How (and when) to update your KM strategy

Ensuring that KM endeavors support different access points, systems, and user preferences is a prime consideration for updating KM strategies. Vendors may also supply newfound capabilities (which an organization previously hadn't had access to) that warrant updating a KM strategy to avail organizations of new possibilities.

Cloud technology: A synergistic environment for KM and generative AI

Cloud technology may have become a commodity to some extent, but it is not a simple commodity. The technology that allows cloud computing to be dynamic and agile is composed of many interrelated components, which means that when one thing goes wrong, the problem can cascade. Despite the fact that nearly every organization is using the cloud, about one-third report that their cloud implementations have failed completely, and about one-fourth report that their migration has not met the intended schedule.

KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management 2024

We think these companies play a pivotal role in shaping the future and bringing relevancy to how knowledge is harnessed and made useful across diverse sectors. They are committed to driving efficiency and effectiveness through KM to organizations of all types.

KMWorld 2023 Video - How the M-23-07 Federal Mandate Impacts Government Agencies

The M-23-07 federal mandate for electronic message management and preservation goes into effect June 30, 2024 with its digitization and record-keeping requirements going into effect the next day. What will this mean for government agencies and their electronic records management practices going forward?

Overcoming data silos: A range of options

The options are many and varied when it comes to taming silos. The specific approach should depend on the use case, the organization's existing knowledge assets, and the strategic goals.

2023 Readers' Choice Award- Best Knowledge Graphs: Franz Inc. AllegroGraph - LLMs and Knowledge Graphs for AI in the Enterprise

Franz Inc. not only offers cutting-edge technology but also provides a suite of services for building industrial-strength Knowledge Graphs. By combining the semantic richness of AllegroGraph with the natural language processing capabilities of LLMs, organizations can unlock the full potential of their data, ensuring that AI-driven insights are grounded in facts.

KM leverages data mesh

An underlying premise of data mesh is that business units should be able to control their own data and interact with one another by sharing data.

Data governance solves multiple KM challenges

Organizations are recognizing that effective data governance is ultimately more of a benefit than a burden. It increases efficiency by delivering trusted data, improves business processes, decreases data downtime, and reduces compliance risk. It also promotes data literacy throughout the enterprise.

Automate Digitization and Support Your Full Information Management Lifecycle with Award-winning Access Unify

Integrating flawlessly into your existing infrastructure, Access Unify solutions ensure a streamlined, digital-first workflow, minimizing the need for extra training or staffing.

eGain - Eliminating content, knowhow, and analytics silos, creating one trusted source for AI-infused knowledge

An end-to-end solution that unifies and orchestrates all the building blocks needed for modern, KM, infused with conversational and generative AI, the Hub eliminates content, knowhow, and analytics silos, creating one trusted source for knowledge.

Kodak Alaris - aligning customers’ existing infrastructures to their future needs

From streamlining data capture, extracting key information, and delivering the right information to the right place at the right time, scanners and software from Kodak Alaris can meet each customer's unique business needs.

Simplify Enterprise Content Lifecycle Complexities with Quark Publishing Platform (QPP) NextGen

40+ years of content complexity understanding and the latest AI technology have been infused into Quark Publishing Platform (QPP) NextGen, empowering enterprises to automate each stage of the content lifecycle and effectively create, collaborate, assemble and deliver high value content -often critical for businesses in regulated industries - to support business objectives.

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It's an exciting time for KM, with new technologies and new approaches sparking new opportunities. The KMWorld conference, the largest global gathering of KM thought leaders, practitioners, and authors, returns to Washington, D.C., this November.

The future of search: Conversational, semantic, and vectorized models

The motions impacting search will likely continue apace for the foreseeable future. The coalescing of different techniques, from vector search to semantic search, keyword search to federated search, and more, will likely continue to deliver the most relevant results to users and the models underpinning these mechanisms.

From automation to autonomy: Streamlining processes with BPM

The fundamentals of BPM (involving workflow management, process optimization, case management, and more) will likely never change.

KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management 2023

Putting together the list of 100 companies that matter in KM causes us to look at organizations with pioneering solutions and notable modifications to existing products, and those that are just plain interesting. We applaud innovation, agility, and a focus on the customer.

The evolution of the omnichannel experience

In the past, omnichannel capabilities were the means of engaging consumers with brands via the digital channel of theirchoice, while still maintaining a consistent experience across those mediums. They've become much more.

ECM evolves to support business goals

Even with the prevalence of ECM systems, many people still rely on personal, folder-based filing systems. This makes collaboration difficult because information is not accessible to others.

Why KM needs sponsors, experts, and advocates in the business

APQC's analysis shows that formal KM business roles are ultimately more effective at boosting KM participation and helping KM to achieve its goals.

The expanding ease and utility of text analytics and natural language processing

The greater utility of text analytics, whether or not that's preceded by speech-to-text conversions, is the capacity to analyze the reams of unstructured text in the form of documents, conversational transcriptions, social media streams, and more.