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Meet IIS Breakthrough Keynoter, Brewster Kahle

September 18, 2012 By

Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive

Brewster Kahle, founder and leader of the Internet Archive is not shy in his intentions. At the Internet Archive “we want to collect all the books, music and video that have ever been produced by humans,” Mr. Kahle said in a recent NYT Article. And he’s getting there.

Internet Archive, a giant news and artifact aggregator and data digitizer, is already on its way. “As of Tuesday, the archive’s online collection includes every piece of news produced in the last three years by 20 different channels, encompassing more than 1,000 news series that have generated more than 350,000 separate programs devoted to news.”

The best part: like a paper library, It’s free to everyone. And starting today, people will be able to search for any article, video, or music content generated in the past 3 years (or longer).

Learn how Mr. Kahle is leading this effort to free content, how it’s legal, how they’re funding this enormous effort, and Brewster’s vision of the future of content and aggregation, at IIS Breakthrough 2013.

IIS Breakthrough 2013

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Disruptors of the Next Internet Generation

February 2, 2012 By

Contributed by Susan Becker, Consultant

John Patrick, President of Attitude LLC and former vice president of Internet Technology at IBM, addressed the Information Industry Summit about progress on the Internet on Jan 25. In Patrick’s estimation, the Internet has finally reached adolescence, but we are only 5% – 10% down the road of total possible transformation. In fact, expectations are rising by the day and disintermediation is just beginning. The health care industry and we as individuals will greatly benefit.

2012 is about the pervasive Internet where everything is connected to everything. Patrick went on to describe eight defining points:
1) The Internet is fast.
2) The Internet is always on. Literally everything we use can be connected. 90% of all the data in the world has been created in the last two years, and “It presents tremendous opportunity.” Figuring out how to monetize this data will be the key.
3) The Internet is everywhere. No longer is the Internet “on the PC”.
Now it’s wherever we are. Almost 80% of the world has a cell phone.
With a market penetration rate far greater than the computer market, mobile presents a huge opportunity.
4) Social networking is not just social, it’s about connecting people.
It used to be that content was published by experts, but now more of it is published by us.
5) iPad Heaven – Why is the iPad a growing substitute for the PC? Most of the time users are not in the creation mode, they are in the consumption mode. There is new hope for magazines, papers and textbooks provided that new sustainable models can be created.
6) Intelligent – Putting big data to work represents huge potential.
Furthermore, HTML5 eliminates the need to write apps for each device.
7) Easy – IPads eliminate the set-up hassle that most of us remember about buying a new PC. It’s all there and it’s all in one box.
8 ) Trusted – Patrick’s last point was about security. “Can we trust the Internet?,” he asked. Yes, he says, but trust requires each and every one of us to be vigilant. He suggested hiring people to break into your computer systems in order to avoid exposure.

In his close, Patrick urged the audience to anticipate the evolution ahead and get moving: “Think Big, Act Bold, Start Simple, Iterate Fast”, he said.

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First-Ever Peter Jackson Innovation Award Goes to Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle

January 25, 2012 By

Yesterday, SIIA unveiled the first-ever Peter Jackson Innovation Award and presented it to Brewster Kahle, digital librarian and founder of the Internet Archive. The award honors the late Thomson Reuters vice president and chief scientist, and his profound impact on the B2B publishing industry. Dr. Jackson was an active board member of the SIIA Content Division.

SIIA created the Peter Jackson Innovation Award to recognize individuals who are an inspiration to the entire digital content industry. Brewster Kahle is an industry pioneer who has dedicated his career to philanthropy and efforts to improve and preserve digital content.

Because of Brewster’s work, the Internet Archive now offers a staggering 85 billion pieces of web geology. His unyielding vision and creativity has made it possible for our society to chronicle the growth of the Internet and continually celebrate the lasting impact of digital content. In the same spirit as Dr. Jackson, Brewster has demonstrated tremendous commitment to advancing digital media, and in doing so, has been an inspiration to so many of us.

The Peter Jackson Innovation Award was given to Kahle during the SIIA’s annual CODiE Awards dinner, held in conjunction with the Information Industry Summit. In addition to the award, a donation of $1,000 will be made in Kahle’s name to the Peter Jackson Fund for Keyboard and Guitar at the MacPhail Center for Music. The Peter Jackson Fund for Keyboard and Guitar recognizes the profound impact of music on Dr. Jackson’s life by providing music lessons for disadvantaged children.

Beyond his achievements with the Internet Archive, Kahle has worked in other areas of digital content and technology, including the Open Content Alliance, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the GNU Project. His academic studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were in the area of artificial intelligence—an area of interest also shared by Dr. Jackson.

View the memorial video for Peter, which was shown during the reception:

Laura Greenback is Communications Director at SIIA.

