Oracle Report Exposes Gaps in Data Management Solutions
August 10, 2012
It might be easy to assume that since big data has received so much attention of late and big data analytics solutions are popping out of the woodwork companies across all industries would be sitting pretty when it comes to data management. A recent Oracle survey described in the Information Week article, “Oracle Big Data Study Shows Longtime Pain”, tells quite a different story.
As the article explains,
“The study’s report-card-style scorecard revealed that only 8% of respondents gave their organization an A grade and 32% a B on ‘preparedness for a data deluge.’ Meanwhile, 48% of respondents gave their organization a C or below on ‘translating information into actionable information,’ 47% said they deserved a C or less on ‘distributing timely information,’ and 39% said they deserved a C or less on ‘reporting on information.’”
These scores and the situations and conditions they represent should be an eye-opener to the PLM industry. Traditional data management solutions are not cutting it anymore and new data management systems are either not reaching companies or they are not implemented correctly. One solution that we support is Inforbix which offers “tools (we call them product apps) that help people quickly and easily aggregate, access, find, and expose data in their company.” We are convinced that Inforbix is one of the PLM solutions on the market that ‘get’ what today’s PLM consumers need and then provide it.
Catherine Lamsfuss, August 10, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Neofonie Technology Underpins Labdoo
August 10, 2012
Neofonie GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, is a long-term player in search; the company has been in the market since 1998 and created the early German search engine fireball.de. Their technology is now being used at Labdoo.org, home base for the Labdoo project, a 501(c)(3) organization. The project’s About page explains its goals:
“A laptop is a door to education, providing children free access to open source education tools and electronic books through the Internet.
“In the richer countries, every year more than a hundred million laptops are replaced by new ones. This number continues to increase, yet most of the children in the poor regions of the world still lack access to education.
“The goal of Labdoo is to use grassroots, decentralized, social networking tools to efficiently bring excess laptops to the children in the developing world without wasting additional Earth resources.
“Join Labdoo and use the social network tools to bring a laptop to a child!”
A worthy cause, to be sure. Though the project won’t be officially launched until early next year, its Web site is up and running. The organization encourages visitors to use its tools to build their own “mini-missions and hubs.” Doing so, it emphasizes, will help further the development of their platform.
Neofonie began as an offshoot of the Technical University of Berlin. They make it a point to meet, and to innovate beyond, market demands. The company produces enterprise search as well as portal and vertical search products for both Web solutions and mobile apps.
Cynthia Murrell, August 10, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Alternatives to Windows Default Search Function
August 10, 2012
BACKLOG Alternatives to Windows Default Search Function
Makeuseof gives us “7 Awesome Alternatives to Windows Search.” Why not just use Windows Search to find stuff on your computer? You can, of course, but the article explains:
“Have you ever searched for a program, file or folder on your computer only to discover that the default search application takes longer to display your search than it does for you to go find it manually yourself? I have. And I’d imagine that most Windows users face this same dilemma.
“Although there are some things you can do to improve searching using the Windows Search – and the search application seems to be much more improved in Windows 7 – there are some excellent alternatives to the default Windows Search that you should consider.”
All list entries are free and hand you results faster than Windows Search. Some, writer Aaron Couch asserts, even pull up more accurate results. His seven picks are: UltraSearch, Snowbird,FileSearchEX, Super Finder XT, Locate32, Search Everything, and Launchy. See the write up for Couch’s description of each tool.
There’s no denying that free is great. However, that qualification left a couple of our favorites off this handy list: Sow Soft’s Effective File Search and Pocket Search from Gaviri. Both of these applications do offer free trials, so you can still get a free of charge.
Cynthia Murrell, August 10, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Community Discussion on Microsoft Suite of 2013 Preview Releases
August 9, 2012
Kurt Mackie comments on the new SharePoint 2013 in his recent Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine post, “Microsoft Releases Previews of Office 2013, SharePoint 2013, and Exchange 2013.”
Mackie explains the recent preview releases from Microsoft:
Those previews include 2013 versions of SharePoint, Exchange, Lync, Office Web Apps Server, Project, Visio and Office Professional Plus. Microsoft has a single portal for downloading those trial applications, which can be found at its new Office site page here. Those releases come a day after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Office Division, officiated over the launch of the next Office 365, which includes an actual service-enabled version of the full Microsoft Office productivity suite.
