Protected: Cloud Applications May Keep Companies from Going Down with World Economy
December 30, 2011
Green Technologies Impact PLM
December 29, 2011
Automobile manufacturers are working hard to integrate green technologies into their designs and engineering. Electric cars will soon be a reality and as Joe Berkai explains in “Auto Industry Change: Sustainability & PLM” “knowing the risks and opportunities across every aspect of the business and across the lifecycle of every product is crucial.”
The future of the auto industry is every changing and now with green technologies:
“[i]t’s essentially guaranteed that automakers are going to have to redesign their products over and over again in response to changing customer expectations, regulators, and the available infrastructure.”
Product lifecycle management (PLM) will be crucial to companies “to evaluate vehicle platforms and pick the optimal design.” Their sustainability will rely upon superior PLM.
It is not just the auto industry that is feeling the impact of green technologies. Most manufacturing companies are looking for more environmentally sound ways to produce their products and with that is a need for PLM. Companies like Inforbix, will enhance your PLM by addressing the findability issues. Finding the necessary data will become easy, effective and affordable. Any manufacturing company of any size could benefit from Inforbix’s solutions which is great for your green bottom line.
Jennifer Wensink, December 29, 2011
Learn from a Cloud Fail with Office 365
December 29, 2011
The Clever Workarounds blog, run by Paul Culmsee of Seven Sigma Business Solutions, discusses mainly SharePoint issues with specific reference to strategy, governance, and return on investment issues. A recent post, “The Cloud isn’t the Problem – Part 2: When Complex Technology Meets Process,” follows an article asserting the need that for adaptive change with Cloud computing. In the current post, these adaptive changes and challenges are discussed.
The author begins with an Office 365 fail story that all can learn from. Lesson learned? Even a typo can take out a large system. From the typo in the Microsoft Online Services Company Identifier came a chain of events that could have resulted in a production E3 service being mistakenly deleted. While no one person or platform is to blame, it shows a flaw in the system. The author reflects:
Now I hope that I don’t sound bitter and twisted from this experience. In fact, the experience reinforced what most in IT strategy already know. It’s not about the technology. I still like what Office 365 offers and I will continue to use and recommend it under the right circumstances. This experience was simply a sobering reality check though that all of the cool features amounts to naught when it can be undone by dodgy underlying supporting structures. I hope that Microsoft and Telstra read this and learn from it too. From a customer perspective, having to work through Telstra as a proxy for Microsoft feels like additional layers of defense on behalf of Microsoft. Is all of this duplication really necessary?
For a stable and reliable system that still provides the benefits of complex technology, consider a third party solution like Fabasoft Mindbreeze. Their Web Parts based information pairing capabilities leave you with powerful searches and a complete picture of your business information. Here Daniel Fallman discusses the technology, “To put it concrete terms, the current Fabasoft Mindbreeze InSite release enable a maintenance-free, always up-to-date conflation of information from different areas. Always relevant. Always interesting. Always to the point. For both you and your website’s users.” Consider Fabasoft Mindbreeze’s full suite of products to find a solution for your system.
Philip West, December 29, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Protected: The Best Post-X-Mas SharePoint Gift
December 29, 2011
In-Depth Look at Continuous Integration Benefits in SharePoint 2010
December 28, 2011
We recently wrote about Andrew Connell’s list of suggested resources for your ALM and CI questions. In his post, the first suggestion for a ‘why’ introduction to the topic was Chris O’Brien’s “SharePoint 2010 Continuous Integration – Part 1: Benefits.” O’Brien points out a SharePoint environment adds some additional challenges and involvement to CI implementation contrary to what ease you may find in the .Net world. However, he identifies many benefits and argues that the positive feedback from users is evidence it is worth it. First, he points out where to start with CI:
Let’s be clear though – Continuous Integration (CI) is probably best suited to projects with the following characteristics: Development-oriented – perhaps with more than, say, 3 Visual Studio projects; Multiple developers; Fairly long-running (e.g. > 2-3 months; to give the team a chance to implement CI alongside the actual deliverables)
Some benefits include consistent builds, automated testing, and increased team cohesion through build notifications. The rest of the fairly lengthy article gives a great overview of CI benefits and what an implementation actually looks like. Links are also provided to the subsequent posts in the series which follow up with topics including TFS 2010 Build Processes and Using PowerShell to deploy WSPs from build output.
With ample staffing and ability investments into implementing the CI techniques, you can really make a big difference on SharePoint development projects. However, to add efficiency to your organization without the need for such training and research, consider Fabasoft Mindbreeze. Their out-of-the-box solution gives you mobility and information pairing:
Information pairing unites enterprise information and Cloud information. This results in a complete overview of a company’s knowledge – the basis for your competitive advantage – allowing you to act quickly, reliably, dynamically and profitably in all business matters.
