PolySpot Connects Data from Across the Enterprise and Beyond with Over A Hundred Connectors
December 20, 2012
It is no secret that big data is the hot topic in every business and technology oriented publication around the world. However, many businesses remain in the dark with their unanswered questions regarding the ideal information management solutions or infrastructure components to free big data from information silos. All Things D reports on information management as it pertains to our current era of big data in the article, “A New Storage Paradigm for Big Data.”
The article summarizes some of the common and notable variables that can change how a company develops their strategy for utilizing big data:
As a result of this “free” data capture, increasing information granularity, more frequent usage and extended data value, businesses, research institutions and governments are growing enormous stores of large unstructured data (increasingly video) that needs to be stored and managed. This result presents a number of challenging data storage problems: extreme scalability; affordability (in general); managing the balance between cost and easy online access; maximizing application and user access; and assuring data durability.
Solutions from big data vendors such as PolySpot serve as an ideal technology component for an enterprise that needs to enable real-time access to data for analysts to make important decisions. One highlight of this solution lies in the numerous connectors provided; we are talking about a library of over 100 connectors.
Megan Feil, December 20, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
LucidWorks is Go To Vendor for Enterprise Search
December 20, 2012
Frost & Sullivan is a top business consulting firm offering market analysis, market research, and reports. Their latest report reveals LucidWorks as a quickly growing industry standard in the enterprise search market. Read the full press release on PR Newswire at, “LucidWorks is Rapidly Emerging as the Go-To Vendor in the Enterprise Search Market, Notes Frost & Sullivan.”
The press release begins:
“Based on its recent analysis of the enterprise search market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes LucidWorks with the 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award for leveraging inherent strengths and displaying tremendous entrepreneurial skills to emerge as a vendor of strong repute in the global enterprise search market. ‘The award not only recognizes LucidWorks’ strong all-round growth but also its vision in forging a unique path without feeling compelled to follow the established trends in the market,’ said Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Sashankh Kale.”
The Frost & Sullivan award recognizes a strong entrepreneurial spirit, a solid business plan, and robust growth. LucidWorks is definitely worthy of the honor. The company’s redesign early this year pointed toward the commitment to serving customers well with a streamlined product line based on test open source software. This past year has been a good one for LucidWorks, but 2013 is shaping up to be the best yet.
Emily Rae Aldridge, December 20, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
EasyAsk Embraces SAP to Deliver Enterprise Voice Technology
December 20, 2012
iPhone users have rejoiced because of the ease and efficiency Siri technology has brought to their personal lives and ability to access information in an agile manner. Now, the workplace wants a similar version. Easy Ask sent out the press release, “EasyAsk Teams with SAP HANA to Deliver Quiri for SAP CRM, The World’s First Siri-Like Mobile Solution for CRM” discussing the partnership making it possible.
EasyAsk provides natural language technologies and solutions and with their new offering called Quiri, enterprise employees will be able to access CRM data using voice technology similar to that of Siri.
Craig Bassin, CEO of EasyAsk was quoted saying:
“The premise behind Quiri is to significantly increase adoption of CRM by mobile field sales forces that today don’t benefit from CRM solutions. Most are cumbersome, at best, in their deployment on a smartphone. Guiding, navigating, inputting data is frustrating on a 3 by 2 inch screen. Quiri works similar to Siri, but is optimized for your CRM system and far more accurate.”
This is clearly another case where consumer technology succeeds in its sector and has now been picked up by the enterprise world. This time, the basic voice technology was boxed up by a different company, EasyAsk.
Megan Feil, December 20, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
IBM to Retire Lotus Name
December 20, 2012
Say, does anyone remember Grapevine Search for Lotus? If you do, IBM’s current plans for its Lotus software may inspire a moment of nostalgia. EWeek tells us, “IBM Drops Lotus Brand, Takes Notes and Domino Forward.” It is not unusual for IBM to absorb its acquisitions like an amoeba, effectively wiping out their individual identities. Nothing personal, it’s just business. The time has finally come for Lotus, acquired in 1995, to face the Blob. Reporter Darryl K. Taft writes:
“IBM’s dropping the Lotus brand might be viewed as a historic moment for old-timers, but also as a business-as-usual move by an industry giant. Lotus has been around since 1982, initially as the Massachusetts-based Lotus Development Corp., which released its famed Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet in 1983. IBM acquired Lotus in 1995 for $3.5 billion, primarily to get hold of Lotus Notes, then a wildly popular groupware system developed by Ray Ozzie’s Iris Associates that was eating into IBM’s profits. . . .
“The death of the Lotus brand is significant in the history of IT, as Lotus technology can be counted among the most notable enterprise software brands in the world. However, that brand was and is not nearly as notable as the IBM brand.”
Well, yes, I’d say that’s an understatement; as the article points out, IBM is second only to Coca-Cola in worldwide brand recognition. The company certainly has every right to leverage that advantage with its Lotus-spawned technology. We may be permitted a moment, though, to reflect on Lotus‘ passing, and on its important place in software history.
Cynthia Murrell, December 20, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
More Funding for DataSift Means More Offerings
December 20, 2012
Technology focused on analytics for the social realm picks up speed. Tech.Huanqiu.com reported on more venture capital funding going towards DataSift. The article “Social Data Analysis Company DataSift $15 Financing” reveals the details on the funding given to this firm specializing in helping developers and third-party access to Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
This technology uses natural language processing techniques and is therefore not solely limited to search function keywords. Their most unique functionality involves their many filters that can sort information according to a variety of factors.
