Arnold Briefing Technical Information Managers From 13 U.S. Agencies

Washingtion, D.C. (PRWEB) September 9, 2009

Stephen E. Arnold, president of Arnold Information Technology (ArnoldIT.com) and a recognized expert on online systems and information processing, will give the keynote address at an invitation-only conference organized by the CENDI, interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information (STI) managers from 13 U.S. federal agencies.

CENDI representatives will receive a briefing on the challenges of changing information technology, particularly as related to the Internet and Google, and how those challenges may affect the federal government. The keynote will be delivered at the headquarters of the National Technical Information Service in Alexandria, Virginia.

Arnold will summarize the current climate of online information access, covering how data is organized and how users access it.

“Google has building blocks. What is important for the U.S. government is that some firms have already begun to use Google tools to deliver dataspace functions today,” Arnold said. He will summarize what users generally want when they search online, what they usually find, and what questions the “new wave” of search systems will raise, including implications for personal privacy, commercial information companies and government agencies generating content.

Arnold is the author of three technical analyses of Google’s infrastructure. His most recent work published in July 2009 is “Google: The Digital Gutenberg.” This study looks in depth at Google’s potential outside of its classic and traditional search origins. It explains how an individual or organization, developer or innovator can use Google to build a business that “surfs on Google.” Information can be monetized using Google’s infrastructure as “a next generation publishing and monetizing platform.” The reference to Google’s Wave is not an accident, because “Google Wave” is one first of the digital bundling services that Google will deploy. A summary is posted at http://www.infonortics.com/publications/google/google-gutenberg.html.

Arnold’s Google trilogy comprises about 500 pages of text, technical diagrams and tabular material. Unique in these monographs is the analysis of Google’s patent documents and technical papers spanning the period from 1998 to 2009. Arnold said, “With a fine grained analysis of Google’s public technical documents, I have been able to discern strategic technology initiatives that are largely unknown outside of a small coterie of Google’s senior engineers and scientists. The implications of Google’s technical capabilities are significant, particularly for businesses who perceive Google as a Web search and advertising company.”

The first volume, “The Google Legacy,” is an overview of Google and of its technology. It provides a look at the foundation technologies and their use within Google and at such core Google services as maps, search and data management. A summary is posted at http://www.infonortics.com/publications/google/google-legacy.html.

The second volume, Google Version 2.0, drilled down into Google’s technology as revealed or suggested by its patents and describes key Google technical innovations developed between 2005 and 2007, a period that Arnold describes as the thrusters for Google’s current line up of products and services. A summary is posted at http://www.infonortics.com/publications/google/google-predator.html.

Mr. Arnold offers a number of detailed briefings about Google’s technical innovations in financial services, publishing, telecommunications, and four other business sectors in which Google’s technology equips Google to be a disruptive force.

A detailed summary of his September 9, 2009, speech will be posted the day of the conference at http://www.arnoldit.com/wordpress.

About Stephen E. Arnold

Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his office in Kentucky. He works with colleagues worldwide on a wide range of online and content-related projects. The company’s Web site is http://arnoldit.com, and the Beyond Search blog is at http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/.

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Arnold Briefing Technical Information Managers From 13 U.S. Agencies

U.S. Center for Entrepreneurship Teaches Business Owners with DIY Online Presence Coaching

Tampa, FL (Vocus/PRWEB) March 23, 2011

The U.S. Center for Entrepreneurship is empowering business owners by teaching them how to develop and manage their own websites, social media marketing campaigns, and revenue opportunities via one-to-one web presence coaching at USentrepreneur.com.

Web presence is the culmination of all online references to a particular entity, such as your business. Business owners have more cost effective do-it-yourself online marketing tools now than ever before. WordPress, Concrete5, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, and Google are just a few. These tools allow businesses to grow their web presence to attract new customers.

USCFEs Web Presence Coaching benefits entrepreneurs by sharing 100s of hours of hands-on knowledge via focused one-to-one, step-by-step assistance to learn how to develop, manage, and grow a business owners online marketing systems.