The author also discusses possible points of confusion among Office 365 as a service and as a premises-installed Office version. Only recently has Office 365 become cloud enabled. Mackie finishes up his article with a few comments on SharePoint 2013 and Exchange 2013 improvements, with enhanced social networking capabilities in SharePoint being a highlight. With the community buzzing about the new releases, the read may be worth it for you to stay in the loop.
But while you consider migrating options to new versions and new features, look to enrich your system now with a comprehensive and lean solution. Fabasoft Mindbreeze Enterprise provides consistent and comprehensive information access to both corporate and Cloud sources. The seamless Cloud solution makes sure you find the right information you need at any time. Check out the full suite of solutions at Fabasoft Mindbreeze.
Philip West, August 9, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
PLM Proving Invaluable to NASA Mars Mission
August 9, 2012
Just when we think we’ve seen product lifecycle management (PLM) used for every possible use a news story proves us wrong. The recent article, “New Sim, Testing Tools Used to Design Mars Lander”, on EE Times, shares the details of how a PLM solution is making it possible for NASA to land a robotic rover on the Martian surface.
According to the article NASA has chosen Siemens PLM to design a way for the space team to test various landing and take-off scenarios for the rover spacecraft. The response from Siemens was enthusiastically optimistic:
“The company claims its integrated suite of tools called NX pulled together disperate CAD, CAE and CAM tools to allow JPL engineers to ‘capture all of the DNA of [the Mars Science Laboratory] design’ and determine, for instance, whether they ‘over-designed it,’ (Tim Nichols, managing director of Siemens PLM Software ) said. NX was used to develop many of the mechanical portions of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, particularly the thermal control systems for entry, descent and landing as well as for surface operations at Curiosity’s planned landing site at Gale Crater.”
Now that more providers, and users for that matter, are realizing that PLM is not industry specific and relegated to only manufacturing but rather is a new way of doing data management the possibilities are endless.
Catherine Lamsfuss, August 9, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Microsoft and Google go Social with Search
August 9, 2012
There is good news for those information seekers who want the social rabble to provide insight on their results. Microsoft and Google are both rolling out features to extend social networking capabilities in their search services.
Bing will now include tips and recommendations from Foursquare users in search results and Google will be allowing searchers to include a link to share results directly to their Google+ page.
An article on ComputerWorld, “Bing and Google Deepen Social Integration in Search,” explains the developments of the continuing social integration. About Google, the article states the new share button will allow users to post links to their Plus page without leaving the results page. The changes in Bing’s world are explained as well:
“Bing will display tips and recommendations shared publically to Foursquare about businesses or other locations relevant to a user’s search query and location, Microsoft said. The search engine displays the Foursquare content in its social sidebar, which launched this spring. The tips and recommendations will be included in the ‘people who know’ section, which doesn’t require the Bing user to be signed in to his or her social networks.”
The changes show that all companies, including the big guys, are struggling to determine how to best integrate social content with search. The competition is strong and no clear winner seems to be emerging. Perhaps that is because some people are not prepared for the full integration of social networking within the rest of their online business.
Andrea Hayden, August 9, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Owning Content? Not If You Are Tiny and Smallish
August 8, 2012
I read a Google Plus post from Lon at this link. I think it would be semi helpful if posts had titles and author inserted dates. But, hey, I am tiny. Actually I am insignificant. I have come to accept my smallness. Yet, unlike me, Lon is not happy. He had a public domain video from NASA taken “down” from YouTube. Some “real” journalists asserted that the NASA video was their intellectual property. In the present governmental set up, these outfits might be correct. Who knows? Lon writes:
I just came home to my inbox filled with dispute claims from no less than FIVE news organizations claiming this footage as their own. BS. It’s mine. And now YouTube says it might start running ads against content I created and handing that money over to these crooks who are essentially bigger players with the ability to claim rights to content they do not own. The worst part is that Google clearly is not requiring these “rightsholders” prove they actually own the content. But it’s somehow incumbent upon me to prove my innocence. This is outright theft of my content – plain and simple.
I am in no position to figure out if YouTube is doing its job well or the algorithm is one of those summer intern things. I don’t know if the content is in the public domain.Didn’t World War II bombers carried logos and messages? Maybe the ?NASA video is a logical extension of branding. Does the Curiosity have corporate sponsorship?
A happy quack to http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/military-model-aircraft/87621-1-72-b-1b.html.
