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IT Architects Must “Ask the Right Questions”: CIO

CIOs and IT managers agree that qualified IT architects are in high demand these days, according to a recent article from Computerworld.

IT architects must "ask the right questions," said Bruce Carver, vice president and CIO of Cummins, Inc.

As organizations grapple with information overload, mounting complexity and converging trends, including cloud, mobility, they are seeking out IT architects who are capable of addressing the "increased levels of integration." Finding qualified IT architects, however, isn’t always easy because the ideal candidate is, “versed in multiple disciplines and is capable of seeing across a range of technologies and processes,” said the article.

Read the full article: IT architects emerge as tech's new gurus 

IT architects, IT managers and CIOs:  Are you looking for betters ways to manage the complexity associated with content integration, delivery and usability?

InfoDesk provides cost-effective information services and delivery options, including integrated business information portal solutions that can greatly reduce IT complexity.

InfoDesk Solutions is the winner of the 2011 SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Business Information Resource."

Content Integration: The Information Industry's Achilles Heel

Despite huge investments in both content and technology, too many information users are often left scrambling to cobble together patchwork intelligence on a daily basis. Just take a look at this recent piece from The New York Times about aspiring professionals who wake up at 4:00 a.m. just to get a jump on the day's news and information. Read the full article: Where News Is Power, a Fight to Be Well-Armed.

Unfortunately, this story is hardly unique to Washington’s up and comers—it is being played out daily in corporate communication departments, business and competitive intelligence groups and even at the highest levels of government intelligence agencies.

Stories like these illustrate what InfoDesk calls “the information industry’s Achilles heel.” For a variety of reasons, including IP protection, rights management and competition, publishers and content providers do not generally share information delivery platforms. As a result, federated search/delivery of content across platforms is all but impossible. Redundant searching becomes the only option, which costs organizations valuable time and resources, and drives down actual usage of centralized content resources, leaving information users less supported than ever.

InfoDesk is able to help organizations integrate all types of content more effectively because we are a technology company, not a content provider. It is our unique “content neutral” approach combined with our vast network of providers that allows us to integrate more content, from more sources, faster and more cost-effectively than anyone else.

InfoDesk Solutions is the winner of the 2011 SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Business Information Resource."

Analysts Predict Self-Service BI Applications Will Dominate in 2011

Analysts predict an increased demand for self-service business intelligence systems and SaaS-based BI applications in 2011, according to CIO.

Self-service BI and service-as-a-service or Saas-based business intelligence, including “Web-based interactive querying and reporting tools that are designed to put more data analytics capabilities into the hands of end users, said James Kobielus, an analyst at Forrester Research.

Self-service BI tools can help decrease business information overload and "take the burden off IT and speed up the development of reports to a considerable degree," Kobielus said.

Read the full article at: Self-Service BI, SaaS, Analytics Will Dominate in 2011

Want to learn more about self-service business intelligence (BI) and SaaS solutions? InfoDesk provides cost-effective information services and business intelligence solutions, including integrated business information portal solutions that can ease the IT burden and enhance decision making.

InfoDesk Solutions is the winner of the 2011 SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Business Information Resource."

Top 5 Content Strategy Lessons

Recently CMSWire examined the top content strategies that can help companies understand the ways content drives their brands, communications and influences customers. Here are summaries of the top five lessons learned:

1. Content / Strategy Matters
In the new content era, new rules apply. Content and content strategy must closely align with business goals to create meaningful relationships.

2. Personalized Data Influences Content
Creating effective content depends on data, behavioral analytics, algorithms and semantic technologies that provide an understanding of user behavior and help them find the content they need.

3. Multiple Channels and Disciplines
The ultimate goal of content strategy is the seamless integration of all content across multiple channels. This includes the ability to integrate content with social media (Twitter), SmartPhone technologies, tablet devices, and travel among platforms—without losing the message.

4. Curation is Key
Effective content curation, including supplementing original content with information from trusted sources and promoting them in context, can be a highly effective to position a business as an authority and valuable information resource.

5. Right People and Right Tools
Creating a coherent user experience depends on great content. Creating great content requires skill and a high level of collaboration among channels, departments, disciplines and individuals.

Read the full article at: A Look Back at Content Strategy in 2010.

Want to improve your content strategy, content curation and content integration? InfoDesk provides information services, workflow solutions that can greatly enhance your ability to effectively identify and deliver content across multiple platforms.

InfoDesk Solutions is the winner of the 2011 SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Business Information Resource."

Twitter Sets New Record on New Year's Eve

The social media provider Twitter broke its own record for sending tweets this New Year's eve. Twitter users sent 6,939 Tweets per second. More than 400,000 Twitter messages were sent during a single minute of the New Year. Twitter broke its own record of 3,283 Tweets sent per second, which were recorded during the Japanese versus Denmark game of the 2010 World Cup. Read the original article: A Record-Breaking New Year’s Eve for Twitter.

Learn how to integrate social media content, including Twitter, with your business intelligence resources using information integration services from InfoDesk.

InfoDesk Solutions is the winner of the 2011 SIIA CODiE Award for "Best Business Information Resource."