Web Presence Coaching provides four critical stages of web presence development spanning website planning to online revenue development. Each stage provides expert how-to guidance and training including support via email. Business owners can rest assured help is available as they take control of their website, social media marketing, and revenue opportunities.

Michael Brockhouse, a USCFE Web Presence Coach, says, Dont be intimidated by the thought of developing and managing your own website, social marketing campaign or online revenue generators. Its like learning to ride a bike. At first you need help, but once you get the hang of it you can go wherever you want all on your own. We coach you while you need the help, so that you can take control of your own online marketing opportunities.

Starting and growing a business can be costly and overwhelming, which is exactly why the U.S. Center for Entrepreneurship has chosen to provide one-to-one coaching. USCFEs Web Presence Coaches will get your business online fast and confidently with your assistance.

Brockhouse says, Its time for business owners to place the power of the Internet in their own hands!

About the U.S. Center for Entrepreneurship

The United States Center for Entrepreneurship assists entrepreneurs via one-to-one expert advice, connections to capital, step-by-step online education and special events at http://www.USentrepreneur.com.

Contact: Richard Treleaven

Public Relations Manager

U.S. Center for Entrepreneurship

Phone: 1-800-969-1143

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U.S. Center for Entrepreneurship Teaches Business Owners with DIY Online Presence Coaching

Zemanta Adds Seed Funding From Union Square Ventures Seedcamp 2007 Winner Receives First Investment from U.S. Firm

London (PRWEB) September 15, 2008

Zemanta (http://www.zemanta.com), the leading provider of content creation and discovery tools for bloggers around the world, today announced that the company had received seed funding from Union Square Ventures, the first American investor for the Slovenia founded company. The funds will be used to expand the company’s business development operations in the US.

By applying advanced text-processing algorithms, Zemanta reads user-created text, such as a blog post, article or web page, and recognizes the contextual content. Zemanta then combs the web for the most relevant images, smart links, keywords and text, and instantly serves these results so the user can enrich his or her content.

“I’ve been using Zemanta for several months on my personal blogs and it’s changed the way I work. Now I write and do my research at the same time, it’s a more efficient way to blog. In addition to recommending related content for me to read (and link to), Zemanta recommends images, hyperlinks and tags, all of which are incredibly useful to me,” said Fred Wilson, partner, Union Square Ventures. “But as I’ve used Zemanta more and more, I’ve come to realize that it can and should recommend many other things to me while I create content. What Zemanta has really built is the equivalent of adwords for content creators.”

Zemanta was founded in May 2007 by Botjan petič and Andra Tori, with the goal of simplifying the creation of online content. In September 2007, Zemanta was chosen as one of the winners of Seedcamp, an annual week-long event that brings together EMEA-based entrepreneurs who compete for venture capital funding. In March, Zemanta launched its beta service for bloggers which has been enthusiastically adopted among early adopters.

“Since HTML was introduced 10 years ago, online content tools have been largely unchanged,” said Botjan petič, Zemanta’s director of products, Zemanta. “We are changing the way people blog today and our mission is to transform the way online content is produced. Now, with the guidance and connections of Union Square Group, we can take our work to the next level.”

To date, Zemanta has also raised investment capital from Eden Ventures and The Accelerator Group.

About Zemanta

Zemanta the leading provider of content creation and discovery tools for bloggers around the world, has created an easy-to-use way to up your blogging game. With Zemanta, you can reach across the Internet to bring the photos, links, tags, reblogs and documents that add depth, credibility and entertainment to your blog. More importantly they help you increase you readership and hold onto your audience. A browser plug-in that also works within your blogging service, Zemanta delivers “smart sources”, which appear as you are typing. Available for FireFox and Internet Explorer, Zemanta works with multiple blogging engines including WordPress, MovableType and TypePad, Blogger, and 7 more. Zemanta is backed by Union Square Ventures, Eden Ventures and The Accelerator Group.

Press Contact:

Bostjan Spetic

Zemanta ltd.

