Protected: Improve SPServices on SharePoint
November 29, 2011
Protected: SharePoint Is a Sellout
November 28, 2011
Inteltrax: Top Stories, November 21 to November 25
November 28, 2011
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, the highs and lows of recent analytics news.
On the high side, was our story “Speech Analytics Market Approaches Billions” that chronicled the success of applying unstructured big data analytic techniques to recorded speech, such as in call centers.
On the low side, we found “Mobile BI Takes a Surprising Misstep” explores how the once bustling mobile BI market recently took a hit.
And somewhere in the middle, we found “In-Memory Databases Cause a Stir” attempted to draw the line between traditionalist and futurists of analytics.
It’s a wild ride every week in the world of big data analytics. Sure things go bust, underdogs appear from nowhere and divisions are drawn. Stay tuned to see where it all leads.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
November 28, 2011
Protected: SharePoint Teams Ignore the Information Professional’s Role
November 25, 2011
Protected: SharePoint is the Fastest Growing Content Tool
November 24, 2011
Protected: Mobile Devices and SharePoint Have Opposing Views
November 23, 2011
ZyLAB Pursues Governance with Records Management
November 23, 2011
It is common knowledge that it is necessary for to impart efficient records management (RM) policies and practices in order for an organization to fulfill its enterprise-wide knowledge management (KM) goals. However, it is less common to find an IT department that understands the value of an RM framework that also provides e-discovery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_discovery.
In this vein of thought, a new marketing theme has recently emerged from software developer ZyLAB as a way to nail down the governance silliness in a way that benefits businesses from a variety of different angles.
The recent CodeZED blog post “Records Management Is the Foundation of Proactive E-Discovery” notes:
Any effective RM solution must be multifaceted and have at least some level of robust search and e-discovery capabilities to be scalable, especially in the face of growing regulations concerning information transparency, security and expectations for data archiving and retention.
In addition to the obvious legal benefits that come with having a good RM solution that provides e-discovery, there are other benefits as well. These include: more proactive customer service capabilities, an unencumbered environment for innovation, optimized maneuverability and preparedness in a rapidly shifting competitive marketplace and stronger positioning for long-term profitability. Who can say no to that?
In my opinion, the governance mavens may not know what to say. Records mnagement is a discipline. Governance is a made-up service designed by folks who don’t want to do the work required to implement a standard.
Jasmine Ashton, November 23, 2011
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Overcoming SharePoint Infrastructure Woes
November 22, 2011
The IT blogosphere has no lack of discussion of SharePoint and its implementation. What is SharePoint and how is it best used? One thing is certain – SharePoint is no out-of-the-box solution. Without careful planning, implementation, and customization, a company will fail to reap any benefit from SharePoint, and may even suffer confusion and frustration in the process. Symon Garfield defines SharePoint as an infrastructure, expounding on its strengths and weaknesses in, “The Art of SharePoint Success: Strategy – What Is SharePoint?”
“The benefits are derived from the services that are implemented on the infrastructure rather than from the infrastructure itself and so it is with SharePoint. This is one contributing factor to the difficulties that many organizations face in creating a business case for SharePoint . . . Often the first SharePoint project in an organization has to bear the costs of implementing the infrastructure, even though the benefits are spread across the multiple solutions it enables.”
This initial report does not sound promising. With the furious and indiscriminate adoption of SharePoint since its 2010 update, one has to wonder if most people are making the most of their enterprise search infrastructure. Probably not. So what is to be done? How do we optimize the “benefits derived from the services that are implemented on the infrastructure?”
One solution that we have found is Fabasoft Mindbreeze, a substantive suite of information management solutions. Where SharePoint offers only an empty infrastructure, Mindbreeze provides meaning and context.
“Highly efficient enterprise search and specific connectors link together data sources in companies and organizations. They integrate the knowledge of different sections of a company into a uniform, linked whole. Fabasoft Mindbreeze Enterprise finds every scrap of information within a very short time, whether document, contract, note, e-mail or calendar entry, in intranet or internet, person- or text-related. The software solution finds all required information, regardless of source, for its users.”
Enterprise search, when done well, is an essential business tool for managing the information storage and retrieval needs of the modern day. But finding a solution that makes sense, and produces benefits without the hassle of tricky implementation, is paramount. We think Mindbreeze is worth a second look.
Emily Rae Aldridge, November 22, 2011
Protected: CRM Integration Finally Arrives for SharePoint
November 22, 2011
Inteltrax: Top Stories, November 14 to November 18
November 21, 2011
Inteltrax, the data fusion and business intelligence information service, captured three key stories germane to search this week, specifically, Some exciting nes among our favorite providers.
The most interesting tale came from, “Tibco and Digital Reasoning Give A Glimpse at Operational Thinking,” which looked at the minds of the CEOs of these exciting organizations.
In “IBM Ready to Take Analytics Seriously” we discovered some interesting news that shows the computing giant is pushing all its chips into the analytic pile.
However, our story “Qlik Tech’s Collaborative BI is Too Much of a Good Thing” shows that too many cooks can spoil one’s analytic soup.
Here’s just another quick sampling of the many ways big data analytics is changing. And we’re following the biggest names in big data everyday, noting the moves and blunders therein.
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Patrick Roland, Editor, Inteltrax.
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