Consider their full suite of products and solutions at Fabasoft Mindbreeze.
Philip West, December 28, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com
European PLM Innovation Conference Brings Out the Best Thinkers
December 28, 2011
We stumbled across an announcement about an upcoming event “PLM Innovation 2012” and got a bit excited. This European conference has a line up of 300 plus speakers. And according to the announcement it is a must attend event.
The PLM Innovation Congress is Europe’s only independent and technology agnostic PLM event. Bringing together 300 senior end-users, thought leaders and select PLM vendors, we aim to leverage the collective wealth of knowledge and experience to identify and encourage best practice. The combination of a world class speaker roster, cross-industry case studies, targeted Think-Tanks and pre-qualified networking opportunities make this Europe’s must attend PLM gathering.
Good to know a quick look at the sponsor and speakers and we found our friend Oleg Shilovitsky and we knew it was indeed just what it stated, “a must attend gathering.” We know Oleg is a leader in innovation with PLM so if he’s int he crowd it will be well worth your attention.
Constance Ard, December 28, 2011
Text Analytics Offers Summit, Podcast
December 28, 2011
Social media has exploded, with billions and billions of pieces of content hitting the Web every day; making sense of it all can be overwhelming. That’s why Text Analytics News is sponsoring the first ever two day conference dedicated solely to social media analytics– the Social Media Analytics Summit in San Francisco next April 17–18. The conference description informs us:
The Social Media Analytics Summit offers unmatchable networking and knowledge sharing opportunities for social media and analytics professionals. The Summit will be a true forum for vendors, end users, and consultants alike to develop long-lasting business relationships. The conference agenda has been designed based on meticulous research with industry experts and is well-rounded with presentations, panels, case studies, and workshops, giving you deep insights into the social analytics industry from many angles.
Social media analytics is only going to keep growing; learning about this key field now is a wise investment. Here’s an inside tip: register with discount code BSEARCHSMA to save $150.
Text Analytics News’ Chief Editor Erza Steinberg also has a podcast available called the “Social Media Analytics Perspectives Panel,” which he recently recorded with professionals from Social Media Today, Radian6, J.D. Power & Associates, and Beyond The Arc. The podcast explores:
- Effective ways for leveraging social media information to gain a competitive advantage
- The cutting edges of social media analytics and sentiment analysis technology
- How to make business sense out of the flood of user-generated content across social media channels
Two sources of important information from Text Analytics News. Here’s hoping you can take advantage of both.
Cynthia Murrell, December 28, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Protected: Mondeca Tackles French Electronic Patient Record Database
December 28, 2011
Trends and Challenges of Enterprise Search Discussed in Online Presentation
December 27, 2011
One of the best ways to stay on top of trends and happenings in the world of enterprise search is to check out some online training opportunities, webinars, talks, and lectures. Many are free, or relatively inexpensive, and can be easily accessed at your convenience. Susan Koch’s recent presentation from the Online Information Conference 2011, “The Landscape of Enterprise Search,” is one of these handy information sources.
Topics covered include challenges in enterprise search, four trends from the industry, and advice for those deploying an enterprise search system. So what are some trends in the world of searching and indexing diverse business information? With consumers driving social network proliferation, it is no surprise integrated social functions make the list. Most other trends revolve around the user experience: easy integrated searching, combining structured and unstructured data, and combining different content types in search results.
The presentation also includes some points on what a buyer should consider when transitioning to enterprise search, like the following:
What specific functions are essential? What kind of content is to be processed? How frequently is the index to be updated? How will the data to be searched grow? How might future search needs be different?
It is important to consider third party solutions when deploying your new system. They often provide an easy solution while easing startup costs. We like Fabasoft Mindbreeze. Their suite of products is in line with enterprise search trends, including social media and integrated searching.
In “Informed Decisions: Connect your Enterprise and the Cloud,” Daniel Fallmann explains:
To make swift and informed decisions it is essential to get a fast understanding of the available information and of all relations and people/experts involved. Enterprise Search and especially Unified Information Access allow a perfect symbiosis of (on-premise) enterprise applications with Cloud services and Cloud Apps. With our latest release, the 2011 Winter Release, we have released a brand new feature that empowers the individual user to make use of Cloud services to seamlessly.
Check out Mindbreeze solutions for your enterprise search system.
Philip West, December 27, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com
Protected: Is Search Engine Evolution Information Control?
December 27, 2011
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