+386 31 565 846

bostjan @ zemanta.com

Clarissa Horowitz

Sparkpr for Zemanta

415.321.1881

clarissa @ sparkpr.com

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Zemanta Adds Seed Funding From Union Square Ventures Seedcamp 2007 Winner Receives First Investment from U.S. Firm

U.S. Artist Carole Turner on Olympic Sculpture World Tour

Portland, OR (PRWEB) October 25, 2007

Portland sculptor Carole Turner has been named as one of 3 finalists to represent the United States on the international tour of the Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Collection, and she has just returned from the Sacramento exhibition opening ceremonies.

According to the IOC the tour that is circling the globe and is now making stops in the U.S. “aims to promote the activities linked to the Olympic games and strengthen cultural links, thus showing the world a new cultural image of China.”

The competition, initiated by the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee in 2005, and overseen by renowned artist and cultural ambassador, Xikun Yuan, is documented as “the largest solicitation for sculptures in Olympic history,” and has attracted more than 2400 design proposals from 90 countries. In keeping with the theme, “One World, One Dream,” the goal was to collect landscape sculptures from around the world. And in honor of the 29th Olympiad, 29 sculptures will ultimately be chosen for monumental display throughout the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games venues.

A panel of 17 judges from the U.K., Russia, Italy, Germany, Austria, South Korea and the U.S. chose 290 “Excellent Works” from five continents. Among these finalist designs were 10 Americans. Winning artists were notified and sent their design models to China. The sculptures were then reproduced in the appropriate materials (bronze, stainless steel, etc.) in triplicate to allow for simultaneous exhibitions first in China, then abroad.

After a 6 month tour of China, the judges narrowed the list to the current 110 finalists for the International Tour. Carole’s sculpture is one of 3 chosen from the U.S. These sculptures will compete for the 29 gold, silver and bronze medals to be awarded in a nationally televised ceremony in China in January 2008.

Carole’s award winning bronze sculpture, “Rhythmic Dancer,” captures the exuberance and Olympic dreams of a young gymnast mastering the ribbon dance. She was honored to present “Olympic Dream,” a study for her Olympic sculpture, to Professor Xikun Yuan, Director of the Organizing Committee for 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Designs Contest during the opening ceremonies in Sacramento.

Asked for her impression of the Olympic competition, Ms. Turner said, “I am just in awe seeing all of these sculptures for the first time,” and “I am very thankful to Professor Yuan for inviting me to enter the competition. It has been an amazing experience.” She and several of the finalists have followed the tour together via email and she was happy to finally meet them in person. Another highlight was the many emails she received from people around the world, “mostly sculptors who have seen my sculpture in different countries or in the exhibition catalog. We have been told that millions of people have seen this collection; isn’t that incredible?”

“I love the theme of the Beijing Olympic Games – One World, One Dream. It’s a great theme — not only for these Olympics, but for our global community. So much time is spent focusing on our differences, when we share so many similarities.”

That theme is nothing new to Carole. In recent years she has spent time in Asia and Europe creating large sculptures in stone, and earlier this year she went to Russia to participate in a bronze sculpture symposium. While there her sculpture, “Same Sky,” was acquired by the Penza Art Museum as the first American work of art in its permanent collection. “Same Sky” carries the same message as “One World, One Dream.”

The international tour of the Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Collection debuted in London, host city of the next edition of the Olympic Games in 2012. It has traveled to many cities that have already hosted the Games, such as Athens, Seoul, Tokyo, Barcelona, Sydney and Los Angeles, passing through other cities, including Dubai, Wellington and the Olympic Capital, Lausanne, with a stay in the Olympic Museum.

The next Olympic Sculpture Collection exhibition will held at the Navy Pier in Chicago, October 23 – November 3, and the last U.S. stop will be a much-anticipated exhibition at the United Nations in New York in December 2007.

For more information:

Carole Turner

http://www.turnerstudio.com

Beijing Olympic Sculpture News

http://www.beijingolympicsculpture.wordpress.com

International Olympic Committee

http://www.olympic.org

http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/beijing/full_story_uk.asp?id=2325

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U.S. Artist Carole Turner on Olympic Sculpture World Tour