IBM and Other IT Vendors Enter Enterprise Social Software Arena
October 26, 2012
When deciding on enterprise social software, companies have the option between pure-play products from specialists or social software capabilities integrated into existing products from traditional vendors.The article “Enterprise Social Software Magic Quadrant: Pure Play Vs. IT Vendors” on Search Unified Communications reports on the enterprise social software Magic Quadrant report, which tells us that traditional IT vendors are bundling their own enterprise social technologies with existing products and services to compete in “their own markets.”
The article informs us of the big competitors and plans for the future of social software:
“Vendors like IBM and Microsoft will better integrate social applications for specific end-user activities, including content creation, task management and data collection and reporting, said lead author of the social software Magic Quadrant Nikos Drakos, Ph.D., research director of collaboration and social software for Gartner.”
IBM’s PureData System is designed to analyze big data in the cloud and deliver “actionable insights” to the enterprise. The result is a cost-efficient and speedy option in enterprise social software. Intrafind is among the first certified application providers to be certified on this new family of expert integrated systems. We think the IBM Pure and Intrafind partnership is a veritable enterprise search option.
Andrea Hayden, October 26, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
No Plunge Involved When Extracting Big Data Insights With PolySpot
October 26, 2012
What popular concept does not garner a lot of talk and buzz before the ball gets rolling? Big data is not unlike anything else. Action will come when planning around purchasing software and acquiring talent fall into place. No matter the level of hype businesses will rely on information provided by articles such as ZDNet‘s “Taking the Big Data Plunge a Challenge for Enterprise: Cisco.”
When this happens, IT architecture will no longer look the way it did in the traditional business analytics and application delivery model, which consisted of a compute tier, a storage tier, and networking. Architecture for big data is based on a scale-out model with multiple clusters of compute and storage units. Fortunately, there is not much change in hardware making the transformation to focusing on big data and easy and affordable one.
The article shared:
Regardless, organisations are still grappling with changes in the method of handling an influx of data, Cisco Consulting Systems Architect Adam Radford said, but it’s important to take advantage of big data, as it provides much more insight into things like internal operations and customer sentiments. However, big data and traditional analytics not only require different IT architectures, but approaches in retrieving information as well, he said.
There is one certainty: enterprise organizations want big data and they want the tools to make sense of it. As for recommendations, PolySpot has made a name for itself specializing in delivering information and insights.
Megan Feil, October 26, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Search Technologies Enhances the Google Search Appliance
October 25, 2012
Document security and efficiency in search are typical and serious woes that face users of Google Search Appliance. However, that seems to be changing, thanks to enterprise search technology services company Search Technologies. The company recently announced the release of two products for Google Search Appliance customers, Entity Recognition Assessment and Sensitive Data Assessment Service, according to the write-up “Search Technologies Offers New Google Search Appliance Services” on Yahoo News. These two services will work together to allow users to take advantage of the capabilities released in GSA Version 7, particularly the new Entity Recognition.
We learn about the advantages in the source document:
”‘Entity Recognition is an important new capability for all GSA users,’ said Kamran Khan, CEO of Search Technologies. ‘Our new Assessment Services allow GSA customers can take full advantage of this new feature. They will help organizations maximize the search experience, especially over unmanaged data sources such as file shares, and add an additional layer of security, based on the automatic identification of sensitive concepts within documents. This way, they are getting full business value from their Google Search Appliance.’”
Search Technologies is taking a leadership position with regard to the Google Search Appliance. The firm’s innovations promise to improve the GSA’s search effectiveness across unmanaged content sources and large data sets, while protecting sensitive information in the enterprise. Customers will likely gain a competitive advantage with the implementation of this new technology alongside the Google Search Appliance. More information is available at www.searchtechnologies.com.
Andrea Hayden, October 25, 2012
Secure Cloud Platform Product Addresses Search Woes
October 25, 2012
Cloud platforms present an interesting issue for those attempting to search across such siloed cloud applications in real-time. OneLogin, cloud identity management specialists, recently released a product to help businesses facing these woes. In the article “OneLogin Launches First-Ever Federated Cloud Search” on The Herald, we learn about the Cloud Search product which allows users to search across public cloud applications like Google Apps, Box, and Zendesk.
We learn more about the necessity and benefits of this type of search product in the enterprise:
“‘Employees at cloud-centric enterprises have to navigate a variety of cloud applications every day, yet they are unable to search across these applications with Google-like searchability,’ said Thomas Pedersen, founder and chief executive officer of OneLogin. ‘Cloud Search is a revolutionary product that provides users with actionable insights into products, projects and customer issues. It is also the realization of our platform vision to help CIOs securely leverage their cloud application portfolio.’”
OneLogin Cloud Search is also tied to an enterprise’s existing security model. This ensures that employees only have access to content that is authorized for them.
We are happy to see new players explore secure search. For a product that has been tested and in use for a longer period of time, Intrafind is a secure choice. Intrafind allows for users to search structured and unstructured enterprise data securely with a wide range of connectors.
Andrea Hayden, October 25, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
IT Managers Need Enterprise Architecture Applications for Future Goals
October 24, 2012
A helpful article for IT department managers concerning practical approaches to to evolving IT needs was recently posted on SandHill. “Enterprise IT Architecture: Goals, Trends and Perspectives” shares tips for time and resource weary managers on investigating and designing new technologies within their company. The article states that more focus should be put on future requirements and a long-term strategy involving multi-year objectives and activity planning should be implemented.
The article elaborates on the development of prospective strategic IT goals:
“Enterprise architecture is designed to lead IT activities according to the greater needs of the company and provide opportunities for innovation within a business strategy. IT goals are then aimed at either achievement of business goals or allowing a company to pursue something new.
