The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Palantir Raises More Money Sometimes it seems like Palantir is constantly enticing investors. Forbes reports, “Palantir Aiming to Raise $400 Million in New Round.” Writer Ryan Mac tells us that, according to Securities and Exchange Commission documents, a planned round of additional funding could rake in that sum if all shares sell. Mac continues:
Searchblox Announces New Visualization Method for Search Results The brief article on Searchblox titled A Visualization Is Worth a Thousand Search Results relates the addition of visualization to the Elasticsearch-based system, Searchblox. Searchblox is an open source enterprise content search engine founded in 2003. Its customers range over 25 countries and include Harley Davidson, Capital …
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Cisco Relies on OpenSOC through GitHub When it Comes to Big Data The article on Enterprise Networking Planet titled Cisco Goes Open-Source for Big Data Analytics discusses the change for Cisco with some high-ups in the company. Annie Ballew, Solutions Architect in the Cisco Security Business Group, mentions that OpenSOC is not actually a Security …
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Enterprise Search: Confusing Going to Weeds with Being Weeds I seem to run into references to the write up by a “expert”. I know the person is an expert because the author says: As an Enterprise Search expert, I get a lot of questions about Search and Information Architecture (IA). The source of this remarkable …
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Fake Content: SEO or Tenure Desperation Bottom Line Up Front: Indexing systems have a spotty record of identifying weaponized, shaped, or distorted information.
Amazon and Oracle: The Love Affair Ends I recall turning in a report about Amazon’s use of Oracle as its core database. The client, a bank type operation, was delighted that zippy Amazon had the common sense to use a name brand database. For the bank types, recognizable names used to be indicators of wise …
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 …
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