Latent Semantic Indexing within the iReview Global Discovery Platform powers Conceptual Search

The iReview Global Discovery Platform™ can include CAAT from Content Analyst, a unique patented software that provides advanced Conceptual Search based on Latent Semantic Indexing. This mathematical technique enables CAAT to acquire all its search intelligence from the actual documents being indexed. Unlike  other solutions,  CAAT doesn’t require  external dictionaries or thesauri and can work across languages, even searching – and finding – relevant documents in other languages without prior translation.

 

Key Functionality:

Concept Search

Using advanced mathematics to allow users to find similar, related, and relevant documents based purely on the concepts those documents are discussing – without using keywords, and without getting back “matching” yet irrelevant content.

Categorization

Allows users to define categories by means of examples. Based on the exemplars, Content Analyst technology automatically assigns incoming documents to categories.

Instant Context (Contextual Explanation)

Helps users understand unfamiliar terminology. The user clicks on an unfamiliar term, and Content Analyst technology highlights similar terms found in related text.

Language Analytics

Within any single language, Content Analyst technology can be applied to any topic, vocabulary or language that can be represented in the Unicode encoding system. In a cross-lingual mode, users can submit queries in English while searching documents in other languages.

Summarization

Automatically identifies sentences in a document that best represent key concepts, and uses those sentences to give users a quick summary of the entire document.

Dynamic Clustering

Allows a user to point CAAT to a set of documents and then allow CAAT to dynamically group conceptually-similar documents together in a tree-type hierarchy and finally apply a descriptive title to each cluster of documents.

Near Duplicate Document Detection

Uses CAAT’s Dynamic Clustering to identify and group documents that are duplicates or near-duplicate documents as well as identifying the extent of duplication.

 

More information on the iReview Discovery Platform is available by clicking here or calling Global EDD Group @ +1.888.690.DATA

Law enforcement needs to get smart about collecting digital evidence, says forensic analyst – 9/21/2011 – Computer Weekly

The time has come to empower frontline law enforcement officers to make better decisions when seizing digital evidence, says forensic analyst Andrew Sheldon.

The number of computer forensic specialists is growing, but there will never be enough to cope with the demand, he told the SANS European Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit in London.

The proliferation of digital devices, combined with growing storage capacities on those devices, is increasing the number of potential crime scenes at an exponential rate each year, he said.

The backlog of cases requiring forensic analysis is currently around 46 weeks.

The problem, said Sheldon, is that there are many more people seizing evidence and referring it for forensic investigation than there are people to do the analysis.

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This is exacerbated by the fact that there is a high proportion of unnecessary examinations because frontline officers do not have the skills or knowledge to be more selective.

One way of improving the situation, he said, is to give frontline officers the tools and support they need to make better decisions about forensic evidence.

The way law enforcement deals with forensic evidence needs to go down the same road as dealing with drink-driving by introducing the equivalent of the breathalyser.

via Law enforcement needs to get smart about collecting digital evidence, says forensic analyst – 9/21/2011 – Computer Weekly.

Law enforcement needs to get smart about collecting digital evidence, says forensic analyst – 9/21/2011 – Computer Weekly

The time has come to empower frontline law enforcement officers to make better decisions when seizing digital evidence, says forensic analyst Andrew Sheldon.

The number of computer forensic specialists is growing, but there will never be enough to cope with the demand, he told the SANS European Digital Forensics and Incident Response Summit in London.

The proliferation of digital devices, combined with growing storage capacities on those devices, is increasing the number of potential crime scenes at an exponential rate each year, he said.

The backlog of cases requiring forensic analysis is currently around 46 weeks.

The problem, said Sheldon, is that there are many more people seizing evidence and referring it for forensic investigation than there are people to do the analysis.

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This is exacerbated by the fact that there is a high proportion of unnecessary examinations because frontline officers do not have the skills or knowledge to be more selective.

One way of improving the situation, he said, is to give frontline officers the tools and support they need to make better decisions about forensic evidence.

