• Making Data Easy with Training Wheels? The Nielsen Dust Up

    Updated: 2012-07-31 14:01:11
    In the Honk newsletter, I have been plugging away at some of the flights of fancy that surround big data, next generation analytics, and all things predictive. I am nervous about “training wheels” on complex mathematical processes. Like the fill-in-the-blanks functions in Excel, a person without a foundation in math can fiddle around until the [...]

  • Google Has Become Our Memory

    Updated: 2012-07-31 05:16:03
    It seems we have modified ourselves to rely on our hard drives and the Internet more than on our own memories; woe betide us if the zombie apocalypse wipes out power! ReadWriteWeb informs us, “Google Search Shapes Memory, New Research Shows.” The article by Dave Copeland reports on research from Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University, [...]

  • Microsoft and Yammer: Extending SharePoint Functionality

    Updated: 2012-07-31 05:09:44
    Yammer is what an enterprise social network tool; organizations implement it to spur collaboration between users. On the Yammer homepage we found a new application which permits Microsoft SharePoint Integration. After reading the specs, we found on the Microsoft blog about “Yammer-The Next Step for Social Networking In Schools?” According to the post, Microsoft recently [...]

  • The Heat in SharePoint Semantics July 20 to July 26, 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-31 05:07:01
    This week SharePoint Semantics delivered search enthusiasts and end users some informative pieces that revolved around positive and negative speculation of SharePoint 2013’s new features and finding solutions to Big Data overload. “Joel Oleson Shares His Top 10 New Features For SharePoint 2013” refers an article that discusses the upcoming release of SharePoint’s newest version of its platform. When discusses [...]

  • Gold for Fools: Multitasking

    Updated: 2012-07-31 05:06:38
    When search wizards multitask, challenges to comprehension may arise; yet another study shows that we aren’t as good at multitasking as we think. Research News out of Ohio State University reveals, “Study Shows Why Some Types of Multitasking are More Dangerous than Others.” The study, performed by Zheng Wang at Ohio State and supported by [...]

  • Google Chases Amazon Into the Cloud

    Updated: 2012-07-31 05:04:32
    Is an atmospheric price war coming between Amazon and Google? Could be; Wired Cloudline reports, “Google Builds Out Cloud Platform with Partner Program.” Amazon has been working hard to build up its off-site platform, particularly with its attractive partner network. Now Google aims to provide some competition. Writer Mike Barton reveals: “Google is now looking [...]

  • Lotus Notes Expands into eDiscovery

    Updated: 2012-07-31 05:02:06
    Lotus Notes is a collaborative content management platform that warehouses an organization’s content for multiple users. It does not come as a surprise, as MarketWatch tells us, that “Daegis Expands Cross-Matter Management Capabilities with Support for Lotus Notes Integration in eDiscovery Platform.” It was only a matter of time before an eDiscovery provider integrated their [...]

  • Inteltrax: Top Stories, July 23 to July 27

    Updated: 2012-07-30 05:56:26
    The growing availability of cloud based and open source analytics and the resulting beefed-up security demands surrounding such easily accessible software are the topics pervasive in this week’s posts on Inteltrax. As usual the nature and existence of ‘big data’ was discussed and the post, “Big Data is Analytics for Dummies”, accurately gets to the [...]

  • Microsoft Bing Brings in the PR SWAT Team

    Updated: 2012-07-30 05:14:57
    Apparently a SWAT Team is just what the doctor ordered in the case of Microsoft’s consumer initiatives. Microsoft is calling upon former Clinton advisor and PR maven Mark Penn to lead a “SWAT Team” focused on consumer initiatives and developing strategic development and branding to meet consumers’ changing needs. The first target of the team [...]

  • Terrier/UpgradingHadoop

    Updated: 2012-07-23 10:26:15
    added Tweets11 to master list.

  • Terrier

    Updated: 2012-07-23 10:22:14
    added Tweets11 to master list.

  • Terrier/Contribute

    Updated: 2012-07-19 10:46:25
    Made clear how to contribute new features

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