Those of us in the information business are usually too busy working with our customers and refining our business models and production processes to think about the basic question of “What is information?” but let’s stop for a moment to ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on April 18, 2013
We received such a positive response to our February Crowdsourcing 102 post that we decided to follow it up with some of the questions we fielded about it, all answered by our resident managed crowdsourcing expert, Kevin Dodds. Q. Have ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on April 4, 2013
As a long-term implementation partner of Stelae Technologies, Information Evolution, Inc. is proud to announce the introduction of Khemeia 4.0 at the Demo India 2013 event in Bangalore, India. Khemeia is a powerful tool used to extract large amounts of ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on March 20, 2013
IEI to Deliver Real-Time Data Discovery to Customers Austin, Texas (March 4, 2013) — Outsourcing firm Information Evolution, Inc. (IEI) and Enlyton, the first cloud-based enterprise search and content discovery company, today announced that they have entered into a strategic ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on March 4, 2013
In the 1990s, large manufacturers spent millions on software to streamline their supply chains, and they continue to invest in refining processes to make those supply chains as efficient as possible. For those companies whose business is the manufacturing and ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on February 25, 2013
by Kevin Dodds There are two primary ways to use managed crowdsourcing to collect data: result consensus analysis, and the creation of semi-private crowds. Consensus Analysis For clearly defined, “only one answer” questions—any piece of data where the format is ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on February 12, 2013
The explosion of data-driven reporting, recent data privacy legislation, and the unfortunate loss of one of the Internet’s leading lights have brought the definition of “public” data back to the forefront of discussions about the information industry. At this late ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on January 21, 2013
by Shyamali Ghosh Taking information at face value is a risky proposition, as Gary Hoover (formerly of Hoover’s and four other companies launched over the course of his career to date), pointed out last week in a Fundamentals of Business ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on January 15, 2013
Businesses based on selling data on a subscription basis are in a truly turbulent period right now. Competition from open source databases and low-cost API databases is starting to emerge and firms with killer workflow integration software are also hungrily ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on November 28, 2012
Over 12.8 million small businesses have a Facebook page in addition to, or instead of, a company web site. Some 38% of these pages are abandoned* and recent moves to start charging small businesses for previously free promotional services may ... Read more
posted by Shyamali Ghosh on October 26, 2012