John Battelle's Searchblog
MAY 23, 2012
The headlines about Facebook’s IPO – along with questions about its business model – are now officially cringeworthy. It’s an ongoing, rolling study in how society digests important news about our industry, and it’s far from played out. But we seem at an interesting tipping point in perception, and now seemed a good time to weigh in with a few words on the subject.
Collaboration 2.0
MAY 24, 2012
Facebook IPO hype and dramas obscured Google’s launch of their Knowledge graph contextual extensions to search, which may prove to be the foundation for future digital networking and a solution to information context and filtering
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ChiefTech
MAY 3, 2012
A very different experience here in South Australia (at least, in the department where I’m based). Rather than just an element of social networking, we went with Socialtext, an ESN platform that offers blogging, micro-blogging, wikis, groups, collaborative workspaces and a range of other features. I think the big difference is that we didn’t just install and configure the software, we took on the cultural change that is necessary to get the best out of it.
Robert's Db2
MAY 31, 2012
Who makes DB2 for z/OS a great database management system? Well, the IBM DB2 developers, of course. But who else? You , that's who. You, the users of DB2 for z/OS, have provided IBM with a steady stream of enhancement requests since the product was introduced in 1983. There have been various means by which DB2 requirements have been communicated by users to IBM, including an application called FITS.
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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
MAY 17, 2012
Today the Canadian Bar Association held an update session for members on Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”). An oral presentation was provided by […].
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John Battelle's Searchblog
MAY 13, 2012
Last Friday Businessweek ran a story on Diaspora , a social platform built from what might be called Facebook anti-matter. It’s a great read that chronicles the project’s extraordinary highs and lows, from Pebble-like Kickstarter success to the loss of a founder to suicide. Given the overwhelming hype around Facebook’s IPO this week, it’s worth remembering such a thing exists – and even though it’s in private beta, Diaspora is one of the largest open source pr
Collaboration 2.0
MAY 29, 2012
A clash of cultures between traditional marketing conventions and enterprise software getting more involved in digital branding infrastructure is going to result in friction and sparks.
ChiefTech
MAY 19, 2012
I'm currently working on an Ark Group report on developing mobile apps for internal business users and the business partners that organisations work with. There is a growing acknowledgement by designers that mobile apps need to be created with recognition of their situated use , however most of the research and discussion I've seen is focused on consumer apps.
Robert's Db2
MAY 14, 2012
A lot of organizations have already migrated from DB2 for z/OS Version 8 to a more-current release of DB2 -- either DB2 9 or (in the case of skip-level migrations) DB2 10. For the most part, those migrations from DB2 V8 went quite smoothly; however, some companies making the move from DB2 V8 to DB2 9 or DB2 10 have encountered performance problems related to one thing: the need in DB2 9 and DB2 10 environments for more resources -- disk space, table spaces, buffer pool space -- associated with w
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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Preservica
MAY 31, 2012
It is interesting to again see Digital Preservation on the agenda of the mainstream press and politicians see [link]. In this case it is not the technology that is causing the problem - technology such as Tessella's SDB already present solutions in this area. The problems lay with assembling the digital material in the first place. A workable solution requires the current copyright holder to the information to agree to its archival, an organisation to be nominated to hold the archival informatio
Hunton Privacy
MAY 30, 2012
On May 26, 2012, the United States government submitted its request to participate in the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (“CBPRs”) system. The CBPRs system was endorsed by APEC leaders in November 2011. The protocol requires a participating economy to submit: A letter of intent to participate; Confirmation that a privacy enforcement agency in the economy is a participant in the Cross-Border Privacy Enforcement Arrangement; Notice that the economy intends to make use of at least one APEC-recogni
John Battelle's Searchblog
MAY 23, 2012
Last night on a whim I asked folks on Twitter if they had a home phone – you know, a “hard line” – the k ind of communications device that used to be ubiquitous, but seem increasingly an anachronism these days. The response was overwhelming – only three or four of about 35 responses, about ten percent, said they did, and most of those had them due to bad cel reception or because it makes people feel safe in case of an emergency (the “911 effect”).
Collaboration 2.0
MAY 10, 2012
HR/HCM is historically the mature ’social’ center of businesses and can either lead digital transformation or be subsumed into a supporting collaborative role
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
ChiefTech
MAY 22, 2012
Less than a quarter of the Australian Government's regular websites can be considered smartphone or mobile-friendly, according to a survey conducted by iTnews. via itnews.com.au. A survey by the ITNews concludes that government Websites fail mobile access tests. Actually, lets be specific: They surveyed 21 Australian federal Australian government, plus the mobile version of USA.gov.
