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Federated Search in a Disparate Environment
| Presenter: | Helen Mitchell Curtis, Senior Program Director of Enterprise Solutions at Macfadden |  |
| Date: | 9 September 2009 | |
| Time: | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m ET | |
| Price: | No Charge for SLA Members | |
Session Full (Contact click@sla.org) |
Seminar Description
With the amount and types of information being generated in today's enterprises growing 50%-200% annually, there are not only tremendous challenges in managing all this data, but information professionals in the public & private sectors need better methods to quickly & securely access their most relevant information. Discover solutions to simultaneously search across content in disparate legacy systems, databases, emails, network shared drives, internal/external websites, portals, enterprise search systems, publications, media, wikis, blogs, etc.
Who Should Attend?
From entry level to executive level positions, learn whether you should consider federated search technologies for your organization or customers. If your job involves researching, creating, managing, capturing, sharing, integrating, analyzing or delivering internal/external content for your organization, consider attending this seminar. Whether you're a librarian, knowledge worker, project or product manager, scientist, regulator, IT professional, marketer or other technical or business decision maker, learn how federated search technologies can facilitate your business mission.
Objectives
- Learn why to consider using federated search technologies to improve the timeliness, findability, quality, and relevancy of the information you need to perform your job
- Gain insight into the evaluation criteria to consider when using federated search technologies
- Understand the differences between some of the vendors in this space
- Learn how to simplify & improve your information professional's search experience by providing a 'one-stop-shop' environment that reaches across all applicable content repositories
- Discover what ROI to expect
Critical Learning Questions
- What is federated search?
- What is the difference between federated search and enterprise search?
- When should you consider using federated search technologies?
- What are federated search connectors and how can they benefit your organization?
- How can federated search add value to your return on information AND your return on investment?
Notes
Instructions for accessing the Webcast will be e-mailed to you 2 to 3 business days prior to the event. Your registration is for one computer and one site only. You can host as many people as you like, so be sure to invite your colleagues to learn with you!
* Note: Participants registration limited to 50
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Helen Mitchell Curtis is a specialist in Enterprise Search solutions and other related disciplines. As an Independent Consultant, she primarily focuses on Search, Social Media and Collaboration Technologies. She works closely with public and private sector clients to develop search strategies and solutions to meet customer requirements. She specializes in integrating search technologies across disparate data sources, IT applications and the deep web. Being vendor neutral, she utilizes the best technologies for clients to reduce costs, improve quality and efficiency, reduce 'pain points' and achieve a positive search experience. Whether developing a quick prototype for customers to gain a significant ROI or implementing a full blown enterprise search solution, her passion is to see each customer radically improve their content usability and findability.
Helen recently retired from the Food & Drug Administration after 32 years of service where she led one of the largest enterprise search implementations among Civilian Federal Agencies. She facilitated integration of more than 20 million documents and applications into their enterprise search system including utilization of federated search connectors plus developed governance and standards to improve content findability. Today, FDA continues to expand and improve their enterprise search capabilities and functionality due to the success and positive legacy she left behind. Helen is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on search technologies and in her spare time, she enjoys spoiling her 3 grandchildren, traveling and photography.
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