Anime Network and TVN Ink VOD Deal.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-29 June 2008-Anime Network and TVN Ink VOD Deal(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com TVN Entertainment, a television on-demand company, and Anime Network, America's Anime Channel, announced a three year, comprehensive VOD services partnership. The deal includes industry-wide distribution and asset/metadata management services in support...

ISI Streamlines Submissions Processes for Biopharma Companies.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-27 June 2008-ISI Streamlines Submissions Processes for Biopharma Companies(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com ISI, a provider of software and services for the life sciences industry, is now offering a suite of integrated regulatory solutions that enables organizations to respond to the varying stages of...

Cognos Enters Reporting Fray.
By Madan Sheina While the number of independent pure-play business intelligence (BI) vendors continues to contract, the enterprise reporting software market has a new player this week. The eagerly awaited 'official' launch of Cognos Inc's new ReportNet reporting software finally happened yesterday as part of a series...

PINE CONE CUTS COST OF MANAGING METADATA.
Pine Cone Systems Inc, the Orlando, Florida based supplier of data warehousing management solutions, this week introduced what it says is a revolutionary system that does away with the need to build proprietary and expensive repositories to store and manage metadata. The company says its Meta Exchange software is...

ORACLE PLANS NEW MEANING FOR ONE MEANING.
By Krishna Roy When Oracle Corp acquired British metadata management specialist, One Meaning Inc two weeks ago, it talked up the acquisition as the strategic purchase destined to put it ahead of Platinum Technology Inc and Microsoft Corp in the datawarehousing league table. "Microsoft (with Plato) is not going...

ARDENT SOFTWARE LINKS WITH PARTNERS TO SHARE METADATA.
Ardent Software Inc yesterday announced a new initiative which the company claims will enable customers to make more out of the information held within their data warehouses. The Westboro, Massachusetts company launched its new MetaConnect Cooperative; a partnership with leading analytical tools vendors that will enable customers using its...

ARDENT BUYS PRISM FOR $42M TO BOOST WAREHOUSING DRIVE.
Ardent Software Inc, the Westborough, Massachusetts-based database and datawarehousing software developer, has made a $42m all stock offer for loss making Prism Solutions Inc, continuing the trend of consolidation prevalent throughout the datawarehousing sector. Ardent (formerly Vmark Systems) says the deal will give it access to Prism's expertise in...

SYBASE ACQUIRES DATA WAREHOUSE NETWORK FOR BI TOOLS.
Sybase Inc said yesterday it has acquired Data Warehouse Network (DWN), an Ireland-based, privately-held vendor of packaged, industry-specific business intelligence applications, which it will market and sell with its Sybase Warehouse Studio. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the acquisition, Sybase's Business Intelligence Division will...

AS 5037-2005: knowledge management blueprint for Australian organisations?
This is a discussion of the Australian Standard 'AS 5037-2005, Knowledge Management--a Guide'. The article describes the Standard's development and outlines the main points, particularly the list of enablers, the cyclical development and implementation framework, and the measurement and evaluation tools. It discusses strengths and shortcomings of the Standard,...

MUSIC METADATA AND AUTHORITY CONTROL IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT.
INTRODUCTION Authority control is an important part of the cataloging process, for it brings consistency to the access points in library catalogs, which in turn enhances the discovery and retrieval of resources. It ensures that these access points are unique and consistent in content and form, and...