Stephen Arnold
Technology and Financial Analyst
Steve is a technology and financial analyst with more than 30 years of experience. Steve has extensive operational and entrepreneurial experience which enables him to bridge the gap between new ideas and the financial implications of a technology.
Steve has worked in all aspects of software and online systems since graduating from college. He is the author of six books and over 50 journal articles. In October 2004, CMS Watch published Steve's 450-page Enterprise Search Report. This report, now in its third edition, profiles 28 enterprise search engines and includes management, budgeting, and technical information. His newest study is "The Google Legacy" published in the summer of 2005. His Text Mining Report, an analysis of 18 text mining systems, will be published in late 2006 also by CMS Watch. In November 2006, Steve's analysis of the cost pressures facing those with online systems will appear in an online magazine, published by Information Today. This will be the first public discussion of the cost time bomb ticking within search and text mining systems.
In 1972, Steve was recruited by Nuclear Utility Services, a unit of Halliburton Industries, where he worked on a wide range of nuclear and electrical engineering projects. In 1976, he joined Booz, Allen & Hamilton and helped build its technology management practice. In 1981, he left Booz, and assumed responsibility for electronic publishing activities at the Courier-Journal & Louisville Times. Products nurtured under his management include ABI/INFORM, Business Dateline, and Pharmaceutical News Index, and the General Periodical Index. Bell Laboratories nominated him in 1989 for the Eagleton Lectureship, awarded each year by the American Society of Information Scientists. At that lecture, he was asked to join Ziff Communications as an officer responsible for technology strategy. Prior to the sale of the Ziff holdings in 1991, Steve developed a consultancy that served Mr. Ziff and other clients. In 1999, Steve received Thomson Corporation's award for the best technical paper authored in 1998. His article on push technology remains a frequently-cited discussion of agent-based messaging. In 2003, Steve received the Malcom Hill Award, sponsored by the New York State Library Association. This award recognized Steve's contributions to the online industry. In 2006, he received the lifetime achievement award from OSS for his contributions to open source intelligence. He joined Vint Cerf and Alvin Toffler who were previous recipients of this award.
Over the past 13 years, Steve's work has provided technical, financial, and strategic support for many technology projects. In 1993, he and a partner started Point (Top 5 %) of the Internet, selling that property to Lycos in 1996. Since that time, Steve has been involved in a number of projects related to Internet technology, including the personalization tools used in the original @Home service. In 2000, he helped develop the plan, architecture, and security guidelines concepts for First-Gov.gov, the official gateway to US governmental information, as a consultant to the US General Services Agency, a unit of the White House. He was a member of the planning team for US West's electronic yellow pages. He has assisted organisations worldwide with technology strategy related to new online systems, software products, and revenue opportunities. Stephen has provided business strategy services to a wide range of interesting organisations including Bear Stearns, John Wiley & Sons, the New York Times, and more than 24 financial institutions as a senior consultant at Gerson Lehrman Group in New York City.
Text Mining - Can it save enterprise search?
Wednesday, November 8th, 16.00
Category: Beginner
Track: Web Communication
The talk will start with a clear definition of text mining, followed by the key business trends in the dynamic search sector. Finally, Stephen will review strengths and weaknesses of text mining with particular emphasis on the three challenges facing those who integrate text mining into other enterprise applications. These are the issues that vendors dance around, understate, or ignore. Stephen will give attendees a glimpse behind the next generation of text mining systems from the perspective of several of the leading vendors in this software sector. His observations about the future will surprise and inform those who attend his lectures. The conclusion of the talk will seek to answer the question: "Can text mining save enterprise search?" The answer is going to be a surprising one which is both good news and bad news for companies with enterprise search systems.
Joint session with case presented by JoAnn Hackos from Comtech Services.
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Tutorial 2B: Google v2: The rise of Googzilla
Tuesday, November 7th, 13.00
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