
Big Content is Still Big Data
by Darin Stewart | May 24, 2013
Introducing the notion of Big Content has been an interesting study in reactions. To many, it has resonated and the possibility of more fully exploiting documents, social content and other...

Big Content Needs More Metadata
by Darin Stewart | May 15, 2013
In recent posts I’ve introduced the notion of Big Content as shorthand for incorporating unstructured content into the Big Data world in a systematic and strategic way. Big Data changes...


Big Content: The Unstructured Side of Big Data
by Darin Stewart | May 1, 2013
The age of information overload is slowly drawing to a close. The enterprise is finally getting comfortable with managing massive amounts of data, content and information. The pace of information...

Your Content Is Already In The Cloud
by Darin Stewart | September 7, 2012
Content is moving into the cloud. This trend seems both undeniable and inevitable. As the amount of content we need to store and the length of time it must be...

Coming Up for Air and Diving Into Catalyst 2012
by Darin Stewart | August 8, 2012
For the past few weeks I’ve been immersed in work on open innovation, linked data and expertise sharing. I’ve managed to sneak out a couple of related blog posts during...

Cloud Content Management Is Not About Cost Savings
by Darin Stewart | May 25, 2012
I recently copied my music library from a server sitting in my garage to Google Play in the cloud. Well, most of it anyway. After a week of round the...

The Real Problem with ECM (hint: it isn’t the platform)
by Darin Stewart | May 4, 2012
I talk daily to companies from a broad range of industries. These organizations run the whole gamut of company sizes, from small boutique operations to huge distributed enterprises. Even with...

Cloud Content Management Is Not A Cure-All
by Darin Stewart | May 2, 2012
I am not yet fully converted to the gospel of Cloud Content Management. The data center is undeniably in decline, but it’s not quite dead yet. Despite the evangelism of...

It’s time for taxonomy
by Darin Stewart | October 12, 2011
I’ve been writing and speaking about taxonomies and metadata for a little over a decade. In the early days, my audiences consisted mostly of library science refugees seeking shelter in...