Startup Kwaga Adopts Sinequa
October 17, 2011
The French outlet Presse-Citron brings covers Sinequa’s newest client in a weekly column, “The French Start-Up of the Week: Kwaga.” Kwaga develops tools to provide semantic management for email and contacts. Kwaga is using Sinequa to incorporate language semantics.
As the article explains:
To speak of the history of Kwaga, start by talking about Sinequa. Sinequa is a company that offers a solution for business search engines using semantics. And if the name Sinequa does not evoke anything, use a search engine like LeMonde.fr or LeFigaro.fr and you will find the words ‘Search results provided by Sinequa.
Kwaga’s venture into applications is still young, having only begun this year. Sinequa for a number of years focused on the enterprise. The firm has asserted that it is a leader in search. We will monitor both Sinequa and Kwaga.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 17, 2011
Arnold Columns October 2011
October 17, 2011
In my recent peregrinations through Europe, one person asked me when the columns I describe in the blog become available. My answer is, “I have no clue.” The publishers pay me to do articles and essays that meet their audiences’ alleged needs.
Some publishers put the information I submit online; for example, Information Today at www.infotoday.com. You will have to run queries to locate my contributions. I don’t look at my for-fee work after I submit it.
Every four or five years, I ask a gosling to gather up drafts and slap them on the ArnoldIT.com Web site as a reference mostly for me. Other publishers use the information in online publications which may be require a subscription. I think the IMI Publishing products work in this way, but I am not sure. The idea is that I spend more time creating the for-fee write ups. I understand that at least one person in a country with lots of vowels in its Americanized name want the articles in the blog, but that’s not possible. I can include some humor in my blog, but my for-fee articles are serious and I often point out some of the shortcomings in quite well known search and content processing companies’ business tactics.
A bit of humor: In Europe two weeks ago someone asked me why I was traveling incognito. Ah, 67 year olds must not have a Project Runway sense of style. I submitted this picture to my various publishers and no one thought I was even mildly entertaining.
Stephen E Arnold in disguise in a far off land. I think I look quite sporty.
Here is a summary of the for-fee content submitted in October 2011. I think most of the information will be available before January 31, 2011. Publishers have their own systems and methods. Who am I to urge a different world view when someone is paying me money? The goose is addled, not stupid.
Enterprise Technology Management, “The Google Spring: Not a Company, a Movement.” The article summarizes the notion of the “spring’ activist activity and Google’s 2011-2012 global road show. Google seems to be kicking up its marketing and its assertions about the “value” of the firm’s enterprise services.
Information Today, “Windows Metro: User Experience over Findability.” Microsoft is following Apple in the user experience race. In this write up, I explore who will be affected by a radical interface change and what the shift implies for the consumerization of information technology.
KMWorld, “A New Sales Recipe for the Enterprise: Governance, Semantics, and a Dash of Open Source Sauce.” In this essay, I look at how firms are wrapping themselves in “open source goodness.” Beneath the marketing frippery beats the commercial heart of a capitalist. Exciting.
Online Magazine, “Open Source Search: Clarity or Confusion.” The essay raises the question, “How confusing is open source search?” To help the reader get his or her arms around the notion of “confusion,” I created a table listing two dozen providers of open source search solutions. Implicit in the essay is, “How many of these will your CFO recognize?”
I did some work for clients which will run under the clients’ name. You will be able to identify my contributions if you are a reader of this blog. I try to maintain a non-news style which, once in a while, is distinctive. One of the people buying my content told me, “You have a unique voice.”
Ms. Sperling, my English teacher in high school would not agree. She thought I was a smart aleck, indifferent to the strictures of the Victorian Age and somewhat indifferent to the views of the higher ups in the institution. Not surprisingly, I spent some time in the hall outside of the class room due to my occasional flights of literary fancy involving ginkgo trees, Mary Godwin, and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Stephen E Arnold, October 17, 2011
Freebie. After all publishers are paying me to write articles for their audiences.
Protected: SharePoint APIs: The Key to User Satisfaction
October 17, 2011
Inteltrax: Top Stories, October 10 to October 14
October 17, 2011
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, how analytic technology depends so heavily on funding and what those dollars signify.
Our feature story this week, “Palantir Back From the Grave,” http://inteltrax.com/?p=2775 details how one BI company suffered some near-fatal blows, but has bounced back with new software and confidence, thanks to some new funding.
