IP View
Rebecca
Jones and Jane Dysart,
Editors
- Intranet Professional
As this issue goes
to print the wild world of intranets is winding down from an amazing autumn
of conferences. Throughout Fall 2000 there was a wide array of conferences
from which to choose to learn more about what's working, what's not, and
what to watch for in the intranet environment. For those who couldn't tear
themselves away from the office to physically attend these events, many
of the presentations are available virtually:
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KMWorld 2000 [http://www.kmworld.com]
emphasized knowledge-sharing strategies and collaborative technologies,
content management and taxonomies, storytelling, and practical lessons
and ideas.
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Fall Internet World
[http://www.pentonevents.com]
focused on content syndication and management, Webmaster best practices,
as well as specialized areas such as flash and XML, e-commerce and e-business,
wireless, and some non-traditional topics, such as digital fashion, travel,
and entertainment. Jane, Stephen Abram, and Pete Stair highlight some of
the most interesting new companies seen on the exhibit floor at http://world.std.com/~stair/iw2000hot/.
There was no shortage of searching and finding tools, 3-D and streaming
media solutions, e-mail and instant messaging management software, and
companies offering customer experience measurement and lifestyle assistance.
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Internet Librarian
2000 [https://www.infotoday.com/il2000/]
featured programs on intranets, content, web design, and search engines.
In particular you may want to check out Suzanne Levesque of ENMAX Corporation's
presentation on "The Creation of a Portalized Library: ENMAX Case Study".
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Intranets East
[http://www.intranetseast.com],
a smaller, niched conference. is reviewed by Jan Rivers
in this issue.
In this issue we echo
some of the popular themes emerging from these conferences—vortals, licensing
content, and measurement. Tracy Palmer and Roula
Panopoulos describe vortals with examples of those relevant to business
environments. Dave Hook completes his two-part
look at intranet metrics by comparing four log analyzers, two free
and two commercial. If you have experience—positive or otherwise!—with
intranet metrics, please share it with us. This is a hot topic for many
organizations these days.
As a follow-up
to the November/December 2000 issue on "Information Architecture," we refer
you to two new sites:
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http://www.ala.org/acrl/resoct00.html,
"Information Architecture: Tools for Cutting-Edge Web Developers," College
& Research Libraries News, October 2000. Complied by Rob Withers, Rob
Casson, Aaron Shrimplin, and Katherine Adams, this is a superb annotated
listing of associations, Web sites, discussion lists—you name it—on the
topic.
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http://argus-acia.com/acia_event/index.html,
features the presentations from the Information Architecture conference
hosted by Argus Center for Information Architecture, October 25-27, 2000.
Next issue will feature
the annual review of intranet tool kits initiated by Bonnie Burwell last
year. Should be interesting to see how these have evolved during the year,
and where the vendors feel they are headed. Also coming next issue, Lesley
Ellen Harris will begin a three-part series on licensing content. Stay
tuned...the spring conferences are just around the corner.
Rebecca and
Jane
rebecca@dysartjones.com
jane@dysartjones.com
Late-Breaking News!
Just received
into my e-mail is a new article on one of our favorite "Keeping Up" sites,
the Intranet Design Magazine. Click on http://idm.internet.com/articles/199912/gs_12_16_99a.html
to see "Intranet Corner: Business Intelligence and the Intranet" for an
overview of how organizations such as Boeing, General Electric, Motorola,
Ericsson, Microsoft, Cisco, and the Canadian Government are using their
intranets to manage business intelligence.
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