Posts Tagged ‘information connectivity’

Evolving Beyond Traditional Search

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Effective search is a difficult problem to solve for most organizations. The challenge of tackling complex interdependencies between source systems and trying to satisfy stakeholders with different search needs can be daunting. Unfortunately, poor search isn’t just an inconvenience, it’s a liability. The inability to find critical information when it’s needed most diminishes trust in systems impedes employee learning and leads to less than optimal decisions.

The good news is, these problems can be solved.

Search-based applications enter the findability fray promising to shape enterprise search in a manner uniquely suited to tame the information explosion challenge. These applications have the inherent ability to aggregate information from multiple systems while applying contextually relevant domain knowledge, allowing them to answer questions not readily available from any single source system.

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Gut Check

Monday, July 26th, 2010

“When data pours in by the millisecond and the mountain of information builds continuously, professionals inevitably cut corners and go with their ‘gut’ when making decisions…”  Many may argue strongly against this statement, assuring the board that this is not how they run a multimillion dollar corporation. However, there is so much truth to this statement. For years “gut”, or dare I say business sense, has spawned household brands and industry giants.  How much more can we achieve if we had a gut check?

A recent study, “Intelligence, Intuition & Information,” explains that “the key is to build information systems around the ‘Hierarchy of Information Need (HIN)’.”  I smiled for two reasons: First, I loved the analogy to Maslow and human need.  As people, our need for information is almost an uncontrollable inferno. We’re constantly wanting more information and faster. I refuse to wait to return to my desk to research a question or to get the latest press or industry update. Everything is on our mobile devices — email, text, IM, FaceBook, Twitter and more.  And there is no imminent end in sight for on demand information thirst.

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Welcome to the Information Optimized Blog!

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Welcome to the “Information Optimized” inaugural blog post. We’ve created this blog to share knowledge and collaborate with you, our customers, our partners and all others interested in bringing people, process and technology together to maximize the business value of information.

So, why the new title? Information Optimized?

An independent party recently completed an in-depth survey of our customer base. What we found was astonishing. We’ve always known that we’ve helped our customers with their information access which has led to significant value for them. However, what we didn’t realize was just how much value. It was fascinating and humbling.

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