Taxonomy is not a word that everyone can relate to. What those of us on the inside of this story know is that the world's most powerful search experiences are powered by taxonomy and metadata. If your business is challenged with juggling vast amounts of content on either internally or externally facing websites it is imperitive that these concepts become part of the conversation. The information architecture experts at Earley & Associates have prepared a paper that can be used to help decision makers understand: How leading companies are utilizing business taxonomy The two key roles of taxonomy and why it is important to develop both Six specific examples of business taxonomy in use Four best practices for approaching a business taxonomy
Measurement of social sucks
1 Comment - Good to see the challenge for a quantitative measurement of the impact of what you call 'social collaboration'
“Deep thinker” Geoffrey Moore recently spent time with AIIM International to help the organization and its acolytes get a handle on the future of content management. While this sounds like just so much hooey – just another in a long line of “future of” cogitations designed to scare the dickens out of anyone active in the market – the slide deck of the resulting presentation turns out to be interesting viewing
The implications of commodity storage are not hard to determine
IT administrators are tasked with meeting content lifecycle management needs of the business without driving up storage costs
The ability to interact with both people and content via social business networks across organizational roles, teams, and communities in the context of the work you do, drives real business results
One of the most underappreciated (in my estimation) roles in IT is the Business Analyst, and yet it should be one of the most critical functions in your organization
1 Comment - I believe that the BA role is critical for any successful deployment of any type of ECM (in addition to Sharepoint)
The world is divided in two : business information and social information. By definition if one is about business the other is about...something undefined that may possibly be about business but that's not 100% sure
Studies reveal it is gaining traction in among leaders in the small to medium size business community. In a recent survey, 435 of those respondents that had transitioned some or all of their computing needs to the cloud, reported measurable improvements in one or more aspects of their business as a result of using this technology
The Harvard Business Review recently featured a post from Bill George, a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, where he states, “Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, topping the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry