A Tough Nut: Engineering Management Now Multi-Faceted and Multi-Tasked
December 1, 2011
If you are an engineer you probably are well acquainted with Cadac Organice – the engineering document management solution based on SharePoint. This software has been one of the leading engineering management systems for quite some time, but Inforbix is looking to improve on areas where Cadac Organice falls short.
Cadac Organice controls project documents such as emails, Office documents and CAD drawings. It also “automates document control and tracking using transmittals and workflows.” (see: http://www.cadac.com/organice/Pages/default.aspx). This is all great, but the computer-aided drawings still need to be searchable and linked to supporting documents such as vendors, quality control data, email and other important information. This is where Inforbix excels. Inforbix offers a system which performs this federating operation which makes all the information available and seamless.
The name of the game is better organization which leads to increased productivity. Those words are music to CEO’s ears and Inforbix is doing just that. They are surging ahead of the competition by accessing and tracking related CAD documents from multiple PDM systems within the company (see: Inforbix Solutions). Check them out because they are offering an engineering document management system for the next generation.
Jennifer Wensink, December 1, 2011
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Protected: Defining SharePoint Roles and Playing with Kittens: Good Ideas
December 1, 2011
The State of the Library Debated
December 1, 2011
Joho the Blog recently reported on a meeting regarding the history and future of libraries in the November 22 post “Physical Libraries in a Digital World” by using the Harvard Library as a case study.
According to the article, As more and more books accumulated at Harvard there became a need to find other places to store them. One, initially unpopular, option became to store unused books in an off site repository known as the Harvard Depository (HD).
The article states:
“Now more than 40% of the physical collections are at HD. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences started out hostile to the idea, but soon became converted. The notion faculty had of browsing the shelves was based on a fantasy: Harvard had never had all the books on a subject on a shelf in a single facility… Shelf browsing is a waste of time if you’re trying to do thorough research. It’s a little better in the smaller libraries, but the future is not in shelf browsing. Open and closed stacks isn’t the question any more. It’s just not possible any longer to do shelf browsing, unless we develop tools for browsing in a non-physical fashion.”
The task force predicted that within 40 years over 70% of physical books would be off site. Several of the people in the meeting suggested moving the majority of the physical books to be accessed digitally as a way to save money.
As unfortunate as it may be to lose the books that have been salvaged for up to 500 years, we also need to come to terms with the fact that libraries are no longer being used the way they have in the past so why take the extra time and money to salvage them?
Jasmine Ashton December 1, 2011
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Protected: Metalogix Software can Migrate Google Content to SharePoint
November 30, 2011
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.
Follow the Inteltrax news stream by visiting www.inteltrax.com
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
AOL Management: The Xoogler Effect
November 24, 2011
My view about Google as a management training ground is that “real” managers are not produced at Google. Examples range from the legal tussles to the killing of products, the handling of squawks about search results, and the controlled chaos approach which works because of online revenue flows. Lots of money cleanses many things. But management expertise?
At AOL, Tim Armstrong, a Xoogler (former Google employee), is in charge. I found the round up of news, events, and speculation fascinating. Point your browser thing at “The Truth About The People Running AOL Right Now” to get the full run down of issues.
I noted one point which I have tucked in my “management tips” folder. Here it is:
Huffington is a “perfectionist” who is “in the weeds,” says one source. She is also AOL’s product visionary. She cannot be managed. Another source says AOL is The Huffington Post Media Group now.
Well, that is fascinating. How long will Tim Armstrong remain the top gun? And what about search? What about effective management? Oh, never mind.
Stephen E Arnold, November 24, 2011
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