Dwight Hines posts an interesting opportunity to the IRE listserv:
“I am going to participate as an internet journalist in IBM's Project
Serrano Beta program. If you read the material below, you will see
that the beauty, or the absolute brute force ability of the system
being developed by IBM is the capacity to search lots of data bases
and integrate the information. It seems to me that this is ideal for
those involved in investigative reporting at global or local levels,
or criminal justice issues, who need lots of flexibility and crank
power to draw information from all over.
If you are interested in participating in the Beta program, please
contact me. You will be able to define the system that you need,
working with the IBM folks and other journalists. Obviously, the more
different people and different media organizations participating, the
more power the system will have. I don't think antitrust issues or
intellectual property rights will be an issue until the system is
working, but those are just two areas that will become important,
along with differences in laws in different countries.
This ain't gonna be your Gramma's google.
Dwight Hines, I do not work for IBM nor do I take goodies from them in any way.
Project Serrano Beta Programs:
Enterprise search and Data modeling and integration design
Project Serrano extends WebSphere(r) Information Integration with
enhanced search and data modeling and integration design. It expands
the source accessibility, functionality, performance, and localization
of already robust information integration technologies — to help
customers manage their growing information requirements in both
structured and unstructured domains. Project Serrano Beta includes two
programs:
Rational(r) Data Architect will combine traditional data modeling
capabilities with metadata discovery, mapping, and analysis, all
organized by a modular project-based structure.
WebSphere Information Integration (II) OmniFind Edition finds
information stored across the enterprise in file systems, content
archives, databases, collaboration systems, and applications.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/integration/beta.html
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WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/integration/db2ii/editions_womnifind.htmlres
and benefits
Key search features include:
• search results with sub-second response from enterprise content
such as intranets, extranets, corporate public websites, relational
database systems, file systems, and content repositories.
• supported sources such as HTTP/HTTPS, news groups (NNTP), file
systems, Domino(r) databases, Microsoft(r) Exchange public folders, DB2(r)
Content Manager, DB2 Universal Database™ (DB2 UDB), DB2 UDB for z/OS(r),
Informix(r), and Oracle databases. Documentum and FileNet support is
provided through WebSphere(r) II Content Edition.
• state-of-the art relevancy algorithms for corporate content.
The new OmniFind Edition provides numerous technology and business benefits. It:
• scales to millions of documents and thousands of users
• fits easily into enterprise Java™ applications with appropriate
security so that confidential information is not exposed
• eases administration for quick set up
• utilizes background analysis to minimize administrator tasks
required to get high quality search results
• provides highly relevant search results and the framework for
richer text analysis
• includes a seamless upgrade to WebSphere II OmniFind for WebSphere
Portal customers who can leverage existing taxonomies for navigation
and categorization, migrate rules for rule-based classification, and
surface the same user experience through the WebSphere Portal Search
Center”
