Comperio Provides a Safety Net at SharePoint
June 27, 2012
Entering a Misspelled word during internet search can lead to a few moments of irritation, but in the business world things become even more complicated. Typing one wrong letter can often send users spiraling downward towards a promotional disaster. Fortunately, some providers are hanging up a few safety nets to prevent the fall.
Microsoft just revamped Bing to recognize common errors during internet search. According to, ‘Bing reveals efforts to help with human search errors Bing will remember key words and phrases most frequently used. To correct issues the search feature itself was altered as:
“We used to show synonyms as part of our recourse links and this would open up some surface area for showing alterations. The query “define interesting” highlights an example where the recourse link was unnecessary. In this case, showing the Recourse Link didn’t enhance the experience. We’ve removed the Recourse Links in cases where we are very confident that they add little value or distract users.”
Basically, Microsoft created a net to catch errors in advance and Comperio can implement similar functions within SharePoint using Fast technology. The safety net Comperio provides can help catch users before they fall into the uncomfortable realm of presentation faux pas. They can customize the programming towards the specific needs of the business to increase efficiency.
Comperio is respected worldwide as experts on search driven solutions and search enabled business models. Comperio told Beyond Search:
“We serve their clients with innovative services and products in order to create truly engaging user experiences. We allow users to not only find what they are looking for but also discover information and surface new insights from relationships across data and content.”
For more information about Comperio, visit the firm’s Web site at www.comperiosearch.com.
Jennifer Shockley, June 27, 2012
Sponsored by HighGainBlog
Social Media Analytics Finds 98.6 Percent Positive Sentiment Towards Rock of Ages
June 27, 2012
Have you ever wondered if it was possible to accurately predict a successful motion picture?
If so, wouldn’t the owner of this technology invest in winning films? MarketWatch recently discussed this very topic in the article “Social Media Sentiment Strongly Positive Toward ‘Rock of Ages’ Despite Film’s Disappointing Box Office.”
According to the article, Attensity, a social analytics and engagement provider, has released a report analyzing public reaction in social media to the movie, Rock of Ages by using the company’s social analytics application Attensity Analyze.
After looking at sites like Twitter, Facebook, news sites, forums, videos and other social sources before and after the release, the report found:
“Attensity’s data reveals that the already positive sentiment toward Rock of Ages, in fact, grew over 10 percent after the film’s premiere. Positive sentiment for Tom Cruise in the movie also increased, moving from 47.87 percent to 52 percent. On the other hand, critics of Tom Cruise jumped on the opportunity to post their negative comments about the actor and his participation in Rock of Ages, adding to the small amount of negative sentiment and arguably playing a role in the film’s lackluster opening weekend numbers.”
While researchers discovered an overwhelming 96.8 percent positive sentiment toward Rock of Ages, can this technology be applied to all movies and actually predict a film’s success? or does it merely pick up on the excitement surrounding it?
Jasmine Ashton, June 27, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Does IBM Dominate Enterprise Social Software?
June 27, 2012
For the third year in a row, market research firm IDC has found IBM to be the biggest seller of enterprise social software, according to eWeek’s “IBM Is Social Business Software Leader: Study.” According to the IDC study, last year IBM grew faster than any competitor, and nearly twice as fast as the overall market (no slouch at 40% growth). In addition, the write up reveals:
“IBM said more than 35 percent of Fortune 100 companies have adopted its social software offerings including eight of the top 10 retailers and banks. IBM’s social business software and services combine social networking capabilities with analytics to help companies capture information and insights into dialogues from employees and customers and create interactions that translate into real value, the company said.”
Yes, that’s what these systems do. IBM’s social networking platform, available both on-site and in the cloud, is called IBM Connections. But what about Watson? Isn’t that system social? We don’t see much of Watson, so is that system anti-social? Just a thought.
IDC expects the enterprise social platform market to reach $4.5 billion by 2016; that’s a 43% growth over those next four years. They see businesses aiming to apply social capabilities to every aspect of their operations—a huge boon for companies in that field. Is the social hype really as pervasive as this study suggests?
With Microsoft’s recent move in enterprise social software, I wonder if IBM is overstating its case.
Cynthia Murrell, June 27, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Google and the Enterprise: Success Ahead?
June 27, 2012
Google is having delusions of success in areas where their competition is wearing the crown. They may rule the search industry, but their sorely lacking in other enterprises according to the article Google Generates $1 Billion On Five Enterprise Products: Can You Name Them?.
The article stated:
“Google books more than 96% of its revenue from ads. The remaining ~ 4% comes pretty much from its enterprise products.”
“Some 1,200 Google employees work on these various enterprise products, too. That’s about 3.6% of Google’s total headcount.”
“Google also has a network of 2,500 certified partners, including big traditional IT consultants like Accenture and Cognizant, as well as smaller partners to serve small and mid-size businesses. In those terms, Google’s enterprise business is actually the size of a fairly large company.”
You may not be aware, but Google’s five enterprise businesses are:
- Google Apps (including Gmail and Google Drive)
- Google Search Appliance
- Google Cloud Services
- Geospatial and mapping products
- Chromebooks for businesses
Google’s position on the profit throne when it comes to enterprise search or advertising is undisputed. However, their revenue in the competitive world of Apps, cloud computing and mapping makes them appear as mere peasants in that fast moving industry. Seriously, after a decade of effort, five unknown products and $1 billion in revenue, is this really success?
Jennifer Shockley, June 26, 2012
The Huber Affair: Demining Now Underway
June 26, 2012
Google is working overtime to keep attention focused on technical issues. You can wallow in the smart software encomium in the New York Times. (See “How Many Computers to Identify a Cat? 16,000” in the June 27, 2012, environmentally unfriendly newspaper or you can give the newspaper’s maybe here, maybe gone link at http://goo.gl/Twl9I.) The Google I/O Conference fast approaches, so there are the concomitant write ups about a Google hardware and news in “Google’s I/O Conference: New Operating System, Tablet”.
But there are two personnel stories which seem to haunt the company at what is the apex of the Google techno-promo machine: Larry Page’s minor voice problem and a person few people outside of Google have heard about. Both of these are potential “information minefields.” Google does not, as far as I know, have an effective demining system in place.
I have avoided commenting directly on the health thing. You can get the story or what passes for a story in “Google CEO Larry Page and the Healthy Way to Answer, ‘What’s Wrong?’” But I do have an opinion about the wizard responsible for Local Search, Maps, Earth, Travel, Payments, Wallet, Offers, and Shopping. I read more about about one Google executive than I expected in “This Exec May Have The Hardest Job At Google, And His Colleagues Are Tired Of Seeing Him Get Trashed In The Press.”
The basic idea, as I understand it, is:
Last week, we [Business Insider] published a story headlined: “Depending On Whom You Ask, This Google Exec Is Either ‘Weak’ Or He Just Drew The Short Straw?
The publication did some digging and learned from “senior sources”:
Their view is that Huber is a top-notch Google executive who asked for the hardest challenge his boss could give him and he got it – in the form of nascent, unproven products and an executive reporting to him that ended up being vastly under-qualified for her job.
The weak link in the Google brain mesh was a person from PayPal. Yikes. A female goofed with some PayPal type projects. The story wraps up:
Quote to Note: Insurance on Larry Page
June 26, 2012
Interesting factoid in the form of a quote to note. We don’t know if this is accurate, but we wanted to document the item because it is interesting. The source is “Google Voiceless: Larry Page to Skip Big Conference.” The passage we noted:
Google spokesman Jim Prosser told us that Page’s condition is “notserious” but that Page had been told to rest his voice. That’s a goodthing because as we reported earlier, Google has not insured itselfagainst the loss of Larry Page.
Interesting.
Stephen E Arnold, June 26, 2012
Sponsored by Polyspot
Cheers to Alternative Search with a Half Full Glass
June 26, 2012
Lift your glass and say “cheers” to alternative search and the routes they are taking to better inform consumers and businesses alike. The article, Beyond Google: Tap Into the Alternative Search Engine Data Opportunity gives us a look into what the alternate search engines are offering and why Google’s barrel is running a little dry.
eCommerce is opening doors for more defined search and:
“The search industry is moving beyond Google domination, and there’s a real value in that for publishers and retailers that recognize the data opportunity. I would argue that unique, first-party data has significantly more value to the marketer than say, has someone browsed a particular article on your digital magazine. These are not the types of insights Google can tell you.”
