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XML.com :: Marking Up Bureaucracy [Sep. 24, 2003]
...Because the government comes into citizen's lives in so many ways, and because, on the whole, United States citizens have only limited Internet access, the deployment of XML technologies for G2C is the hardest to pin down. According to Mark Frautschi, a consultant specializing in knowledge management for government, some of the most promising work is emerging from places like the Universal Access Expedition Working Group. Started over two years ago without a set agenda, the group has been exploring "ways to live with section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities Act," which requires that web sites be completely accessible to users with special needs...
internetnews.com :: Army to Shell Out $500 Million for IT
By Clint Boulton
...Dell (Quote, Chart) and rivals HP (Quote, Chart), GTSI (Quote, Chart) and Lockheed Martin have scored a bid to provide hardware, software and services for the U.S. Army to the tune of $500 million, the latest in a series of large contract wins for systems vendors.
Through the ITES contract, which is a key part of the high-profile Army Knowledge Management transformation plan geared to move the Army's knowledge base to the Internet, the Army plans to buy servers, workstations, desktops, notebooks, storage systems, networking equipment, operating systems and commercial software applications, peripherals, and related services...
IT-Analysis.com :: Vignette takes up the last pure-play collaboration player
...Intraspect is a privately held company with about 180 employees that started trading in Europe in 2000. Intraspect software benefits from years of research at Stanford and elsewhere in knowledge sharing, knowledge acquisition, collaboration and human-computer interaction. Intraspect's 200 customers include the Bank of America, Barclays Global Investors, BearingPoint, Cadence, GE Capital, Hill & Knowlton, J.P. Morgan Chase, LSI Logic, Ogilvy, Sun Microsystems and Reed Elsevier. ... The acquisition of Intraspect takes Vignette a lot closer to the holy grail of content and collaboration vendors: to create a Smart Enterprise Suite containing an integrated set of content management and collaboration functions. Digital Asset Management is probably the last piece of the puzzle that is still missing but Vignette has a lot of cash left...
...The service features the latest news, in-depth feature articles and a fortnightly e-bulletin. It also hosts a press desk and a calendar of forthcoming events. IST Results is geared primarily towards researchers, investors, technology transfer experts and support organisations across Europe.
The Commission's IST programme covers converging information processing, communications and media technologies and their applications in areas such as e-commerce, education, intelligent transport and knowledge management. The underlying goal of the programme is the improvement of citizens' lives, both at home and in the workplace...
Silicon Valley Biz Ink :: CA Helps Junior Achievement Empower Kids to Succeed
...Junior Achievement, the world's largest organization dedicated to educating young people about economics and business, has focused on consolidating a complex information infrastructure across 149 offices nationwide to improve knowledge management, mine existing data for actionable information, and streamline administrative processes -- such as arranging instructional opportunities for students and tracking fundraising activities. CA's solutions were selected for their ability to put information into action, and because of JA's longstanding relationship with CA...
...The Department of Trade and Industry's principal aim is to work with business, employees and consumers to drive up UK competitiveness and productivity to deliver prosperity for all. One of its central objectives is to make the most of the UK's science, engineering and technology skills and resources. The DTI is also dedicated to maximising the contribution of the science and technology fields to the UK's economic development -- and the quality of our lives. It is responsible both for UK Science Policy (through the Office of Science and Technology), and for promoting the development and use of technology by industry. Through the UK Biotechnology Portal, the DTI, in close conjunction with its partners, will extend this remit by pooling UK public sector knowledge about biotechnology in one easily accessible web
portal...
ebizQ :: Suntail Beams About Signing Of Morgan Crucible Company
...Corporate portal requirements vary from company to company, but consistently the decision to invest financial and human resources is connected to productivity, bottom lines and meeting business objectives.
To this end, Suntail says it has designed the solution using openFabric to meet the following requirements from Morgan:
Knowledge management including sharing, archiving and storage of divisional and enterprise wide documents.
Collaboration in real-time or near real time, with auditing, archiving and versioning.
Information sharing in open interactive forums and in private limited access user areas...
Business Wire :: Legal Research Center Introduces Customized Knowledge Management Advisory Services
..."Legal knowledge is the last buried treasure for law firms and corporate law departments wanting to cut costs and increase productivity," said Jim Seidl, president of Minneapolis-based Legal Research Center (LRC). "Recent studies have revealed that 60 percent of legal professionals spend at least an hour a day duplicating work that someone else in their law firm or departments has already completed. By delivering improved access to previously created workproduct, legal KM is the magic bullet to increased efficiency, reduced redundancy and measurable cost savings."
According to Seidl, LRC set out to create a "best-in-class" team of legal KM advisors who could collectively assess, design and deploy customized enterprise-wide KM programs to improve their clients' bottom lines. LRC's team of legal KM specialists include: Jonathan Bellis, partner in charge of the Law Firm & Law Department Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers; Ron Friedmann, president of Prism Legal Consulting; and George Tziahanas, LRC's vice president of KM Services. Tziahanas recently authored a White Paper, "Legal Knowledge Management: A Holistic Model," which can be downloaded for free at Legal Research Center...
Yahoo | PR NewsWire :: Baker & McKenzie purchases global license for Hummingbird DM(TM) 5.1
...TORONTO, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM), the world-leading developer of enterprise information management systems (EIMS), today announced that global law firm Baker & McKenzie has purchased 8,500 seats of Hummingbird DM(TM) 5.1, the advanced document and content management technology of Hummingbird Enterprise(TM). A technologically advanced law firm, it is Baker & McKenzie's objective to equip their legal teams with the tools to better communicate and share the collective knowledge and best practices of the firm, improving their ability to deliver efficient, world-class global legal services...
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