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The Rise and Fall of Microsoft Search
No one's ever made a business case for a Microsoft app on the basis of its search. The CIO decided to implement and search came along for the ride.
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Will Statistica Still Have a Home If Dell Acquires EMC?
There are two things anyone who has shelled out big bucks to become a data scientist understands: 1) it takes time to learn the necessary skills and 2) there may not be an immediate payoff.
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Search Is Getting Interesting Again
The thing about generalizations is that you can always find an exception. Earlier this year I wrote an article, ”Search Isn’t Dead: It’s Gone Incognito.” In it, I argued that search has become so embedded in applications and such a part of everyday life that we no longer
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The Power User Cheat Sheet to SharePoint 2013 Search
If you've spent any time researching SharePoint 2013 you already know that one of the most exciting components was Microsoft’s integration of FAST Search features into the product.
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A Future for Commercial Search
There's another aspect of ROI. 2014 has been marked by a significant level of financial investment in open source search. Venture funds are not charities, they expect a good return on their investment.
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Tibco Launches New Data Tools #TibcoNow
Tibco isn't sitting on the sidelines while waiting for its $4.3 billion takeover to close. The company today announced new data tools designed to help it remain competitive. At its annual Tibco Now conference in San Francisco, Tibco freshened its vision for business analytics with plans for updates for Spotfire
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Office 365 Now Makes You Look Smarter via Office Delve
Even though it’s cloudy in Redmond, Wash. today, it actually looks brighter. Oops sorry, it’s you that looks brighter if you’re one of the Office 365 Business users who is getting first access to Office Delve. Microsoft begins rolling it out today.
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Oslo and Office Graph: Welcome to the Enterprise of Things
In March of this year Jared Spataro, general manager of Enterprise Social at Microsoft, introduced Office Graph and challenged us to “work like a network.” Office Graph -- which derived from Yammer’s Enterprise Graph concept -- analyzes user metadata from the Office 365 environment (Yammer, SharePoint Online, Lync
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Fast Data Beats Big Data, TIBCO CMO Claims
So maybe it's time to start thinking about something else — something that may be a more meaningful piece of the data-fueled puzzle. "Fast data," she said. In this information intensive, hyper-connected, data-driven world — where right time business insight can separate the movers from the losers — speed thrills.
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Businesses Should Drink from the Firehose of Data, Report Says
The growing need to quickly employ big data to gain business advantage is a big deal, according to a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. The SAP-sponsored report “The Power of Fast Data ” relies on surveys of more than 750 senior executives worldwide.
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Data's Never Ending Story #GD13
At Global Directions, the future of data is endless. There’s a new paradigm for creative discovery at our fingertips and it can unlock amazing opportunities in our genes, within the customer life cycle and everything in between.
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Make Smarter Decisions, Faster #GD13
Today marks the start of Global Directions, an annual industry technology and educational conference. This year's theme caught our attention. Forget big data or smart data. There's no denying that the fire hose of data is flowing quicker than ever.
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Boston Celtics' Most Valuable IT Player - SaaS #e2conf
If you’re thinking that Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions are primarily for information economy companies, there’s a business model in Boston based on men throwing and bouncing a ball that disagrees. As Jay Wessel, VP of Technology at the Boston Celtics, told a session at the E2 conference in his team’s city
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