The article quenches the inquisitive thirst by offering five tips to help marketers capitalize on the alternative search opportunity utilizing retargeting:
- Use search data across a variety of search entities
- Set 90-day and 180-day data strategies
- Determine partners based on the value brought to data
- Reevaluate your priorities and strategy
- Accelerate beyond traditional search
Data is a constantly flowing fountain offering drinks to all and glasses stay half full. While Google claims to be the data search brewery, their selection process leaves many businesses staring at an empty bottom. Alternative search methods throw a private party with a custom brew and leave the bottle. Just imagine the potential if they expanded. Cheers!
Jennifer Shockley, June 26, 2012
Usage of Controls and Web Parts in SharePoint 2010
June 26, 2012
Different SharePoint sites have different components, and tracking usage for each site can be challenging. Powershell is a solution that can help manage this issue. The ideas are fully developed by Waldek Mastykarz in his piece, “Tracking the Usage of Controls and Web Parts in SharePoint 2010.”
Mastykarz states:
When deploying a new version of a component, one of the things that you have to do in the planning phase is to determine the impact of that upgrade. This is even more important in context of shared components where one component can be used on multiple sites. By finding out which sites they are exactly you can more precisely plan for testing and availability which in result should help you manage the expectations of your customers.
While finagling with plug-ins and add-ons will assist in the customization process, SharePoint is not meant to be intuitive or easily used out-of-the-box. Its strength is in its size and scope, and yet that is also its weakness. An agile third party solution like Fabasoft Mindbreeze is an easy way to customize SharePoint all at once. Fabasoft Mindbreeze Enterprise can stand alone or compliment an existing SharePoint infrastructure, eliminating the need for individual customization of various components. Mindbreeze customers are rewarded with quick and meaningful search results.
Emily Rae Aldridge, June 26, 2012
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Hadoop Officially a Big Deal for Big Data
June 26, 2012
Hadoop, our favorite batch-processing data management system, is now more important than ever. InfoWorld reveals in “Hadoop Becomes Critical Cog in the Big Data Machine.” The previous version of Apache‘s Hadoop has been adopted by more and more organizations with vast swaths of data to manage. Many users develop their own technologies to complement the Hadoop stack.
Writer Paul Krill details ways NASA, Twitter, Netflix , and Tagged use Hadoop technology, as well as challenges each has faced with the software. Recommended reading for anyone with Hadoop in their lives.
Regarding the upcoming version, the article cites Eric Baldeschwieler, CTO of HortonWorks, a company which has contributed to Hadoop. The write up tells us:
“Hadoop 2.0 focuses on scale and innovation, with Yarn (next-generation MapReduce) and federation capabilities. Yarn will let users add their own compute models so that they do not have to stick to MapReduce. ‘We’re really looking forward to the community inventing many new ways of using Hadoop,’ Baldeschwieler says. Expected uses include real-time applications and machine-learning algorithms. Scalable, pluggable storage is planned also. Always-on capabilities in Version 2.0 will enable clusters with no downtime. Scalable storage is planned as well.”
Notice that MapReduce has been renamed Yarn; the entire layer has been rewritten. Expect Hadoop 2.0 to be generally available within the year.
Cynthia Murrell, June 26, 2012
Sponsored by PolySpot
Cloud Based Software Solutions for Small Businesses
June 26, 2012
With cloud-based technology, small businesses now have access to product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions that typically were only available previously to large enterprises employing a client-server approach.
This evolution is described in the article entitled “PLM for the Rest of Us” that recently appeared on the Web site for Desktop Engineering,
“Several PLM providers have figured out ways to repackage their large-enterprise products so they can be applied to smaller enterprises, at a more reasonable cost. There are also new providers who are small and midsize themselves. They continue to develop and provide the kind of no-frills data management and project management solutions their peers could use. These products are often characterized by low IT overhead, fast implementation, and modular structure (you can adopt them incrementally as your needs grow). The real game changer is the cloud, the internet’s ubiquitous reach and accessibility. By unshackling PLM from the previous client-server architecture to web-hosted structure, some providers managed to deliver solutions with unprecedented affordability.”
Clearly, those PLM providers offering cloud-based solutions that enable their clients to easily find, reuse, and share their product data offer the innovation, customization, and scalability that will prove compelling to small businesses in need of effective data management.
Tonya Weikel, June 26, 2012
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