Finding Help When You Need It Most
Having a particular interest in Information Retrieval and more broadly in Information Management I have for some time been interested in how information is managed in crisis or disaster situations. These are information management situations “on the edge” where, in the extreme, getting it right can save lives. [...]
It technology terms Information Retrieval (IR) is still at the “toddler” stage of development. However, rapid progress is starting to be made and there are many innovative and exciting IR techniques and tools emerging to help us tackle the information overload. These new approaches are not just to be found in the large, complex corporate [...]
- or “The Sentient Enterprise”, as it prefers to be known.
We are once again going through one of those periods where developments in the consumer space are outstripping progress in the enterprise. This last happened with WiFi. Network architecture and security constraints inhibited the spread of wireless capabilities within enterprises and arguably still do. [...]