JKevinParker
MAY 29, 2012
After I posted the list of out-of-the-box Web parts for SharePoint Server 2010 , I created a two-page, downloadable cheat sheet. Download the PDF document free below. Enjoy! Download the free SharePoint Server 2010 Web Parts: Cheat Sheet in PDF format.
Preservica
MAY 1, 2012
A colleague pointed me to this article over the weekend offering an interesting look at the legal barriers to preservation by emulation: [link]. The article also mentions the EU funded Keeping Emulation Environments Portable (KEEP), which Tessella was involved in. There was an entire work package in KEEP dedicated to the legal issues mentioned here.
Hunton Privacy
MAY 29, 2012
On May 16, 2012, the PCI Security Standards Council’s (“PCI SSC’s”) Mobile Working Group published its “ At a Glance: Mobile Payment Acceptance Security ” fact sheet (the “Guidance”), which outlines best practices for securely accepting payments via mobile devices. The Guidance offers merchants practical advice for partnering with a Point-to-Point Encryption (“P2PE”) solution provider and satisfying their PCI Data Security Standard compliance requirements in the context of mobile payment accepta
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
John Battelle's Searchblog
MAY 17, 2012
Last December I posted on “ The Internet Big Five ,” noting their relative strengths and the market cap of each. Since that time, the Five have only gotten stronger, adding a cumulative $272 billion in market cap (much of that is Apple, but Amazon and Facebook – assuming the offering does as expected on Friday – have also increased quite a bit).
Collaboration 2.0
MAY 18, 2012
Historically SAP are an enterprise structured data software company: as society evolves unstructured data is ever more important. How are SAP coping with the opportunities and red herrings our increasingly connected world surfaces for them to respond to?
ChiefTech
MAY 19, 2012
Amazon reviews are just as likely to give an accurate summary of a book's quality as those of professional newspapers, according to a study from Harvard Business School. Professor Michael Luca and his co-authors analysed the top 100 reviews from 40 media outlets, including the New York Times, and the Washington Post, between 2004 and 2007 for their paper.
JKevinParker
MAY 17, 2012
This is a quick post to document two important PowerShell cmdlets for exporting and importing individual SharePoint sites. These cmdlets are listed on this parent TechNet page for SharePoint Server 2010 , as well as this TechNet page for SharePoint Foundation 2010. However, on both of these pages, the descriptions are inaccurate. Today, I submitted feedback on both pages to suggest corrections as follows.
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The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
Preservica
MAY 4, 2012
Congratulations to the The Economist for covering the challenges of digital preservation and producing 3 excellent and easy to understand articles. [link]. [link]. [link].
Hunton Privacy
MAY 25, 2012
On May 25, 2012, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office posted updated guidance on how to comply with amendments to EU data protection law requiring businesses to obtain consent from website visitors to store information on their computers and retrieve that information in the form of cookies. Last year, the ICO gave organizations a grace period expiring on May 26, 2012, to comply with the new cookie rules.
John Battelle's Searchblog
MAY 26, 2012
Dinner with friends and a night in the band room proved bountiful when it came to trying new wines this week. I tasted this Blackbird Vineyards Arriviste – a Rose that the gals had. They sure liked it. Proved a great start to the dinner for them. We moved on to the Peay Sea Scallop, which I’ve already posted (it’s on my Wines Pinboard ), then this swell finish, the Pahlmeyer 2009 Jayson (a blend), which held up to the steak we shared.
Collaboration 2.0
MAY 3, 2012
Well funded and connected ‘task management for teams’ firm Asana could make waves through their Facebook roots, quality code and cultural fit
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ChiefTech
MAY 5, 2012
via techcrunch.com. Remember, Google Sidewiki ? I thought at the time that it would make a great way to help make intranets, including internal Web-based apps, more social and now it looks like Jive Software have provided this ability natively in their latest release. Why is this useful? Well, basically it provides a short cut to integrating systems of record with Jive's system of engagement platform to mix social collaboration with tasks.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
MAY 31, 2012
The UK “grace period” for implementation of the cookie consent rule expired last Friday. The long-promised update to the ICO […].
JKevinParker
MAY 28, 2012
Update: I created a downloadable cheat sheet for this list in a later post. This posts lists and describes most of the SharePoint Server 2010 out-of-the-box Web parts, organized by categories. Not all of these Web parts are available to every site. Also note that lists or libraries created on the site will add new options to the "Lists and Libraries" category (hence the name).
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