Another funding-centric tale was our story, “Opera and Xignite Make Waves by Raising Millions” http://inteltrax.com/?p=2573 that showed two smaller companies on the rise thanks to some big time investments.
We turned the tables with “Actuate Analytics Contest Gets Attention” http://inteltrax.com/?p=2541 to show how one company is supporting the next generation of analytic thinkers by offering their financial support.
Money makes the big data globe spin, it’s no secret. But funding carries a lot of meaning in this industry, usually it’s a sign of impending success. We’ll see if that theory holds true, as we follow these and other stories in the ever-expanding world of data analytics.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
Baidu Gains International Ground
October 16, 2011
Baidu, the leader in Chinese search, is launching itself into the international market. Quietly but surely, the Asian giant is gaining international ground. “Baidu Launches International Marketing Efforts,” explains more.
The article provides details:
Last month the company branched out to Egypt and Thailand, in addition to their presence in China and Japan. Now it appears they are reaching further abroad, looking to get advertisers to buy paid search and “Brand Zone” advertising.
Brand Zone is their partner product, aimed at allowing brands the opportunity to advertise in China with Baidu. Online advertising is clearly an emerging market in China. With both internet access and personal income growing exponentially, China is expected to be an investors playground in the coming years. Baidu and its newest venture could be worth a look for investors interesting in tapping China’s potential.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 16, 2011
Google Remains Patent Poor After an Unhelpful Purchase
October 16, 2011
Keyword Research – An Interesting Approach
October 15, 2011
Search Engine Watch offers a non-traditional examination of search engine ranking in, “Keyword Research: Dealing With Uncertainty.” The author lays out a plan for researching which keywords will return the highest ROI for search engine ranking.
The method is explained:
When selecting the keywords you would like to rank for, you must take several factors into account. Preferably you’re able to calculate its potential ROI by finding out what effort is required for a return in profit. There are, however, various uncertainties that you can choose to minimize.
Quite frankly the article is quite lengthy and the illustrations are somewhat incomprehensible. Perhaps we are not smart enough to understand the point here. But for those who live and die by SEO, the innovative approach might be worth a second look.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 15, 2011
Google Fixes Maps in 15 Minutes
October 15, 2011
Let’s say that an address or landmark is wrong on Google Maps and someone, somewhere uses Google Map Maker to fix it. How long does it take to show up in Google Maps? And how long does it take to populate out into all the embedded Google Maps around the world that are powered by the Google Maps API, the most popular API in the world? According to the company this week, it now takes as little as fifteen minutes.
Now that’s customer service. Lots of competition in mobile apps, especially in maps, drives Google to keep refresh rates very high, and update times very short. To stay dominant in this market, Google has to stay fast.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 15, 2011
Microsoft Pushes Toward or Beyond Google
October 14, 2011
As part of its recent Microsoft Research roadshow, Microsoft officials talked up ‘Tiger,’ Bing’s next-generation index-serving platform. Tiger, jointly developed by Microsoft Research and Microsoft’s Search Technology Center in Asia, uses solid-state disk technology to improve Bing’s search performance and relevance… But there’s more to Binging than just the index server. Another key component of Microsoft’s search service is ‘Cosmos’ . . . Cosmos is the cloud storage and computational engine that powers all of Microsoft’s Online Services, including Bing.
A concerted effort is being made to improve Bing’s behind-the-scenes function. Various aspects of Bing have been lauded by the tech community, but Google still holds a lion’s share of the market. Speaking of lion, Microsoft should know better than to name a product Tiger. Mac already owns that space in the tech lexicon.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 14, 2011
FAST Error Message – Makes No Sense
October 14, 2011
A blog devoted to SharePoint and related technologies is shedding light on SharePoint’s failure to handle error messaging. In, “FAST Post Setup Configuration Failed,” several weaknesses of the SharePoint error messaging system are discussed.
The author states,
In one of my recent FAST implementations to a large Government Organization in Western Australia, I faced numerous interesting issues and would like to share them with the SharePoint community [sic] in my next few articles. In my viewpoint, even though FAST is a very powerful and useful component when it comes to integration with SharePoint, it need some major improvements, fixes and specially better error handling.
FAST needs to take another look at their error messaging system. In the meantime, users struggling with less-than-helpful messages may find this article quite helpful.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 14, 2011
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