Protected: Give Your SharePoint Documents an ID Card
October 20, 2011
Cloud Computing: With More Options Come More Risks and More Innovation to Combat Potential Issues
October 19, 2011
We all know two of the main concerns involving anything enterprise are security and reliability. These important issues fueled the article What to Do If Your Social Cloud Provider Pulls the Plug, posted by the IBM-sponsored site Internet Evolution.
The article discusses the importance of diversifying in order to minimize risks. Maria Korolov, the author and President of Trombly International, states:
One solution I proposed…was for corporations to set up hybrid clouds – using a private company-owned, behind-the-firewall cloud as an add-on for when you suddenly need more capacity, or as a backup for your own facilities.
Unfortunately many social networking companies don’t allow the exportation of contacts or other secure information, so backing it up via private storage is not possible. She offers some sound advice for alternative ideas.
While I was reading this article, I thought of PolySpot, a company specializing in decision-powered infrastructure and apps, which provides a solution on par with the level of circumspect the author of this article proposes is necessary.
PolySpot can interact with the cloud, create a mirror, and process your content for decisions. Basically, you get the benefit of free and public with the security of an enterprise innovator.
Megan Feil, October 18, 2011
Protected: Make Excel Excel in SharePoint
October 19, 2011
Protected: Survey: SharePoint at Work with Some Surprises
October 18, 2011
Oracle Scores with Text Query Functions
October 17, 2011
Save Your Knowledge, an IT knowledge and experience blog, provides a useful how-to with, “Oracle Text: A Simple Way to Implement Scoring Text Search Engine on Oracle DB.” We quite like the allusions to the work of Edward Hopper too.
The author’s English is interesting, but the concept is clear:
In this post I will describe text query functionality. My customer wants search functionality on several database columns, and results must be ordered by their relevance. Using a “like” clause let’s you find results that contains a word but doesn’t say you how much relevant it is. For this purpose you can use Oracle Text extension.
Most licensees of Oracle’s flag ship database will have or be able to get access to the Text functions. Although getting long in the tooth, the system will index what’s in an Oracle table. Performance can be an interesting challenge. Scaling and speeding up the creaking technology of Oracle Text requires expertise and resources; that is, money and time. For more information about Oracle text, click here.
The author goes on to describe how to make this work in various contexts and also provides examples, screenshots, etc. The technique could be a helpful function for users of the Oracle application and is worth a look.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 17, 2011
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Protected: SharePoint APIs: The Key to User Satisfaction
October 17, 2011
Protected: Attention! Attention! Another SharePoint 2010 Update Package
October 14, 2011
OpenText Ups Management Horsepower
October 13, 2011
OpenText announces its appointment of Kamran Kheirolomoom to Senior Vice President and General Manager of its BPM business. The entire press release can be accessed here: “OpenText Appoints Kamran Kheirolomoom to Lead its BPM Business.”
The press release discusses the appointment:
Kheirolomoom, who joins the company from Serena Software, will be responsible for driving OpenText’s aggressive strategy in BPM and dynamic case management solutions. OpenText has moved quickly this year to build a leading portfolio of BPM solutions, acquiring Metastorm in February and Global360 in July. The combination brings complementary capabilities, and accelerates the company’s investment in leading content and process solutions. According to Gartner, the BPM market was $1.9 billion in 2009, growing 15 percent that year.
We have to ask, when will OpenText’s various findability systems be integrated? We will keep an eye out to see if Kheirolomoom is willing to make that move.
Emily Rae Aldridge, October 13, 2011
Google Wants More Cash – Enter Google Analytics Premium
October 13, 2011
So basically for a fee, Google will provide a stronger server to run your custom reports, a dedicated account manager and a 24/7 support and service level agreement (SLA). The one thing Google didn’t note in their announcement post was the cost for the premium analytics offering. I have received tips from several sources noting that the price for the premium analytics service is A WHOPPING $150,000/year.
Protected: How Multiple-Users Can Edit One SharePoint Document
October 13, 2011