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To try to address the range and scope of its clients' conversion projects, LuraTech on February 1 announced that it will launch DocYard, a software platform enabling clients to build their own production-level document conversion and capture environments out of a series of modules designed to integrate a range of in-house needs, from different formats and source materials to outside software and even human resources.
For the first time since they were established in 1986, the Software Information Industry Association's annual CODiE Awards Program for its Content Division, showcasing the best and brightest in the eContent world as judged by a peer voting process, were presented at IIS on a Tuesday night dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street. In discussing the decision to shake up the format by moving the awards program from its traditional home during the spring NetGain conference in San Francisco, SIIA Content Division vice president Ed Keating noted that "there's not much difference between a rut and a groove." That premise of breaking out of a rut was certainly in evidence in the product strategies of the 15 winning companies, winnowed from more than one hundred nominees through two rounds of voting.
Rob Tarkoff, senior vice president and general manager of business productivity solutions at Adobe, did little to cushion the blow when he said to attendees at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference: "Enterprise software is failing." Story by ITI Reporter Jessica Tsai, CRM Magazine.
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With a theme of "Net Initiatives for Tough Times," this year's Internet Librarian show in Monterey, CA tapped into the key issue facing librarians and information managers in every setting: how to do more with less, while always proving your contributions to the success of your organization.
It may have been a long time since anyone reminded you to play nice with others, but come this fall, Adobe may be reminding you of the virtues of sharing. Whether you are coordinating on a project with colleagues down the hall or across the world, Adobe is trying to streamline the collaboration process for you.
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Until fairly recently, if you wanted to publish a news article or magazine feature, it required a large staff and huge presses housed in vast buildings. It took great wealth to buy the means to publish and a factorylike process to sell the ads, produce the news, and distribute the product. Because newspaper production was well beyond the means of most people, we relied on newspaper and magazine publishing companies with the requisite resources to produce the news for us, and in return, they charged large sums of money for display and classified ads-and they thrived. Today, that's all changed.
To succeed today, content sites must amass huge content collections, yet accomplish this with tighter budgets. At the same time, content consumers need to be enabled to find exactly what meets their needs. There are several strategies that can be employed to achieve web publishing's Holy Grail: the Triangle of Content Success.
The web has radically transformed the way we think about content creation; we have witnessed the democratization of media. We are no longer bound to the owners of the press to print our writing because today, anyone with a computer and an internet connection can be a publisher. Yet most academics still find themselves constricted by the 20th-century system.
From sloppy reporting to outright libel, not to mention web-speed requirements and confusing advertising placement. Journalism faces a slow of new challenges online. Can the old rules of media be applied? And if not, what is to become of journalistic ethics online?
As we enter 2009, it's clear to any reputable scientist that our planet is in peril. Individuals and institutions alike—have begun to look at ways to reduce our impact on the planet. The publishing industry is no different, and there are a number of ways that it is working to minimize its negative impact.
Product Reviews
The product is an excellent and seamless addition to the SharePoint workspace. It provides elements of functionality such as innovation management, rich public user profiles, idea tracking, ratings, and usage metrics. While these features may be more deeply developed in specialized products, Social Sites 2.7 has the advantage of providing them all within SharePoint. It is not a stand-alone product, but for the enterprise currently using or considering SharePoint, it allows employees to collaborate in ways that will strengthen the sense of community, creativity, and teamwork.
Zmags provides a useful service for companies looking to publish digitally with a print magazine look and feel. With this SaaS product, you can create custom views or use templates. Zmags includes good tracking features, but it lacks some basic file processing automation.
Plustek Technology's BookReader transforms printed words into audio output, which can be saved in MP3 format for future access. With the press of a button (and some editing) the Plustek BookReader converts printed text into an audio file, which can then be read to you in a digitized voice.
Google Earth Pro is as easy to use as the free version. It extends the capabilities of Google Earth to allow for robust practical applications via the addition of such features as GIS and GPS import, spreadsheet data import, measure tools, and movie recording.
Applications abound that create 3D models of objects, buildings, and virtual worlds. Online and off, users want to interact with objects and information in a more natural way, moving through data as if it were presented in a physical, dimensional space. The SpacePilot makes navigating 3D programs and virtual spaces as easy—and almost as natural—as a walk in the park.
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Many mainstream media outlets are reducing their staff journalists. At the same time, many organizations finally understand the value of "brand journalism," creating interesting information online that serves to educate and inform consumers. This convergence has opened up an entire new world for aspiring journalists to consider.
Putting things together into a list seems to connect them. Lists are quotable, searchable, Tweetable. Lists almost write themselves.
Blogging has always been controversial, but the newest critique argues that you should pursue a leaner, sexier alternative: "microblogging." Microblogging can take many forms on the public internet or within the firewall. You can microblog most famously via Twitter "Tweets," Facebook status messages, or various other similar services.
A former EContent assistant editor, Kinley Levack, forwarded me an August column from The New York Observer, The Media Mob. Her email bore this subject line: "I will always think of you when I hear this phrase …" Alas, the column was not about the most inspiring bosses ever. In fact, it was about "The New Media Religion: ‘Platform Agnostic.'"
I knew that price wouldn't last, but I became hooked and since then I've renewed every 2 years, including the digital edition. However, this year's bill gave me a case of sticker shock at nearly 30 times the original teaser price. I've already switched several of my other print publications to digital, and I suspect pricing is going to strongly encourage more digital switching.
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EContent BEST PRACTICES
Technology providers who not only recognize the necessity and difficulty of the local and global content marketplace, but are there to help: From analytics to location awareness, content management to translation management, translation services to language specific search solutions, there are a range of solutions that will enable organizations to adapt to the needs of the new consumer.
Appropriate and effective content management solutions not only enable ease of use, effective interactive communication, and dynamic marketing experiences, they deliver what all organizations seek: measurable return on investment.
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CONFERENCES |
| Buying & Selling eContent 2010 April 18 -20th 2010, Marriott's Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, AZ |
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| Buying & Selling eContent, the content industry's premier conference and networking event, returns to the Marriott's Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, AZ from April 18-20. Register now to hear and take part in discussions with leading content execs.
Every registrant who signs up before December 31 will receive a FREE iPod Touch*! |
| Search Engine Meeting, April 26-27, 2010 • Hyatt Regency Boston • Boston, MA |
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| Join your colleagues at the cutting edge of search!
Search Engine Meeting, now in its 15th year, brings together people interested in the domain of search and retrieval. It attracts those with a professional interest in search engines—such as search engine developers and designers—and those interested in applying search engines in their own work environments. |
| WebSearch University, April 26-27, 2010 • Hyatt Regency Boston • Boston, MA |
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| WebSearch University will be co-located with Search Engine Meeting in Boston this spring! Join your colleagues at this unique educational opportunity. Bring your search skills to the next level. WSU is where searchers learn the latest developments that affect their internet research activities. The curriculum is packed with information on search techniques, collaborative technologies, mobile search, personalization, alternative search engines, and current awareness tools. This year we’re adding sessions on rich resources for specific topics such as sci-tech, competitive intelligence, international, and legal. WSU will also have some new faces on its faculty. |
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