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Tag: metadata
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Improve Enterprise Search by Putting Your Metadata to Work
Back in the day, enterprise search had it easy. Before Google, enterprise search gave people a way to find content on the corporate intranet, and it was amazing. “The Acme contract? Just search, it will show up.
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Closing the DAM Expectation Gap
All too often, businesses expect to plug in a digital asset management (DAM) system and then — voila — it will begin managing all of the organization’s assets. The misconception can be forgiven.
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Brace for Aerial Digital Asset Management with Drones
Here’s a digital asset management (DAM) riddle for you: What technology has made the following three DAM scenarios possible? A construction firm uses aerial images to monitor job progress and send updates to its clients. A government agency analyzes 3D images to prioritize repairs to roads and bridges.
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Enterprise Search: The Red-Headed Stepchild of the Workplace
Everywhere I go, I hear another story of how bad enterprise search is. Users, IT staff and management complain, often resulting in the decision by their organization to replace the existing vendor. I’d wager companies switch their search platforms more frequently than any other mission-critical application.
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Why Is Enterprise Search so Hard?
When you need to find a corporate policy, or information about your health plan or the latest contract for one of your clients, is your enterprise search box the first place you go to look? Or do you count on someone in your department or on your team who knows
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How Information Architecture Improves Customer Experience
Have you ever had a problem finding information on a website or app? If so, you were experiencing a poor information architecture (IA). Conversely, a great experience with a site or application is only possible with solid IA under the surface.
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Information Architecture: Still Vital to Digital Design
Over the years, the most neglected, and yet most essential, area of digital design has been information architecture. Recently, a set of presentations for website designs were made to senior management at a large organization. One presentation was based on data.
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Content Marketers: Do More With Less
Our jobs are at stake, content marketers. Too many content marketers are taking the “more is better” approach to publishing. But when you focus too much on production and too little on strategy, things won’t scale. At some point, the impact (ROI) of your content will hit a plateau.
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Let Isaac Newton Improve Your End User Data Classification
Which method works better: end-user or automated tagging? While there are proponents for both sides of this ongoing debate, they do agree on this: properly tagged content provides countless benefits. It is more organized, easier to find, optimized for search and indexing, and when also classified, is easily protected.
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DX Leaders: People and Process First, Then Focus on the Technology
John Horodyski knows digital asset management (DAM) inside and out. As partner with New York City-based Optimity Advisors, Horodyski advises clients on the strategies and foundational elements required to get their "digital houses in order.
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How To Not Fail at Taxonomy
Taxonomy never made sense to me as a hot topic until I found myself in a heated debate with my husband about which product category a mug should fall under in an online store.
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Harness the Power of Metadata to Revolutionize Document Search
Managing large volumes of documents and their metadata presents a challenge for any enterprise, but organizations such as financial institutions that need to retain so many documents for audit and compliance purposes have it especially tough.
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How to Get Started with SharePoint Records Management
For businesses already using SharePoint for document management, turning to it for records management seems like a natural next step. Using the same system for records and document management — instead of bringing in an additional system — can lead to cost reduction, better business alignment and better usability.
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We'll Be Managing $5.36B Worth of Digital Assets by 2020
If you have any doubts about the viability — or necessity — of digital asset management (DAM), new estimates about its projected growth should dispel the notion. The DAM market is estimated to grow from $1.42 billion in 2015 to $5.36 billion by 2020, according to new research from MarketsandMarkets
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