Category: Information Operations (IO)

Information Governance Standards Group Suggests Caution in Approaching eDiscovery

The records management group ARMA International weighs in about search with an article in their Information Management magazine: “Enterprise Search vs E-Discovery Search: Same or Different?” The short answer, not surprisingly, is “different.” Writer Kamal Shah explains:

“To date, most enterprises have used the same search technologies for both tasks. However, a recent trend among large and small enterprises suggests that a significant divergence is occurring between enterprise searches and e-discovery searches. Both start by entering a search term in a search box, but that’s where the similarities end. The business requirements are different and, as a result, each needs different capabilities.”

The article goes on to elaborate on the reasons traditional enterprise search is not sufficient for most eDiscovery needs.

Continue reading “Stephen E. Arnold: Enterprise Search Fails to Meet Legal Standards”

Systemic mess.

Federal IT Spending Slashed In Proposed 2015 Budget

Obama's 2015 budget request cuts 2.9%, gives agencies $79 billion for IT, including $13 billion for cyber security.

Phi Beta Iota: Not being discussed: holistic analytics, true cost economics, or open source everything engineering.

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Why Traditional Print and Database Publishers Are in Even More Trouble Than Thought

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This means that LinkedIn may benefit from “real” newspapers and magazines charging for inclusions. As LinkedIn’s audience grows, it—not the publishers nor the intermediating database folks—will get the big paydays necessary to live high on the hog.

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FCC Chair Sounds Like He’s Going to Ignore President Obama’s Plan to Save the Internet

Wheeler was described by the Post, which relied on anonymous sources, as “visibly frustrated.” He is said to be going ahead with his own proposal, which would offer companies like Comcast and Verizon the ability to charge a premium for access to Internet “fast lanes.” No matter how he describes it, and he has tried many times to put the shine on this pig, there’s nothing neutral sounding about “fast lane.”

Phi Beta Iota: In the absence of an honest informed Congress, the President is impotent on this one — Internet providers are improperly classified due to past ignorance and corruption within Congress; until their classification changes, their corruption is legalized crime, similar to but must smaller than the legalized crime that characterizes everything about Wall Street. It merits comment that the FCC is not thinking about the need for elevating the entire US infrastructure to the point where it can move Big Data (it takes a petabyte three years to go over an average existing pipe).

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