July/August 2013, [Vol 22, Issue 7]

Features

Text analytics: versatile and growing

Text analytics is a vital tool in coping with big data.

Data governance will shine in the Data Economy

Data usage and governance today is driven by the internal needs of the organization: regulatory compliance, strategy setting and CRM—all you would expect when data is an internal asset.

Visualization solutions advance wind energy development

The total value of the worldwide wind energy market will grow from $74.2 billion in 2012 to $109.8 billion in 2017. The resulting installations will almost double the amount of the world's electricity that is generated by wind...

To stay on top of their game, financial firms embrace technology

"When you have an online presence, a system that is three to four years old seems more like it's 20 years old."

News Analysis

Desktop search: changes ahead?

Specialists in the enterprise will need desktop search systems as long as there are desktop computers. The "death" of a PC does not mean that an entire population will disappear overnight. On the other hand, desktop search is not perfect, and innovation seems to have stalled.

15 tips ensure KM's success

An important issue for long-term success of KM initiatives is aligning them with organizational strategy, especially in times of change.

David Weinberger

A limit to business intelligence?

The extent to which businesses protect their data assets is the extent to which business is limiting its own intelligence.

The Future of the Future

A report from the trenches

Getting into an ongoing cycle of rapid innovation and learning is the only formula for sustained growth in the foreseeable future.