The article discusses how DataSift’s 300 corporate customers, but:
“[C]ompared with 200 a quarter has improved, including Fortune 500 companies, also including social technology companies, news agencies, consulting firms and government agencies. DataSift also recently released a variety of new services to facilitate corporate social data analysis and commercial data integration. This service and business intelligence applications, databases, data warehousing platform and other cloud computing services complement each other, including Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, MongoDB, CouchDB, FTP / SFTP, ElasticSearch and WebHooks.”
When DataSift gets more money, they will have even more ability to support more services. Not that the current list has that many shortcomings.
Megan Feil, December 20, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Open Source and the US Government
December 19, 2012
I read “DARPA and Defense Department Look to a More Open Source Future.” Interesting. The idea is that in the opinion of some US DOD insiders, open source software is starting to look pretty darned good. Open source does not mean just software, however. Open source “models” can be applied to “hardware, making vehicles into adaptable platforms for different missions.”
I am on board with the idea. As I worked through the write up, several thoughts crossed my mind.
First, the enthusiasm for open source strikes me as a lack of enthusiasm with proprietary methods which have long be the “go to” approach for many US government agencies.
Second, the funding provided by In-Q-Tel may have to shift from the interesting but proprietary methods used by some companies receiving funding from the US government. If one wants to change how management applies its talents, the incentives have to be in the compensation plan. Can In-Q-Tel increase its support for open source companies of promise?
Third, the problem in most government organizations is that systems are islands. Even when systems allegedly interact seamlessly, the island approach becomes the dominant feature of the agency landscape. Why? The compensation incentives reward certain behaviors.
My view is that open source is good to talk about. But until the executive compensation for government managers are changed, it will remain silo-time.
Stephen E Arnold, December 19, 2012
Some Factoids
December 19, 2012
For a number of years, I have exchanged emails with a person known as “yachts.” In our last exchange, Yachts sent me these factoids.
- Every minute more than 1,649,305 tweets get shared.
- Every minute more than 3,472,225 photos get added to Facebook.
- Every minute more than 2,060 brand new blogs are created.
- Every minute more than 52,488 minutes of video are added to YouTube.
- Every minute more than 31,510 new articles are created by an online newspaper.
- Every minute more than 3,645,833,340 new spam emails are delivered online.
Accurate? Who knows. Interesting? You bet.
Stephen E Arnold, December 19, 2012
Big Data Build Up Reaffirms the Need for Reliable Enterprise Search Solutions
December 19, 2012
Since 2005 Coveo has been researching ways to improve enterprise search and now they are ready to make a move. The Wall Street Journal’s “Coveo Raises $18 Million for Enterprise Search from Tandem Expansion Fund” talks about the search and indexing technology that they feel will set them apart from other providers during the next enterprise search evolution.
Coveo is banking on big data buildup and improvements in the economy insuring that companies are prepared to investigate the next big step in enterprise search:
“Many companies delayed investments in search during the recession and now find they’ve got hundreds of internal sources of information, including many new ones. They’re saying, ‘our employees can’t find anything and we’re at risk because if we get sued, we don’t know what we have in our files that could financially or otherwise embarrass us. Costs have to be kept down and search becomes a necessary ingredient.”
Coveo has a philosophy and business model for continual improvement even if they may appear slow in actual development. Continual improvement to a system based upon open source technology and a strong academic foundation with frequent product enhancements may be a preferred choice for some enterprises who want excellence sooner rather than later. Intrafind has been a stable resource for enterprise search solutions since early 2000, offering customers a high performing, user friendly interface that provides relevant results and user support throughout companywide operations.
Jennifer Shockley, December 19, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
PolySpot Puts Information to Work within the Enterprise with Their Unique Big Data Solution
December 19, 2012
Leveraging the power of big data is huge in terms of any discussion related to business processes and business strategy today. The Harvard Business Review carries on this conversation with their article and webinar on “Organizational Imperatives in the Era of Big Data.” This webinar from Thomas Redman discusses key organizational issues you must resolve in order to leverage big data.
Technological challenges were put into perspective with this article:
The technological challenges are legion, but they pale in comparison to the organizational challenges. From a lack of analytically capable analysts, managers, and leaders, to organizational structures that inhibit data sharing, few of today’s organizations are capable of taking advantage of the opportunities presented by “Big Data.” Resolving these challenges and readying an organization is among the most important management challenges of our times.
Companies must leave the technological challenge of creating technologies that can utilize big data to existing big data vendors such as PolySpot. Many enterprises have discovered that solutions such as PolySpot’s Information at Work aid in both the organizational aspect of locating data in near real-time when it needs to be utilized and in enriching big data so that it is primed to deliver meaning.
Megan Feil, December 19, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Liferay Ventures into Social Media
December 19, 2012
Liferay is a business built around an open source portal, and has been receiving a good deal of positive press lately. EContent covers the latest news regarding Liferay in its story, “Liferay Announces New Social Collaboration App for the Enterprise.”
The article begins with the announcement of Social Office 2.0”
“Liferay, Inc., provider of an enterprise-class, open source portal, announced the launch of Social Office 2.0 Enterprise Edition (EE), the newest version of Liferay’s social collaboration solution for enterprise teams. Social Office 2.0 EE, the newest app available in Liferay Marketplace, equips users with a means to collaborate with teams in their business units and to build a social network within their enterprise.”
Liferay is definitely doing something exciting by providing the open source community social networking options. However, for users who have a more urgent business need for their enterprise open source software, a company like LucidWorks might be a good option. Compared to Liferay’s portal, LucidWorks supports the open source community by offering free distributions of Apache Lucene and Solr, as well as solid customer training and support. In addition, customers who need out-of-the-box solutions will benefit from products like LucidWorks Search or LucidWorks Big Data. These offering are customizable, but don’t demand high-level developer support for implementation.
Emily Rae Aldridge, December 19, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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