We've talked a lot recently about mining data for value, taxonomies and other such data management topics. According to Stephen Arnold, the enterprise search industry's adoption of data management marks a change in industry practice. He cites a company called Brainware, which has made some nimble changes, including a rec ... Read more »

There has been a lot of buzz about the "Filter Bubble" lately. Probably in part because of clever PR pros behind the marketing of Eli Pariser's book The Filter Bubble. But also because, well, the idea has stirred up some conversation in the search industry. Marketing Strategist Phil Gerbyshack recommended Parier's book f ... Read more »

Perfect Search has teamed up with Basis Technology to use the Rosette Linguistics Platform to improve search accuracy in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Italian, French and German. According to Perfect Search CEO Tim Stay, the partnership with Basis Technology was chosen for its industry track record of linguistic ac ... Read more »

Reports came out recently that Yelp was not happy about Google Places aggregating its user reviews. According to a Telegraph report, Google's response was that Yelp could be excluded from the search. One can understand why Yelp or any other company with similar complaints would be reluctant to be excluded from search, ... Read more »

Last week we talked about finding value in data and how it can be facilitated by collaboration within an organization. This week, Bill Ives discusses the role of middle management in selecting business software and uncovers some interesting numbers from a recent report. While 42 percent of middle managers feel like the ... Read more »

We've talked before about how enterprise solutions could help with the paper-to-digital transition for businesses. With the mandate of digital medical records looming, there will be lots of talk about how to make that paperless transition. Some of the obvious challenges include standardizing, securing, retrieving and sh ... Read more »