The way law enforcement deals with forensic evidence needs to go down the same road as dealing with drink-driving by introducing the equivalent of the breathalyser.

via Law enforcement needs to get smart about collecting digital evidence, says forensic analyst – 9/21/2011 – Computer Weekly.

Windows 8 on ARM won’t run x86 apps Microsoft admits – SlashGear

Windows 8 ARM PCs will not, in fact, have full app compatibility with software designed for x86 Windows 7 and 8 computers, Microsoft has confirmed, instead demanding that developers port their titles over to the new architecture. Despite earlier suggestions that seemed to indicate otherwise, Windows president Steven Sinofsky clarified during an analyst Q&A this week that while new apps coded for the Metro UI will work on both x86 and ARM tablets, laptops and other computers, existing software will not.

In doing so, Sinofsky arguably used a little verbal slight of hand to work around a previous – apparently misconstrued – statement. Earlier in the week, the exec said that legacy apps from Windows 7 machines would work on Windows 8, something which many assumed meant both x86 and ARM devices. In fact, Sinofsky pointed out, so far there haven’t been any ARM Windows 7 machines, and we were incorrect to assume he was talking about ARM support.

via Windows 8 on ARM won’t run x86 apps Microsoft admits – SlashGear.

Amazon Could Disrupt Apple’s Tablet Dominance, Analyst Says – WSJ.com

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) could disrupt a tablet market dominated by Apple Inc. (AAPL) if the online retailer is willing to sell its own, widely-anticipated device at a loss, according to research published Monday.

Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps wrote that while “Amazon taking on Apple is a bit like David taking on Goliath,” if Amazon proves willing to sell its tablet relatively cheaply and leverage its brand and surplus of online content, it could make a significant mark.

Specifically, if Amazon prices the as-yet-undisclosed tablet at less than $300, the Seattle-based company could sell up to 5 million units in the fourth quarter of this year, the analyst wrote.

Apple currently sells versions of the iPad for prices ranging between $499 and $829.

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Amazon could release its tablet as soon as October.

via Amazon Could Disrupt Apple’s Tablet Dominance, Analyst Says – WSJ.com.

E-Discovery Needs To Move To The Cloud, Survey Finds – Network Computing

Respondents to a recent unscientific survey on e-discovery indicated that they were particularly interested in adding e-discovery support for cloud applications and social media in their organizations, but that they did not think their organizations were prepared to perform e-discovery in the cloud. In addition, they seemed more interested in monitoring potential legal challenges from social media than they did in controlling their employees’ use of social media in the first place. The survey was performed by Clearwell Systems (which was recently purchased by Symantec) in conjunction with the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) analyst firm.

Only 25% of respondents considered themselves prepared to handle e-discovery requests inside the cloud, with 30% indicating that they reported cloud applications “in scope” for e-discovery in 2010 and 60% anticipating the discovery of cloud-based applications in 2011. Thirty-seven percent have no defined policy, while 18% have no agreement with their cloud provider. This is a problem because, when user organizations first set up agreements with cloud providers, they are more interested in putting the information into the cloud and don’t think so much about how to retrieve it, says Katey Wood, an analyst in information management for ESG. Similarly, cloud vendors encourage users to put more data in the cloud but don’t have an incentive to give the data back, with the result that user organizations don’t have custody and control of the data but are still considered responsible for it, she says. The data can be difficult to work with, Wood adds, noting that one can download a Gmail mailbox but conversational threads are not maintained.

Similarly, while 27% of respondents considered social media in scope for e-discovery in 2010, 58% said they considered it in scope for 2011, with 79% showing interest in Facebook, 64% showing interest in Twitter and 55% showing interest in LinkedIn. This result surprised Wood because, she says, not all companies are using social media and because some companies didn’t appear to have any sort of policy around it.

via E-Discovery Needs To Move To The Cloud, Survey Finds – Network Computing.

Business spending on public cloud to rocket by 2015, says IDC – 6/21/2011 – Computer Weekly

Spending on public cloud services will grow four times faster than the entire IT market over the next four years, according to a research firm.

IDC’s “Worldwide and Regional Public IT Cloud Services 2011-2015 Forecast” report shows spending on public IT cloud services will reach $72.9bn in 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 28%.

