Corbis To Close Down Sygma
As reported on the British Journal of Photography website, stock photo library provider Corbis (which is owned by Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft) are […]
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New Technologies for Cultural Heritage: 9th June 2010
The ISOKO “New Technologies for Cultural Heritage” conference being held on 9th June at University College London (UK) will discuss technologies available for the storage and preservation of humanities oriented content and the opportunities offered by Web 2.0.
“Today’s programme will provide an opportunity to hear about …
Continue reading »Building a Practical Semantic Framework for Data Integration: November 15th 2010, Washington DC
Earley Associates are hosting a conference on semantic frameworks for data integration on November 15th 2010 in Washington DC. The event promises to help attendees learn from the experiences of global organisations who have gone through the process of integrating taxonomies across the enterprise using semantic frameworks:
“What if your …
Continue reading »British Library Digitises Millions Of Newspaper Pages
As reported on the BBC website, the British Library is to embark on an ambitious programme to digitise 40 million newspaper pages:
“The record of more than 300 years of journalism, including coverage of the Crimean and Boer Wars, will be put on the web by the publisher BrightSolid. …
Continue reading »Semantic Technologies “Becoming Mainstream”
In this article on the Semantic Web Company’s blog, Tassilo Pellegrini interviews Eric Franzon of Semantic Universe and organiser of the annual Semantic Technologies Conference. One of the key points Eric notes is the gaining mainstream acceptance of the importance of the Semantic Web and associated technology:
“Ours …
Continue reading »Introducing WebM, VP8 And Possible Implications For Video DAM
Yesterday (May 19th), Google made the VP8 codec open source and contributed this code to The WebM Project. WebM is a new multimedia/video format designed specifically for web based use.. Being modern, open source and interoperable with HTML5, VP8 could quickly usurp many of the competing web video technologies …
Continue reading »Mark Lewis Spells Out Future For ECM at EMC
Fierce Content Management’s Ron Miller interviews EMC’s Mark Lewis, President of the Information Intelligence Group, about the future direction of the company and enterprise content management.
“EMC is moving toward what he is calling “case management.” “I honestly believe the classic ECM has become a capability, like the database has …
Continue reading »Open Text Announce Support For SharePoint 2010
Ron Miller comments on Open Text’s recent announcement of support for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 in the wake of its official launch last week.
“Open Text announced last week that in conjunction with the release of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) SharePoint 2010, it would provide full support for SharePoint 2010 customers …
Continue reading »The End of ECM – Or Just Avoiding The ‘C’ Word?
In this article, Ron Miller of FierceContentManagement.com makes the suggestion that we are possibly witnessing the end of ECM, citing comments by Cheryl Mckinnon, CMO of Nuxeo (and formerly of OpenText) and other comentators. The various factors that Ron discusses are the release of SharePoint 2010, the rise of …
Continue reading »How Taxonomy Can Improve Search
Continuing his “8 Things” theme, John Mancini, president of AIIM presents “8 Things You Need to Know About How Taxonomy Can Improve Search” by guest blogger, Heather Hedden from Earley Associates. The 8 points are:
- Retrieve Matched Concepts, Not Just Words.
- Leverage Metadata
- Enhance Web Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
Web Content 2010 Conference – Chicago, June 7-8
The Web Content 2010 Conference takes place on June 7-8 in Chicago and offers some potentially interesting sessions for anyone involved in DAM or ECM, including:
- Using Taxonomies to Improve Search
- There’s No Semantic Web without Content and Data
- Use SharePoint to Power your Internet Site
- The Role of Taxonomy
Touchpoints During Content Migration
In this article, David Hobbs discusses the crucial steps involved in any content migration project.
“Content migration isn’t just a technical undertaking. For example, you will have staffing impacts. In particular, people will need to touch at least some of the content being migrated. Regardless of the quality of any …
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