Posted by Dave Danielson
in Blog on December 9, 2010
CEO Tim Estes’ note: Industry Analyst Pete Mancini from nectarineimpllc.com recently shared his interaction at a Meetup in Bellvue, WA where semantic extensions to Wikimedia were being discussed. Pete shared his discussion about the challenges of using ontologies in text analytics – specifically accuracy. I thought he captured the issues so well, I asked him to
Posted by Dave Danielson
in Blog on November 11, 2010
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the end of armed conflict was declared in WWI. Among the allied countries this date came to be observed as Armistice Day. After WWII it was declared a national holiday called Veterans Day but regardless of its reference around the world
Posted by Dave Danielson
in Blog on November 9, 2010
Site to focus on challenges of getting intelligent info from “Big Data” We’re excited about Monday’s announcement from Steve Arnold that he has launched a new site called Inteltrax (http://inteltrax.com/). Steve Arnold is the well-known search and technology analyst who has been conveying his opinions, advice and reviews on Beyond Search for some time. As Steve
Posted by Dave Danielson
in Blog on October 6, 2010
What is Hadoop? One of the more exciting new technologies for the deployment of “cloud-scale” data storage and analytic architectures. Hadoop has a growing legion of fans in both government and commercial markets and the main company that is behind the Hadoop movement is Cloudera. If you are interested, here is an overview of the
Posted by Bill Day
in Blog on August 17, 2010
Understanding the customer and how to determine their “real” requirements. On the surface, requirements gathering would seem to be a rather simple process of just sitting down with the customer and asking them what they want. It’s been my experience, however, that requirements are a lot like minerals found in nature. They are rarely found
Posted by in Blog on August 5, 2010
Adequate communications with BOTH the customer and the project team is key. Communications is a critical component of any successful project. It governs not only how well the project team works together, but also impacts the public perception of how well the project is going. Communications is a multi-faceted function that serves a variety of
Posted by Harry Schultz
in Blog on July 27, 2010
Earlier this year, Alex Handy wrote an intriguing article on exploring the future of data analysis, which In this article Handy compared and contrasted two approaches to understanding the ever-increasing stream of data. One approach depends upon building “exoskeletal systems”, which enhance human comprehension. Hardy draws connections to this solution and “Iron Man”. The other
Posted by Harry Schultz
in Blog on July 16, 2010
Next week, July 19-23, hundreds of developers, designers, hackers and geeks will gather in Portland, Oregon, for the 12th Annual Open Source Conference (OSCON). According to the Open Source Initiative (www.opensource.org) “The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in”. “For those who
Posted by Dave Danielson
in Blog on May 26, 2010
“Security through Obscurity” is a term often used to refer to security provided by keeping details of a system secret, or by making a system so obtuse that it is difficult to determine how it works, thus hiding its vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, I believe that there is also an application of this term to the need
Posted by Jason Beck
in Blog on May 14, 2010
On Tuesday, May 4th, forty-eight hours after the worst natural disaster hit our area, our company meeting seemed less important – we paused. Our company’s president, Rob Metcalf, stopped the meeting and redirected our conversation. In that moment we simply could not go about business as usual. Each of us in the room had been
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