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SIIA announces the 2011 CODiE Awards winners for digital content

January 26, 2011 By

Congratulations to the following CODiE Awards winners! 

  • Best Business Information Resource-InfoDesk Solutions (InfoDesk)
  • Best Content Aggregation Solution- Newsdesk 4 (Moreover Technologies)
  • Best Directory & Business Leads Service- ZoomInfo Pro (Zoom Information Inc.)
  • Best Financial/Market Data Information Service- PitchBook (PitchBook Data, Inc.)
  • Best News Service- Wall Street Journal Professional (Dow Jones & Company)
  • Best Solution Integrating Content into Workflow- Alacra Compliance (Alacra, Inc.)

 Congratulations to the winners of our new supercategories! 

  • Best Information Solution- Newsdesk 4 (Moreover Technologies)
  • Best Vertical Market Business Content Solution- Pitchbook (PitchBook Data, Inc.)
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Featured digital content category: Best Solution Integrating Content into Workflow

January 24, 2011 By

Our final category in the 2011 CODiE Awards is Best Solution Integrating Content into Workflow. This category awards the best product, service, or application integrating content into a workflow application such as CRM, legal, scientific, financial planning and analysis, etc.

Finalists are:

  • Alacra Compliance (Alacra, Inc.) is a modular workflow tool in which users can view regulatory and risk requirements with a consistent process for Credit Investigation, Onboarding, EDD, KYC, and Remediation. Date-stamped audit reports of clients’ business rules and logic are created through searching regulatory watch lists, premium data, and news and web resources.
  • Cicero XM (Cicero, Inc.) simplifies workflow, automates tasks, and automatically share data between existing applications, data sources, and web services. By using a toolset, users can create a modular, customizable interface as well as user scripts, screen pops, and new composite applications.
  • Dow Jones Advisor (Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group) allows financial advisers to create fluid workflows by combining news and information from Dow Jones Newswires, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and Smart Money with editorial analysis and fundamental data.
  • InsideView for Sales (InsideView) gives users accurate, up-to-date sales intelligence and content by bringing in information from more than 20,000 sources, including Twitter and Thomas Reuters.
  • Lexis for Microsoft Office (LexisNexis Group) integrates legal content and services from LexisNexis, the Web, and an organization’s own database within Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, and SharePoint.
  • LexisNexis Dossier Publishing Manager (LexisNexis Group) gives company, industry, and executive reports. General HTML links to favorite reports or selected components can be generated to include in internal sites.
  • BeGlobal (SDL Language Weaver) is a platform for real-time automated translation. Users can access it through a central, consumer-grade, web application (or API). Organization business users can publish multilingual content and communicate with global customers.

Winners in each category will be announced at the Information Industry Summit on Tuesday, January 25th.

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Featured digital content category: Best News Service

January 24, 2011 By

Today’s featured CODiE Awards digital content category is Best News Service. This category awards the best online service focused on current awareness, as opposed to breaking news. The service may be from original publishers or distributors, and must clearly be focused on the delivery of news.

Finalists are:

  • Wall Street Journal Professional (Dow Jones & Company) combines news coverage and analysis of The Wall Street Journal with Factiva SmartSearch into one product.
  • LexisNexis Publisher (LexisNexis Group) allows users to publish or distribute current news and legal information through the platform of their choice including Internet, intranet, portal, extranet, email, newsletter, RSS reader, or mobile device.
  • NexisDirect (LexisNexis Group) is an enterprise search solution that searches content from LN’s collection of news sources, industry intelligence reports, company intelligence reports, biographical profiles, and retrieve reports from Company Dossier.
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Featured Digital Content Category: Best Financial/Market Data Information Service

January 21, 2011 By

Today’s featured CODiE Awards category is Best Financial/Market Data Information Service. This category recognizes the best online service for providing financial and market data, information or news for professional markets. It includes real-time data services, financial news services, market analysis, credit services, merger and acquisition information, as well as accounting, banking, and regulatory information.

Finalists are:

  • Passport (Euromonitor International) is a syndicated global database focused on industries, and country and consumer market intelligence that is sold to educational institutions and multinational companies worldwide.
  • Mergent Online (Mergent, Inc.) delivers access to a historical financial database with intuitive search capabilities. It also has an easy to use interface, access to risk, ratings, credit information and recommendations.
  • PitchBook (PitchBook Data, Inc.) provides clients with information and analysis on thousands of private equity deals, investors/corporate acquirers, funds, service providers, limited partners, and industry professionals.
  • ProQuest Entrepreneurship (ProQuest) offers a central access point to a collection of scholarly and traditional resources along with multimedia tools. It combines full text and A&I resources with the integration of multimedia and new format content.

Winners for all digital content categories will be announced at the Information Industry Summit on January 25th in New York City.

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