Predictive Coding Sparks Some Opposition
July 11, 2012
Editor’s Note: The original write up included observations which we learned were “out of bounds.” We want to make a formal apology to those mentioned in the article.
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[Source article with offending and objectionable comments, statements, and opinions removed by request.]
We have heard the predictive coding and eDiscovery are the legal community’s future, but change is always met by resistance. The New York Law Journal recounts one of the first challenges for predictive coding: “Judge Rejects Recusal Over Support for eDiscovery Method.” The article describes the case Moore v. Publicis Groupe, 11 Civ. 1279 and how Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck refused to recuse himself from the case. We noted this passage.
” ‘Here, my comments at eDiscovery conferences related to the general use of predictive coding in appropriate cases, and I did not express any opinion regarding the specific issues in the case. Consequently, neither my comments nor the fact that Losey was on some panels with me, nor the fact that MSL’s vendor Recommind sponsored different panels at LegalTech, separately or collectively, are a basis for recusal.’ “
Whitney Grace, July 11, 2012 and revised on July 16, 2012
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Digital Reasoning Expands Partner Network
July 11, 2012
You may remember Digital Reasoning for the dough they received last year for a big data intelligence push. Well it looks like the Tennessee based tech company is making new partnerships to continue its expansion into the big data marketplace. Digital Reasoning recently posted new press release on their Web site entitled “Digital Reasoning Teams with Carahsoft to Extend Presence in Government Market.”
According to the release, Digital Reasoning, a leader in unstructured data analytics, has forged a new partnership with government IT solutions provider Carahsoft Technology Corp. Together, the two companies will be adding proactive sales and marketing support to Digital Reasoning’s flagship product Synthesys. Synthesys uses human like reasoning algorithms to automatically isolate critical information – such as risks, opportunities, and anomalies – buried in massive amounts of unstructured data.
Michael Shrader, vice president of Intelligence and Innovative Solutions at Carahsoft, said of the partnership:
“Digital Reasoning provides an innovative approach to tackling the challenge of big data analytics. Over the past decade its software has been used in government agencies to uncover security threats and enable intelligence analysts to find and act on critical relationships in big data. We are pleased to add Digital Reasoning to our roster of intelligence solutions available to our government customers, partners and resellers.”
This partnership is sure to support the advancement of technological innovation that is so integral to maintaining strong defense intelligence sectors of our country.
Jasmine Ashton, July 10, 2012
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Exclusive Interview: Franz Kogl, Intrafind
July 10, 2012
Germany is a hot house for search, semantic, and content processing vendors. Most of them are not widely known outside of Germany. Intrafind, based in Munich, has been in business for more than a decade. The company is anchored in search solutions. I had heard about Intrafind, but I did not have much first-hand information about the company. In London in June, I spent some time with Franz Kögl and found that the firm has a number of high profile clients and, like a number of other companies, has found success with open source technology.
I asked Mr. Kögl about his view of search in 2012. He said, “The future every modern application will be ‘search enabled.’”
The company’s approach is refreshing. He told me:
Our approach is, “Think big, start small.” Many of our customers start with an application like an internal search. We then can extend the service piece by piece. For example, a new requirement comes from another department or business unit. It is pretty typical for us to start work in a single department. Then the client decides to use our iFinder as corporate search solution. What is special about our approach is that we combine computer linguistics within information retrieval. It’s not the idea itself which is unique, but the way we have implemented it.
On the subject of big data he said:
Huge amounts of data are frequently discussed at client meetings. We can handle almost any volume of data. We have different methods to match specific client situations. If updating the index is a key consideration, we work with the client to make clear that the update time of the full-text index is largely dependent on the connected sources and the attendant system.
To read the full text of the interview, navigate to “IntraFind AG: An Interview with Franz Kögl.” The ArnoldIT Search Wizards Speak subsite contains more than 60 interviews with professionals in the search and content processing sector. You can find the index to the interviews on the Wizards Index tab. A complete listing also appears on the Search Wizards Speak subsite.
Stephen E Arnold, July 10, 2012
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Good Help is Hard to Find
July 10, 2012
SharePoint consultants – every organization implementing SharePoint thinks that they need one, yet complaints abound regarding their effectiveness. The Meetdux.com blog addresses the topic in the post, “Will the Real SharePoint Consultant Please Stand Up?”
The author shares his personal perspective, as someone who also practices as a SharePoint consultant:
My clients have a common complaint when I come in and help them with their existing SharePoint implementation, ‘The so called SharePoint consultant who helped us roll out SharePoint was no help at all!’ You may ask what seems to be the problem, well, some people who call themselves SharePoint consultants are nothing more than a technical person having some Windows administration background who can easily install, configure and deploy SharePoint in a technical environment.
So what are organizations to do? You need the expertise without the hassle, or the large bill. We would suggest looking into a smart third-party enterprise search vendor like Fabasoft Mindbreeze. Fabasoft Mindbreeze Enterprise can work alongside your existing SharePoint installation, or serve as a standalone enterprise infrastructure. Either way, your organization gets the expertise and support of the Mindbreeze team, which cuts out the private consulting fee, and results in an infinitely better user experience.
Emily Rae Aldridge, July 10, 2012
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The Game Approach to Breaking News and Intelligence
July 10, 2012
Modern society thrives on knowing what goes on in the world, but often time’s viewer opinions differ from those of a journalist. Both cable and the internet are utilized to watch daily news, and now there is place to get your own point across. According to Nieman Lab’s article “Scoople: Gaming the news to get your data” is a polling company that operates as a game while utilizing actual news. Users receive points as a reward for participating.