[…]To aid the formulation of a strategic plan, IT managers find it helpful to adopt an enterprise architecture framework to define, organize and structure technology and application and staffing requirements in support of a company’s strategic goals.”
It is necessary to these IT managers to find a balance between meeting today’s immediate requirements while still making time to develop innovative projects for the future. Finding the right enterprise search application that allows organizations to embrace strong architecture and combine it with findability and functionality is a wise and cost effective method. Companies like Intrafind that specialize in effective information retrieval can assist in this process.
Andrea Hayden, October 24, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
CIOs Can Harness Company Intelligence with Proper Search Applications
October 23, 2012
An innovative list of CIO strategies regarding industry-specific issues was recently discussed in the article “Ten Strategic CIO Priorities for 2013” on ZDNet. The article was inspired by a list created by Bob Evans, senior vice-president of communications for Oracle Corp. Instead of a typical listing of hardware products and software applications, Evans’ strategy areas are meaningful and actionable.
Evans’ ideas include: “Unleash Your Company’s Intelligence: Create the Enterprise-Wide Opportunity Chain” and “Transform Big Data into Big Insights, Big Vision, and Big Opportunity.”
The article’s author comments on the list of priorities:
“Instead of a litany telling people how to spend money, this collection describes the goals and issues that help a CIO drive value in today’s world. For many CIO’s, these points represent the future path forward; when I talk with innovative CIOs — the best and most forward thinking — it’s obvious the issues are exciting because they hold the key to really helping drive benefit to the company.”
For CIOs who want to deliver results and unleash their company’s intelligence as advised by the Oracle guru, these priorities can be met through Intrafind’s search applications. To create the enterprise-wide opportunity chain, effective information retrieval from unstructured and structured enterprise data is needed. Intrafind provides the products and consultancy services that will transform strategy into results.
Andrea Hayden, October 23, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
IBM Reveals PureData System for Big Data Management
October 19, 2012
The article tells us more about the capabilities of the new system:
“The PureData System is designed to manage petabyes of data. According to IBM, it can manage up to 100 databases and can perform analytics in a matter of minutes versus hours to understand consumer purchases and other data-intensive tasks, such as detecting credit card fraud. It focuses on transactional applications such as e-commerce, customer analysis and analyzing operations.”
The benefits of this product could be monumental for enterprises attempting to manage the Big Data chaos. Intrafind a first integrator for IBM PureSystems, offering feature-rich solutions that make the best of an IBM Pure installation. Intrafind’s product, Semantic Metadata Generator 1.0, is used for “free tagging, controlled tagging, entity recognition and topic recognition of an unstructured text.” For more details on Intrafind, direct your browser here.
Andrea Hayden, October 19, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Effective Knowledge Management Requires Enterprise Search
October 18, 2012
The post goes on to elaborate on another study with similar results:
“Not enough for you? Seven years ago, an article ran in NewScientist. It highlights a study done at King’s College London, that showed in today’s business setting, marked by emails, smart phone connections,– the connected 24×7 reality of today, the average IQ of an individual drops by about 10 points. The study went on to conclude, (and this is my favorite part), ‘Even smoking dope has less effect on your ability to concentrate on the task in hand.’”
Knowledge management is obviously powerful, but requires one to step back and consider available options and information. Enterprise search is a key ingredient to knowledge management and Intrafind offers some of best in class best practices for secure searching that offers semantic linking and intelligent tagging.
Andrea Hayden, October 18, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
PolySpot Releases New Administrative Console
October 17, 2012
PolySpot’s latest video explains the features and functions of Version 6 of its Administration Console. With this latest release, PolySpot leapfrogs of the administrative interfaces available from many other vendors. PolySpot Information At Work includes a configuration and administration console that covers the entire process, from connector management to search service creation.
The company has provided a video demonstrating the uses of this new administrative console and detailing these high-value enhancement; for example, the ability to configure views with a click, modify the document view with a single click, and autocomplete.
PolySpot, leader in information access solutions, has released a brand new administration console as part of the company’s infrastructure component, Information at Work. Information at Work is a cost-effective component that can help users develop applications to access the information they need.
The updated console provides quick and easy-to-use intermodule navigation with new navigation menus and focuses on providing guidance during the workflow of configuration. Other features of the interface include:
PolySpot Silo Breaker: Distributed data extraction framework.
PolySpot Sense Builder: Dedicated, asynchronous structuring and semantic enrichment platform.
PolySpot SearchMart: Service based on PolySpot InfoWarehouse used to publish index-linked search services. Can be accessed via a range of different applications using an XML/HTTP API.
The video can be viewed here. We think the video demonstration is useful and worth checking out.
Andrea Hayden, October 17, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Cloud Security in Enterprise Search Needs a Facelift
October 17, 2012
Cloud security for the enterprise needs improvement as many software vendors are beginning to provide their own cloud storage capabilities, and some companies are stepping up to the plate by offering new features. We learn in the article “Box Beefs Up Security and Search for Enterprise Storage” on GigaOM that search and content solution vendor Box is offering numerous new features including two-step authentication, company-wide search for administrators, and content scanning.
We learn about some of the new features in the article:
“Box is also offering new tools to let admins search across all enterprise content by parameters including user, content type and date range. Box users could always search across their own files, but this is universal search — using Box’s own search technology — across all a company’s users.
‘You can search across the whole organization for just video files that are saved in the last few days,’ [Box VP of marketing Robin ] Daniels said.”
Cloud storage can be an issue for companies which need to focus on security and manageability for compliance reasons; however, cloud security is an issue for search in general. Enterprise search still needs authentication capabilities and Intrafind’s ability to provide feature-rich solutions which include secure search, semantic linking, and sophisticated tagging creates a compliant and functional search environment within any organization.
Andrea Hayden, October 17, 2012
