Altova Noses into XML Semantics
March 27, 2012
IT Jungle’s Alex Woodie recently announced some good news for IBM DB2/400 fans in the article “Altova Adds Support for DB2/400 Logical Files in MissionKit.”
According to the article, Altova has now added support for DB2/400 logical files in MissionKit. The latest release of MissionKit called 2012r2, features updates to support for DB2/400 logical files have been added to the XMLSpy, MapForce, UModel, DatabaseSpy, and DiffDog products, which already supported DB2/400.
Woodie writes:
MissionKit includes eight handy utilities that allow IT professionals to accomplish a range of XML, data, and unified modeling language (UML)-related tasks. Anchoring the kit is its popular XML editor, called XMLSpy. MapForce, meanwhile, provides data conversion and related capabilities, UModel allows developers to visually design their application flows in UML, while DatabaseSpy allows users to design, query, and compare multiple databases. Rounding out the suite are StyleVision, DiffDog, SchemaAgent, and SemanticWorks.
These new features are bound to attract IBM i customers due to its powerful data manipulation tools. For more information and free trial downloads check out www.altova.com Since I am no longer receiving spam from MarkLogic and AtomicPR, I am not sure how that XML centric company is responding.
Jasmine Ashton, March 27, 2012
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Protected: Meet the SharePoint Experts at Their Own Conference
March 26, 2012
Inteltrax: Top Stories, March 19 to March 23
March 26, 2012
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, the myriad of ways companies are handling tough times through analytics.
One positive light was shone in “Netflix Sets Analytic Example” which shows how the once-sagging movie giant is correcting its course with analytics.
On the flipside, “LexisNexis Fighting a Losing Analytic Battle” shows the original king of analytics and discovery to be going about a big data conversion all wrong.
And on a slightly less concerning note, “Mobile BI Might Be Too Much for Some” shows that while handheld analytics is cool, it’s wasted on many users.
Big data anatlyics is a soaring field, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ups and downs on the way to the top. We help you see all the good and the bad this wild world of innovation has to offer by bringing you the latest every day.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax, March 26, 2012
Open Source Medical Controlled Term Management: Apelon DTS 4.0
March 26, 2012
Apelon Medical Terminology in Practice recently posted a news release introducing the latest version of its open source terminology management software titled “Apelon Introduces Distributed Terminology System 4.0”
According to the article, Apelon’s latest DTS is a comprehensive open-source solution for the acquisition, management and practical deployment of standardized healthcare terminologies. It is built on the JEE platform allows for simplified integration into existing enterprise systems.
The article states:
DTS users easily manage the complete terminology lifecycle. The system provides the ability to transparently view, query, and browse across terminology versions. This facilitates the management of rapidly evolving standards such as SNOMED CT, ICD-10-CM, LOINC and RxNorm, and supports their use for longitudinal electronic health records. Local vocabularies, subsets and cross-maps can be versioned and queried in the same way, meaning that DTS users can tailor and adapt standards to their particular needs.
The advance of technological terms in the medical industry that need to be referenced quickly and accurately, has precipitated the need for enhanced functionality in terminology management tools. The latest version of this software is easier to use than its predecessors and will help even more institutions integrate the latest decision support technologies into their daily work.
Jasmine Ashton, March 26, 2012
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Overcoming Perceived SharePoint Barriers with Mindbreeze
March 26, 2012
Over at the AIIM.org SharePoint Experts Blog, Rich Blank confronts the tensions between SharePoint adoption, social technologies, and business goals in, “Is SharePoint an Obstacle in Your Organization.”
Blank summarizes:
“Bottom line is that SharePoint is not the obstacle. SharePoint has simply forced organizations to focus on real underlying information management, governance, compliance, service delivery, and cultural change issues at scale. In fact, if you view things holistically, the vast Microsoft ecosystem provides all the capabilities, security, and compliance required for effective communication, collaboration, news/information, team sites, communities, social, search, ECM at an attractive total cost of ownership.”
Blank suggests that organizations can focus on delivering collaboration as a service in order to introduce capabilities to users. He also warns against rushing into the hype of social business without carefully considering the overall architectural vision and basic information management principles.
This is not the first discussion on SharePoint out-of-the-box capabilities not meeting collaboration expectations in the organization. One way to make your SharePoint system accessible and more powerful is by integrating a third party solution. We like the feedback we’ve heard from customers of Fabasoft Mindbreeze. Mobility and Cloud search capabilities are just some of the Mindbreeze benefits. With information pairing, Mindbreeze allows you to connect valuable business knowledge with the right people:
“It sounds easy at first glance but it’s technologically highly complex. 6 years of research and development work later, Fabasoft Mindbreeze has the answer: Information pairing. This involves the boundless networking of company relevant information within an enterprise or organization and placing it in the Cloud. In my opinion acting in this way in all business issues is reliable, dynamic and profitable – the basis for competitive advantage.”
Read more about the full suite of solutions at http://www.mindbreeze.com/.
Philip West, March 26, 2012
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Don’t Take PLM so Personally
March 26, 2012
In the age of smartphones and tablets, it seems that everything is mobile and everything can be personalized. But how about your PLM? Do we need personal PLM? Oleg Shilovitsky tackles this concept in his post “Personal PLM: Pros and Cons.”
