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 date in the game, it is astounding that there is
Some 18 years ago I spoke at the European Association of Directory Publishers conference. This was at the very height of irrational exuberance over online information services. The conference attendees were all very interested in transactional business models such as those floated by VerticalNet. The idea was that you could
It’s tax time once again and the recent advertisements by H&R Block touting their use of IBM’s Watson technology are reminding me of how important strategic customer-vendor relationships can be. H&R Block didn’t need to mention IBM at all. They paid them for their work and IBM’s technology presumably worked.
As the information industry continues to evolve, we at IEI are convinced that crowdsourced updating will play an ever larger role in its underlying foundation. No longer will databases languish waiting for periodic updates. Rather, they will be constantly updated via a combination of user feedback, event-driven triggers, and crowdsourced
Once upon a time the Internet was a place where humans went to look at “pages” of content. These days, however, more “machines” than humans are using the web and many of these little machines are powered by our partner Connotate. Connotate’s “Agents” keep track of billions of price changes,
It’s an election year in the US so the topic of outsourcing has inevitably raised its head. I’d like to add my two cents to the debate by explaining why I think companies like Information Evolution that are “in the outsourcing business” are a positive force in the US and
One of the most intractable publishing technology questions in the data-driven content world is a simple one: How do we publish (meaning post, upload, or otherwise distribute) databases of time-sensitive content in a way that allows them to be retrieved and used forever? Shyamali’s post on stone cylinders points out
The push-back on a 100% automated world is well underway. Ecommerce merchants, including information services, are increasingly being forced by consumers to show that they actually have real, living, breathing employees to support their convenient online offerings. Hiding behind email contact forms and sites without a single human’s name, a
An audit is a systematic review of data, processes, and compliance measures to ensure alignment with client requirements and organizational standards. At Information Evolution, we regularly audit our processes to ensure that they’re in line with our clients’ needs. But our audits are not just about identifying discrepancies; they are
The combination of Open AI tools and a gargantuan snapshot of the Internet circa 2021 (i.e., “GPT”) seemed interesting at first, but it’s not. It’s transformational. Like the “World Wide Web“ transformational. For those of us in the world of premium online information services we wade through a _lot_ of
Have a data challenge? IEI has probably seen it, analyzed it and solved it before.
Keep on top of the information industry
with our ‘Data Content Best Practices’ newsletter:
Keep on top of the information industry with our ‘Data Content Best Practices’ newsletter:
Powering Data-Driven Innovation
