I often hear the question asked: "what's after search?" "Find," one would hope. After all, searching's not the point. Finding is. So the real question is: "how can we improve find?" And answering it requires separating the cases of Internet
Everyone knows that content is largely unmanaged, untapped as an enterprise resource. We've all heard the soundbite (usually attributed to IDC) that 80% of enterprise information is unstructured and not kept in a database. We all believe there is a lot of value in tapping into that content.
Microsoft put WinFS into Beta today, so it seems like a good time to talk about WinFS and what it tells us about the future of file systems and databases. WinFS is a new file system that was originally supposed to be in the Windows Vista release (né Longhorn), which
They say if your only tool's a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail. That's certainly a good way to think about how relational DBMS vendors have approached content. After all, if you're running a multi-billion dollar database business, then you are
I run a company that is defining a new category of data management software, known as an XML content server. I've decided to create this blog to record and communicate my experiences in watching this technology / market develop. It' s a fascinating market to watch, because XML