Perhaps everything is fair game in the government. A certain Illinois elected official made an attempt to sell a governmental office. The General Services Administration tries to run itself as a business. The lobbyist I met for breakfast two years ago suggested he “owned” a contact in some entity in DC.
The notion of fair seems to be fuzzy particularly if one if tiny. When one if big like Apple and Samsung, “fair” gets a real work out. I assert that it is tough to search for a content object when it has been “disappeared.” Trimming content to reduce information overload could be a benefit to some. Honk.
Stephen E Arnold, August 8, 2012
Sponsored by Augmentext
Will New CEOs Knock Out Search Revenue Pains?
August 8, 2012
Two search vendors have recently announced shuffling in their top management positions. The first vendor – Perfect Search. The enterprise search technology vendor replaced its President and CEO of five years last May 2012. George Watanabe, co-founder and VP of Business Development and Investor Relations filled in the empty seat.
The second vendor – MarkLogic. Also in May 2012, “Gary Bloom Joins MarkLogic as Chief Executive Officer”:
“MarkLogic Corporation, the company powering mission-critical Big Data Applications around the world, today announced that Gary Bloom… has been named president and chief executive officer.
Gary brings an exceptional background that includes more than two decades of successful leadership in enterprise software. He was the CEO and president at eMeter, which provides smart grid management software for electric, gas, and water utilities… Prior to that, Gary was a consultant of TPG, a leading global private investment firm.”
Both Watanabe and Bloom have the potential to further pave the way for success of their respective companies, given their impressive technical background in enterprise applications. But both companies have joined the bandwagon and just lately added Big Data to their focus. We’re waiting to see if the move to change executives will tip the enterprise search and Big Data scales in their favor.
Lauren Llamanzares, August XX, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
Maximizing Web Site Search with Fabasoft Mindbreeze InSite
August 8, 2012
Fabasoft Mindbreeze is now offering an intuitive Web site search to compliment their industry leading enterprise search technology, Fabasoft Mindbreeze InSite. Now meaningful search can extend outside of your organizational walls and benefit those who you are most eager to impress, your customers.
Read the sound advice of Michael Biebl, Fabasoft Mindbreeze developer, in, “Secure Website Search in the Cloud.”
Fabasoft Mindbreeze InSite is our product to empower websites with professional high-end search cababilities. We offer InSite as a Cloud service and for on premise installation. Today, I would like to show how you can adapt the search-experience by defining views. Views allow you to group search results by search queries. It’s a really great and simple concept and you can adapt your search results without any need for server configuration. The following 5 scenarios should get you started on the topic, but we are open for your views as well.
Whether you are eager to use the benefits of a cloud installation, or you prefer the stability of an on-site installation, Fabasoft Mindbreeze InSite is a hassle-free way to increase the efficiency of your Web presence without increasing your workload. A commitment-free 28 day trial is currently available. In a world of bad public-facing Web site search, pleasantly surprise your customers with a helpful and intuitive search function.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 8, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext.
Vertical Approach to PLM Driving Innovation
August 8, 2012
Over the course of the last decade product lifecycle management (PLM) has undergone a transformation turning a once out-of-the-box approach to a customized one. A recent Design News article, “Dassault Steers PLM toward Automotive Design Challenges”, explains how Dassault , one of the leaders in PLM solutions, has created a new PLM solution aimed at the automotive industry.
The article explains,
“It looks as if Dassault Systèmes is taking the vertical approach a bit more seriously. As part of its evolving focus on 3D experience, not just 3D data, Dassault has just released the first of many new industry solutions, this one specifically to address key challenges in the automotive segment. 3D Experience, as Dassault officials explain it, is the idea of leveraging the company’s 3D capabilities like simulation and high-end visualization functionality to communicate product data, not just as information, but in a more interactive and engaging way.”
Kudos to Dassault for their latest PLM solution but for those not in the automotive industry a similar product is much needed. We recommend Inforbix because vertical approaches to PLM is at the very core of all their PLM solutions. Oleg Shilovitsky, co-founder and CEO, wrote in a recent blog post, “Inforbix deploys technology that helps link islands of data together in manufacturing companies. Our approach is to offer a simple and affordable means of data access regardless of source or location.” This approach combined with a dedication to customer support makes Inforbix a clear winner for manufactures needing new data management solutions.
Catherine Lamsfuss, August 8, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext.
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