on-demand clips of...

The New Hoover's.(Hoover's website enchanced)(Company overview)
September 1, 2006... hoover's recently rolled out a "New Hoover's," with enhanced features that include improved search capabilities, a unified database, addition of data, and the redesign of its paid site. Hoover's was a great product, so why did it change? As...

RSS: rights and wrongs: how do you tell if content reuse is fair or foul?(Really Simple Syndication)
September 1, 2006... During Christmas break last year, Asha Dornfest, a writer and mother of two young children, put together a blog that she dubbed Parent Hacks--a place where parents could share child-rearing advice. She set up the blog using TypePad and...

The information drought.(professionals)(Information technology)
September 1, 2006... the other day, my sweetie taught me a new word: virga (defined as "wisps of precipitation streaming from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground"). We see a lot of that here in the Rockies--long trails of rain in the distance that...

Paging medical information: examining access issues: patients and doctors demand access to digital health data, but privacy and protection issues remain at the fore.
September 1, 2006... Comparing the costs of different doctors and medical procedures can be a time-consuming affair for consumers. A new project launched in recent months by the administration of Florida Governor Jeb Bush is using the internet to simplify the...

Crossing the digital divide.(The digital classroom)
September 1, 2006... in a follow-up to their landmark publication The Digital Classroom: How Technology is Changing the Way We Teach and Learn, the Harvard Education School noted that essentially all the K-12 classrooms in the U.S. have been wired (though many...

Are biometrics the key to data security?(Biometrics usage)
September 1, 2006... Picture this: You stroll into your local coffee chain and a device scans your facial features to instantly signal the barista to begin making the double espresso you preselected online. You quickly settle up with the cashier by placing a...

An offer you can't refuse.(services offered by Leikis websites)
September 1, 2006... Overwhelmed by the choice of web and mobile content--ranging from news services to video clips--users increasingly gravitate to services that are designed from the ground up to give them content before they ask for it. Put simply, the...

A case of limitless collaboration.(case study)(Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques)
September 1, 2006... Company: SITA Founded in 1949 as the Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques, Geneva, Switzerland-headquartered SITA (as it's known today) provides IT business solutions and communications services to the air transport...

Chase the Long Tail to the next frontier.(after thought)(Column)
September 1, 2006... One of my obsessions is the Apollo space program. I enjoy meeting the astronauts at their speaking engagements and collecting signed first editions of their books. I also collect artifacts such as original press kits and media badges from the...