For a time, Autonomy’s closest search rival was Verity, until Autonomy bought the company for $500m in November 2005. After that, it was the Norwegian company, Fast Search and Transfer (FAST) that seemed to be the nearest rival.
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It Ain't Over - Computer Business Review - 0 views
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in January this year FAST was bought by Microsoft for $1.2bn, though it is being operated as a subsidiary, of which Lervik is still CEO.
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But even at its peak, FAST was not making anything like Autonomy’s revenue. In the last quarter as an independent entity before it was acquired – the third quarter of 2007 – FAST announced sales of $35.6m, up just 4%. In the same quarter of that year, Autonomy announced its sales rose 49% to $89.6m.
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HOW TO: Use Wikis for Business Projects | Mashable on Jul 1, 2009 - 0 views
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Nearly all wikis dispense with advanced page and text formatting, instead embracing a “just the facts” approach to documentation, that can actually be refreshing.
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Removing the ability to spend time formatting content removes the feeling that the content needs more than basic formatting. Where people aren’t spending time on formatting they’re likely to spend it on just writing and moving on.
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So in addition to learning the new wiki software and the cultural shift that comes with it, team members must also unlearn what they already know about how projects are documented and information is organized.
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"One of the best web tools available to businesses for enabling teamwork and collaboration is the wiki. (...) Though Wikis have been around since the 90s, their potential for business collaboration has made them more popular in the business world over the past few years. While a wiki can let project documentation grow organically as a project unfolds, it is like any tool and needs to be used the right way to get the most out of it. If you're thinking about using a wiki in your team's toolkit for the first time, keeping a few points in mind will help everyone get up and running without tripping over the changes that the wiki way brings to project documentation."
Has the Age of the Legal Knowledgebase Finally Arrived? - Software - Technologist - 0 views
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"Knowledge differentiates a law firm from its competitors," according to Gretta Rusanow of Curve Consulting, an attorney and knowledge management expert.
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Knowledge Management specialists within firms work hard to set up and maintain KM technology, but without grassroots adoption, many KM initiatives languish from lack of use. Placing the emphasis on technology, rather than user behavior, tends to distract from the real barrier to adoption: Attorneys and staff simply don't see enough individual value to take time away from urgent (and billable) day-to-day activities to complete additional tasks required by a separate knowledge management tool.
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"Too often KM becomes a conversation about technology . . . if you want to converse with lawyers about value, talk about value instead of technology," said Toby Brown of Fulbright & Jaworski. "This focuses the dialogue on the benefits to the lawyers and not on the cost of any technology involved. Solve the problem, instead of offering technology."
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In this post, guest author Jim Groff of PBWorks describes the benefits of knowledge management systems for law firms, as well as the difficulties some firms have had in convincing their attorneys and staff to adopt knowledge management solutions. Groff argues that Web 2.0 technologies can increase the adoption of knowledge management systems, and thus the benefit to law firms, by integrating the systems with attorneys' everyday experiences.
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