The Cost of Doing Nothing: The Business Case for Knowledge and Information Management
For many organizations, investment decisions on Knowledge, Data, and Information Management initiatives are driven by high-level business objectives such as increased efficiency, productivity, competitive advantage, and enhanced employee or customer engagement. While aligning Knowledge and Information Management initiatives with business … Continue reading
Meetup: Northern Virginia MarkLogic Group (NOVAMLUG)
On Tuesday, January 31, 2017, Enterprise Knowledge will be hosting the Northern Virginia MarkLogic User Group (NOVAMLUG) MeetUp. The group will be discussing the differences between a data lake and a data hub, and what the pros and cons are for … Continue reading
Meetup: Northern Virginia MarkLogic User Group (NOVAMLUG)
On, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, Enterprise Knowledge will be hosting the Northern Virginia MarkLogic User Group (NOVAMLUG) MeetUp. The group will discuss solutions for aggregating data from different sources and different formats. MarkLogic will be sharing their data hub framework and the success they’ve … Continue reading
The 4 Steps to Designing an Effective Taxonomy: Step #2 Make Sure Your Facets Are Consistent
Taxonomy is not as daunting as it seems. In this blog series, one of EK’s taxonomy experts, Ben White, provides 4 practical steps to designing and validating a user-centric taxonomy. Step #2: Make Sure Your Facets Are Consistent In the … Continue reading
The 4 Steps to Designing an Effective Taxonomy: #1 Design a User-Centric Taxonomy
Taxonomy is not as daunting as it seems. In this blog series, one of EK’s taxonomy experts, Ben White, provides 4 practical steps to designing and validating a user-centric taxonomy. Step #1: Design a User-Centric Taxonomy When most individuals hear … Continue reading
Practical Knowledge Management
This presentation leverages several recent success stories from EK’s client work to discuss current themes in Knowledge and Information Management systems design and development. It includes examples and discussion of Cloud, Agile, Taxonomy, and Change Management, amongst other themes.
The Power of Information Items
Working with a client recently on building a new knowledge management system (KMS) from the ground up, I was reminded of the power of information items. Not only because they are the building blocks of a KMS, but also because … Continue reading
EK Announces Partnership with Semantic Web Company
Enterprise Knowledge (EK) and Semantic Web Company (SWC) recently announced a strategic partnership in support of Semantic Web Company’s PoolParty software suite. Continue reading
Building Collaboration Through Content Strategy
A core component of Knowledge Management (KM) revolves around content collaboration. Yet, even with knowledge and social sharing systems in place, it can be hard to build and encourage collaboration across KM systems, especially with today’s flexible office environments. Not only … Continue reading
Designing a Learning Environment
A critical component of an organization’s knowledge is its learning material. Organizations often focus on the development of formal learning courses and programs, but our experience designing and building knowledge bases and learning management systems shows this is only one … Continue reading