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As many of you know Fishbowl is a Mindbreeze Certified Partner and search appliance reseller. A core component of our company culture is using the same tools and technologies we implement for our customers. For that reason, and to give readers like you a chance to try out Mindbreeze in action, we have implemented Mindbreeze search here on fishbowlsolutions.com. Read on to learn more about the benefits and details of this integration.

There seems to be no end to discussions and reports about the digital revolution, digitalization, and digital transformation. Despite the inflationary use of these buzzwords, one of the biggest challenges companies currently face is understanding how to make effective use of the new technological possibilities. Digitalization is far more than just a fad − it helps companies reduce their costs, increase efficiency, and be ready to level up to the next stage of their own innovative ability.

Omicron Consulting und Mindbreeze als Sponsor beim Event "Big Data 2014" im Hotel Melia Mailand am 3. Dezember 2014.

Omicron Consulting and Mindbreeze were present as a sponsor of the event "Big Data 2014" held at the Hotel Melia Milan December 3, 2014

Enterprise Search & Discovery 2014 in New York

Mindbreeze jumped across the pond to take part in the specialist search event. It was clear that big data is becoming increasingly important for companies. Up to 2013 we amassed 5 Exabyte of information. Today we produce this amount of data every 2 days.

Alongside such facts, highly interesting and current topics such as “Improving Search for Better Discovery”, “The Power of Content” and “The Big Data Technologies you need to know about” were presented and discussed.

Anyone still writing their school or academic essays on typewriters became an unwitting witness to a revolutionary event whose impact on all aspects of life conjures memories of the 19^th century industrial revolution: Analogue became digital – in less than 20 years. Whereas the digital proportion of stored information amounted to just three percent in 1993, by 2007 it had already reached an estimated 94 percent.

Harvard Business Review authors Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil described data scientist as “The sexiest job of the 21st century”. Essentially this new profession is about generating all the information from the rapidly growing mountains of data – i.e. Big Data – that a company needs to e.g. better adapt to changing business conditions or to be able to work more efficiently. The idea isn’t exactly new – so what makes it so sexy?

Increasing amounts of data in various formats and from different sources are produced on a daily basis. This “big data” needs to be structured and translated into usable and valuable information for each employee of each department in an organisation, from sales through to production and support.

Ever increasing masses of data are being captured in different formats and from diverse sources. The challenge is to structure this “Big Data” and to translate it into information so that it’s useful to all employees in all departments – e.g. for sales, production and support – of the organisation.