Scoople uses a “content engine” to farm sources which produce a single story, and:
“The machine tracks some 200 RSS feeds, but a story is often a partial mash-up of just two articles, which Scoople cites with links to the originals.”
“Scoople publishes content by category in channels like Celebrity, Film, Politics, Tech, World, Gaming, and so on. Part-time editorial staffers come up with questions that go with each story.”
“Scoople created a social experience around media content…They’re not building a fantasy farm. It’s very well-grounded in daily news, daily events that they already think about.”
Involving the public by using a poll process will initiate interest and generate more public responses. The social sharing of opinions to generate results is a unique shift in the way normal news works. Scoople is offering a fresh approach to breaking news and intelligence in a game like atmosphere.
Jennifer Shockley, July 10, 2012
aPriori Sees Record Year as Part of PLM Solution
July 10, 2012
Companies across industries are quickly realizing the benefits of product lifecycle management (PLM) not only in saving money but streamlining processes and eliminating waste. An important component to PLM is product cost management. This particular software niche of PLM has been growing and profiting like never before according to the Market Watch article, “aPriori Completes Record Fiscal Year”.
A leader in product cost management, aPriori, landed some impressive clients in the last year like Ford and Diebold, as well as doubled their workforce and saw a 52% in revenues.
As far as their role in the PLM process President and CEO of aPriori, Stephanie Feraday, was quoted in the article as saying,
“Effective product cost management has become a core foundation of many manufacturers’ approach to product lifecycle management. The ROI is difficult to ignore. Our team has capitalized on that trend. We’ve established a very solid foundation in Europe, expanded our base in automotive and are able to do more than ever to ensure our customers get maximum value from their aPriori implementation.”
PLM is a complex system designed to work with each industry and each company individually to maximize ROI and production. Thanks to innovations in technology PLM is now available to small and midsized companies as well as the Fords and Diebolds. For those companies just beginning their journey with PLM we recommend contacting Inforbix, a true leader in the field, dedicated to offering new data management solutions to companies of all sizes.
Catherine Lamsfuss, July 10, 2012
Digimind Explains Visualization
July 10, 2012
The Digimind Blog recently published an interesting post about visualization entitled “Harness the Power of Data Visualization With Digimind.”
According to the post, Data Visualization is a way to make complex unstructured content more visually appealing and digestible. Digimind’s competitive intelligence search engine utilizes this technology so that any search query generates an interactive word cloud.
The article then goes on to explain how this technology works by using the example of the trending Apple versus Sony trending news.
After showing the word bubbles that appear once the It sums up by stating:
“Unsurprisingly, Apple gets a lot more coverage, the main topics around the Apple brand talk about the iPad because of the coming release of a new Microsoft tablet. Google reacted to Apple’s last keynote introducing maps by cutting the price for Google maps usage.
Meanwhile, Sony garnered coverage relating to the release of xperia.”
I really enjoyed ready this post because it explains the way that visualization works in very easy to understand terms.
Jasmine Ashton, July 10, 2012
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Protected: Practicing Law is Exciting Again
July 10, 2012
The Mash Up Mixing Bowl
July 10, 2012
InetSoft Technology is mashing search technologies together with the availability of new custom data connectors for popular enterprise applications. This big mixing bowl will add connectors to the list of supported third-party data sources that do not already have open standards based connectivity according to Times Union’s article, “InetSoft Adds Google Analytics, AdWords, and Microsoft SharePoint as Data Sources for BI Dashboarding”.
The new InetSoft technology provides a smooth mix with an efficient transformation, as:
“Style Intelligence is a full-featured business intelligence solution for dashboard reporting that includes a powerful data mash-up engine. End-users get visually compelling, highly interactive access to data, and IT gets a highly customizable, easy to learn and quick to deploy business intelligence toolset and information delivery platform. Data mash-up capabilities allow for the integration of disparate data sources, enabling agile development and providing maximum self-service, while the application’s SOA architecture and open standards-based technology make for an ideal embedding and integration-ready application for dashboards, production reporting, and visualization.”
Those who take advantage of this new quick mix technology will get compelling visuals, along with highly interactive access to data. The IT department will find the technology easy to learn and highly customizable with a convenient business intelligence toolset and information delivery platform. The end result, InetSoft has mashed up search technologies into a big mixing bowl of efficiency.
Jennifer Shockley, July 10, 2012
Cloud Based Angle for Clinical Trial Text Mining
July 10, 2012
Reuters recently posted a news release on its Web site entitled “Linguamatics Launches Cloud-based Clinical Trials Text Mining Solution.”
According to the release, Linguamatics, a provider of cutting edge enterprise text mining software, is now providing access to clinical trials via their I2E text mining platform available on the Cloud. This solution has proven to be a valuable tool when mining clinical trials data for decision support in biomedical research, clinical trials study design, site selection and competitive intelligence. Users are able to extract valuable insights and monitor the progress of potential new medicines.
When discussing how I2E works, the article states:
“According to David Milward, CTO, Linguamatics, the company intends to further extend its hosted content sources to full-text patent applications and grants, and exploit links across the data sets. ‘Access to ClinicalTrials.gov is a strong addition to our existing content options. As well as each data source being valuable in itself, I2E provides the ability to link across diverse sources using natural language processing to recognize relevant concepts and relationships however they are expressed’.”
The medical field is certainly an industry where text mining solutions like 12E are bound to make a huge difference in new cutting edge research by allowing them to access information that was not previously available.
Jasmine Ashton, July 10, 2012
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