Employees are using more and more of their personal devices at work. Also “web and social networking create a virtual environment that’s personal in many aspects.” Shilovitsky says there are a lot of “cool” aspects to personal PLM, but the biggest problems are:
“…that everything that happens in the company, and outside is social. People need to communicate to get a job done. Without doing these things, the performance will be going down. Another aspect is related to the integration of data. I have my “Part List” and you have your “Part List”. How does it work together?”
Personalization of PLM may have some kinks to work out before it goes mainstream. However, we bet it will eventually take hold. Until then, we will have to focus on technology developments that takes us closer to that goal like the software developed by Inforbix. Though it is not personal PLM, it does revolutionize the way manufacturers find, share and reuse product data throughout their company. Sharing communication in an effective and efficient is the real focus of personalizing PLM and Inforbix is taking us there.
Jennifer Wensink, March 26, 2012
Publishers Pose Threats to Text Mining Expansion
March 26, 2012
Text mining software is all the rage these days due to its ability to make significant connections by quickly scanning through thousands of documents. This software can recognize, extract and index scientific information from vast amounts of plain text, allowing computers to read and organize a body of knowledge that is expanding too fast for any human to keep up with. However, Nature.com recently reported on a some issues that have developed in this growing industry in the article “Trouble at the Text Mine.”
According to the article, text mining programmers Max Haeussler and Casey Bergman have run into trouble trying to get science publishers to agree to let them mine their content.
The article asserts:
Many publishers say that they will allow their subscribers to text-mine, subject to contract and the text-miners’ intentions, and point to a number of successful agreements. But like many early advocates of the technology, Haeussler and Bergman complain that publishers are failing to cope with requests, and so are holding up the progress of research. What is more, they point out, as text-mining expands, it will be impractical for individual academic teams to spend years each working out bilateral agreements with every publisher.
While some publishers are getting on board the text mining train, many are still trying to work out how to take advantage of the commercial value before signing on. Too bad it takes more than a degree in English to make text mining deliver useful results. Bummer.
Jasmine Ashton, March 26, 2012
Sponsored by Pandia.com
SLI Systems Pitches Vertical Publication Internet Retailing
March 26, 2012
Internet Retailing recently shared an article by SLI Systems CEO and Co-Founder Shaun Ryan. Entitled, “Guest Comment: a More Effective Approach to Optimizing Conversions – Testing Site Search and Navigation Pages.” The lengthy story discusses ways to identify the aspects of site search and navigation you should test and determine how best to approach the testing process.
According to the article, many companies fail to test their site search and navigation properly. Which can lead to a whole lot of costs down the road. Ryan provides several tips for companies to try to avoid this problem. They include offering: optimal results per page, non-product content, merchandising banners, buy buttons, refinement options, displaying prices in search results, and several more.
When discussing the significance of “merchandising banners” Ryan states:
Are you making the best use of banners? For instance, you can benefit from strategically placing banners on ‘no results’ pages to drive people towards related items. Banners on site search and other pages are also effective for highlighting special offers, such as discounts on shipping, brands on sale, or other items you want to promote. Where you should show your banners, how big they should be, and what content you should include on them are all variables you can test.
While these are all helpful tips, what companies must keep in mind first and foremost is what you want to offer your site visitors and, even more importantly, what they want you to provide.
Jasmine Ashton, March 26, 2012
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Voicebrook and Nuance Team Up for Voice Search
March 26, 2012
SYS.CON Media recently reported on an agreement between Voicebrook and Nuance Communications to work together to deliver comprehensive, speech-enabled reporting solutions for anatomic pathology laboratories in the article, “Voicebrook and Nuance Partner to Provide Speech-Powered Reporting Solutions for Anatomic Pathology Laboratories.”
According to the article, Voicebrook, a provider of integrated speech recognition and digital dictation solutions for Pathology, plans to adapt its VoiceOver software to include the benefits of Nuance’s Dragon Dictate.
The article states:
Powered by Nuance’s advanced speech recognition technology, VoiceOver® is a key component in optimizing anatomic pathology Laboratory Information System (LIS) and Digital Pathology workflows. Used by more than 200 of the most prestigious private and hospital laboratories across the United States and Canada, VoiceOver® is proven to deliver enormous savings, efficiencies, and quality improvements to anatomic pathology laboratories.
It looks like speech technology is becoming a big deal. I like to call this the Apple Siri effect. It may not work perfectly, but it points the way to the future.
Jasmine Ashton, March 26, 2012
Sponsored by Pandia.com
The Google-Apple Safari Deal
March 26, 2012
Here’s an interesting factoid: “Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to be the Default Search Engine in Safari,” Digg reports. Hmm.
The article reveals:
“According to Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter, Apple made $1 billion off Google in 2011 just by having it as the default search engine in Safari. With the iPhone, iPad and, to a lesser extent, Mac lines getting more popular by the day, it would seem like a no-brainer for Apple to continue its agreement with Google. But many are wondering if the Cupertino-based company might soon look elsewhere.”
Suspicions of a split surfaced when Apple chose not to use Google Maps in the new iPhoto. That seems like a stretch to me, it is a business decision after all, but I could be wrong. Writer Brandon Russell supports his opinion that neither company would much suffer if the deal were called off.
Stephen E. Arnold, March 26, 2012
Sponsored by Pandia.com
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