Archive for the ‘Knowledge Services’ Category

Reinventing Oneself Professionally

Who are information professionals? We provide actionable knowledge to our clients, whether they be in the corporate, government, non-profit or other sectors. We work with our clients to provide the information they need to make decisions and move forward.

Posted by Deborah Hunt on April 21st, 2010 Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

Data, data everywhere!

“Information has gone from scarce to superabundant: that brings huge new benefits, says Kenneth Cukier (interviewed here)—but also big headaches.” The Economist print edition, Feb 25th 2010,
In my consulting work, my clients are wrestling with the terabytes of data they produce. Finding information that already exists in an organization can be the most frustrating, time-consuming [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on March 3rd, 2010 Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

Mining Enterprise Business Intelligence

Last night I presented to about 30 of my colleagues about Mining Enterprise Business Intelligence–All the World’s a Stage: Another Role for Info Pros. You can view the PDF of the slidedeck at:http://www.information-edge.com/presentations.php
Every organization can benefit from integrating its information silos and making information findable for staff to utilize in their work. Rather than [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on January 15th, 2010 Tags: ,  •  No Comments

Information Edge Receives 2009 Best of San Leandro Award

WASHINGTON D.C., December 8, 2009 — Information Edge has been selected for the 2009 Best of San Leandro Award in the Information Retrieval Services category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on December 17th, 2009 Tags:  •  No Comments

What is KM?

Knowledge management (KM) and knowledge services (KS) have been around for awhile and are often touted as a total fix-all for organizational information overload.  Therefore, they are often overlooked or seen as over-rated as a solution.  I disagree.
Dave Snowden presented one of the best definitions I’ve seen:
The purpose of knowledge management is to provide support [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on October 13th, 2009 Tags: , , , ,  •  No Comments