IBM Forgets About Vivisimo
January 1, 2013
IBM wants to take a bite out of Big Data by educating people on the topic and then encouraging them to use their products. One of the ways that IBM does this is through its Redbooks publications. A recent publication called IBM InfoSphere Streams V3.0: Addressing Volume, Velocity, and Variety that discusses how a Big Data platform will allow people to structure and use their data:
“There are multiple uses for big data in every industry—from analyzing larger volumes of data than was previously possible to driving more precise answers, to analyzing data at rest and data in motion to capture opportunities that were previously lost. A big data platform will enable your organization to tackle complex problems that previously could not be solved using traditional infrastructure. As the amount of data available to enterprises and other organizations dramatically increases, more and more companies are looking to turn this data into actionable information and intelligence in real time. Addressing these requirements requires applications that are able to analyze potentially enormous volumes and varieties of continuous data streams to provide decision makers with critical information almost instantaneously. “
The publication suggests using IBM InfoSphere as the enterprise platform for Big Data developments. The InfoSphere can be used as a testing ground for analyzing the data and deciding the best ways to govern it. Did IBM forget about its “other” Big Data” platform, though? Vivisimo was acquired to be the spotlight of Big Data for IBM. Why is it not discussed here?
Whitney Grace, January 01, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Save Time and Automate Some IT Tasks
January 1, 2013
Here is a new buzzword for you: “awareness automation.” It refers to how It organizations are unaware about the ability to automate some redundant and time-consuming tasks. IT News Online discusses some of these tasks in “Business Productivity Stifled Due to Lack of Awareness of Automation Opportunities According to IPsoft.” IPSoft found that the following tasks could increase productivity and create a basis for more complex functions to be automated in the future: predictive incident management, requesting permission, running diagnostics, password management, and application checks.
The advice is too practical to ignore:
“Truly expert systems can be used to automate not just some of the simple tasks of your 1st or even 2nd line IT support staff, but all the low level tasks IT managers are stuck with on a day-to-day basis. Even when the problem can’t be solved through automation the system is smart enough to replicate the processes one would expect a qualified support engineer to follow including seeking out the relevant information, gathering the documentation, and providing the approving party with the right information in order that they can make an informed and rapid decision to resolve the problem.”
The only thing holding automation awareness back is its ambiguity. It is not a concept that many people think about. The best thing to do would be to start an AA campaign with a Facebook, Tumbler, etc. pages, and use the social media advertising power.
Whitney Grace, January 01, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Semantria Goes Pentalingual
January 1, 2013
Semantria is a text analytics and sentiment analysis solutions company. In order to reach a new clientele as well as work with companies with an international base, “Semantria Announces Content Classification and Categorization Functionality in 5 Languages.” Semantria now speaks English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese.
To power its categorization functionality, Semantria uses the Concept Matrix. It is a large thesaurus that used Wikipedia in its beta phase. After digesting Wikipedia, the Concept Matrix created lexical connections between every concept within it. Semantria developed the technology with Lexalytics and the Lexalytics Salience 5 engine powers the Concept Matrix. The Concept Matrix is a one of a kind tool that organizes and classifies information:
“Seth Redmore, VP Product Management and Marketing at Lexalytics, explains; ‘Text categorization requires an understanding of how things are alike. Before the Concept Matrix, you’d have to use a massive amount of training data to “teach” your engine, i.e. ‘documents about food’.’ And, he continues, ‘With the Concept Matrix, the training’s already done, and by providing Semantria a few keywords, it drops your content into the correct categories.’ ”
A piece of software that does all the organizing for you, how amazing is that? If it “ate” Wikipedia and made lexical connections, what could it do with Google, Bing, the entire Internet?
Whitney Grace, January 01, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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