The analyst firm predicts software-as-a-service will account for 75% of public cloud IT spend, including server and storage hardware as well as applications.

 

Frank Gens, senior vice-president and chief analyst at IDC, said public cloud services are being accelerated by new mobile devices, wireless networks, big data analytics and social networking.

“Together, these technologies are merging into the industry’s third major platform for long-term growth. As during the mainframe and PC eras, the new platform promises to radically expand the users and uses of information technology, leading to a wide and entirely new variety of intelligent industry solutions,” said Gens.

“IDC’s expectation is that public clouds will mature and eventually incorporate many of the capabilities – particularly security and availability – that make private clouds a more attractive option today,” he added.

via Business spending on public cloud to rocket by 2015, says IDC – 6/21/2011 – Computer Weekly.

Business spending on public cloud to rocket by 2015, says IDC – 6/21/2011 – Computer Weekly

Spending on public cloud services will grow four times faster than the entire IT market over the next four years, according to a research firm.

IDC’s “Worldwide and Regional Public IT Cloud Services 2011-2015 Forecast” report shows spending on public IT cloud services will reach $72.9bn in 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 28%.

The analyst firm predicts software-as-a-service will account for 75% of public cloud IT spend, including server and storage hardware as well as applications.

 

Frank Gens, senior vice-president and chief analyst at IDC, said public cloud services are being accelerated by new mobile devices, wireless networks, big data analytics and social networking.

“Together, these technologies are merging into the industry’s third major platform for long-term growth. As during the mainframe and PC eras, the new platform promises to radically expand the users and uses of information technology, leading to a wide and entirely new variety of intelligent industry solutions,” said Gens.

“IDC’s expectation is that public clouds will mature and eventually incorporate many of the capabilities – particularly security and availability – that make private clouds a more attractive option today,” he added.

via Business spending on public cloud to rocket by 2015, says IDC – 6/21/2011 – Computer Weekly.

eDiscovery Daily Blog: eDiscovery Trends: Forecast for More Clouds

No, eDiscoveryDaily has not begun providing weather forecasts on our site.  Or stock forecasts.

But, imagine if you could invest in an industry that could nearly sextuple in nine years? (i.e., multiply six-fold).

Well, the cloud computing, or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), industry may be just the industry for you.  According to a Forrester report from last month, the global cloud computing market will grow from 40.7 billion dollars in 2011 to more than 241 billion dollars by 2020.  That’s a 200 billion dollar increase in nine years.  That’s enough to put anybody “on cloud nine”!

The report titled Sizing The Cloud by Stefan Ried (Principal Analyst, Forrester) and Holger Kisker (Sr. Analyst, Forrester), outlines the different market dynamics for three core layers of cloud computing, as follows:

Public Cloud: From 25.5 billion dollars to 159.3 billion dollars by 2020;

Virtual Private Cloud: From 7.5 billion dollars to 66.4 billion dollars by 2020;

Private Cloud: From 7.8 billion dollars to 159.3 billion dollars by 2020.

Public cloud providers include everything from Facebook and Twitter to Amazon.com and Salesforce.com.  As the name implies, a private cloud is where companies implement their own cloud environment to support its own needs.  A virtual private cloud is simply a private cloud located within a public cloud.

Forrester is not the only analyst firm that expects big things for cloud computing.  The Gartner Group projected that the cloud computing industry will have revenue of 148.8 billion dollars by 2014, even higher than Forrester’s forecast of 118.7 billion dollars for the same year.  Clearly, the benefits of the cloud are causing many organizations to consider it as a viable option for storing and managing critical data.

via eDiscovery Daily Blog: eDiscovery Trends: Forecast for More Clouds.

HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi

Microsoft gets $5 for every HTC phone running Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, who released a big report on Microsoft this morning.

Microsoft is getting that money thanks to a patent settlement with HTC over intellectual property infringement.

Microsoft is suing other Android phone makers, and it’s looking for $7.50 to $12.50 per device, says Pritchard.

via HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi.