Systems optimization is a growing field, especially in adaptive, autonomic systems, but also in traditional information workflows. Much of the material accumulated in the monitor phase is available in some form of XML. Rather than apply complicated, monolithic analysis tools, you can benefit when you apply the pattern dispatch mechanisms inherent in XML. This saves effort and increases flexibility as it supports a library of analysis primitives that you can redeploy for high-level reports as well as fine-tuning. Learn to apply the likes of XPath and XSLT patterns much more broadly in order to support analysis and drive systems optimizations.

XML in Legislature/Parliament Environments (Sean McGrath) -- quite detailed background on the use of XML in legislation drafting systems, and the problems caused by convention in that world--page/line number citations, in particular. (Quick gloat: NZ's legislature management system is kick-ass, and soon we'll switch from print authoritative to digital authoritative) Large-Scale Social Media Analysis with Hadoop -- In this...

The Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation for the state of Maryland needed a better way to complete their data transfer and XML translation tasks on the IBM i. GoAnywhere Director met all their requirements and continues to overcome every challenge as Federal and State Laws and requirements change. The main challenge for DLLR was transferring sensitive data in a secure and reliable fashion. In addition, each DLLR “trading partner” required different file formats such as fixed width, Excel, CSV or the increasingly popular XML format.

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Sean McGrath is writing a series around the design issues for KLISS (Kansas Legislative Information Services System) which his company is doing.

DVD to Coach Legal Departments on Cost Savings and Opportunities Related to Bringing E-Discovery Processes in House

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- May 28, 2010 - ZyLAB, a leading provider of e-discovery and information management solutions, today announced that due to the overwhelming success at the IQPC, Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Summit last week, it has released a new educational DVD entitled "Bringing E-Discovery In-House." As a recognised thought leader and provider of e-discovery solutions by multiple industry analysts, ZyLAB has put together this DVD to outline the benefits of bringing e-discovery in-house. The DVD includes videos, podcasts and whitepapers from ZyLAB experts, end-users and industry leaders.

To obtain a copy visit: http://www.zylab.com/dvd/

A few of the DVD highlights include:

• A video on information management in high-volume legal proceedings presented by Mr. Gonzalo De Cesare of the United Nations. In this video he provides insight into challenges the UN War tribunals faced regarding information management. During the war crime investigations enormous amounts of information had to be analysed. An e-discovery and e-disclosure system was set up for a community of defense attorneys and prosecutors all over the world. Learn how they could find, navigate and understand the complete evidence collection.

• A whitepaper developed in collaboration with George Socha, Founder of EDRM, that provides a straightforward, pragmatic overview on how legal professionals and organizations must be able to interpret e-discovery within the context of actual expected processes, inherent risks, and the available technical solutions that can support relevant activities.

• Podcasts on topics such as "How Text Mining Steers Investigations and E-Discovery," "How Data Visualisation Enhances your Search," and "The importance of XML to Proper Information Management."

"We have taken years of experience in providing e-discovery solutions to organisations around the world and have developed a DVD that encapsulates this knowledge to share with the community," said Johannes C. Scholtes, Chief Strategy Officer for ZyLAB. "Many organisations are fearful of bringing an e-discovery solution in-house because they think it is complex and expensive. It is our goal to educate organisations on how to efficiently manage the most expensive and tedious elements of litigation in-house with automated tools. The reality is that organisations can implement easy-to-use e-discovery tools that will save them significant amounts of money."

About ZyLAB
ZyLAB's modular e-discovery and enterprise information management solutions enable organisations to manage all data, in any format, to mitigate risk, reduce costs, investigate matters and elicit business productivity and intelligence. For 25 years ZyLAB has been a market leader due to its unique ability to provide modular solutions to meet specific customer requirements as well as deliver advanced capabilities for multi language support, searching, content analytics, document reviewing, and e-mail and records management. The ZyLAB eDiscovery & Production system is directly aligned with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and features modules for forensic sound collection, culling, advanced e-mail conversion (Exchange and Lotus Notes) and legal review. ZyLAB's products and services are used on an enterprise level by corporations, government agencies, courts, and law firms, as well as on specific projects for legal services, auditing, and accounting providers. ZyLAB systems are also available in a Software-as-a-Services (SaaS) model.

Currently the company has sold 1.7 million user licenses through more than 9,000 installations. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we also serve our local markets from our regional offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Paris, and Singapore. To learn more about ZyLAB visit www.zylab.com or visit our blog at http://zylab.wordpress.com/.

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The IQPC, Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Summit was held on 17 - 19 May, 2010 at Dexter House, Tower Hill, London UK
http://www.informationretention.co.uk/Event.aspx?id=260668

For further information, please contact:
Christian Sharp / Alex Brooks
Rocket PR
Tel: +44 (0)845 370 7024
E-mail: ZyLAB@rocketcomms.net

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If you can't find a validating XML editor you like, or prefer not to take the time now to learn how to use one, you can edit the XML for your developerWorks articles and tutorials using your preferred text editor. Ian Shields has created some great tools to help you validate, transform, and preview your article or tutorial. This article shows you how easy it is to use those tools on Microsoft Windows or Linux.

To better understand the components offered by MS Azure, we registered for MS Azure Platform and browsed through the three components. SQL Azure turned out to be the easiest one to configure and do something useful with, so we built a mashup that utilizes MS SQL Azure as a centeral repository for SOA Testing. In this article, we share our impressions of SQL Azure and how to automate SOA quality assurance by building test cases that use data from a SQL Azure instance.

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Mobile phones are transforming economies and societies all over the world, but often with phones that might be considered out-of-date by gadget geeks in more developed nations. The good news is that applications that work with these phones can be very simple to write, and they give your application a huge potential user base. In this article, learn how to write programs that respond to specialized requests for information from 2G phones.

It's simple to setup the validation of a signed SAML 2.0 assertion in a Vordel XML Gateway. In a circuit, chain together (1) an "XML Signature Verification" filter (which you can find in the

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This short article outlines some ideas about an open source, online platform for making books, based on WordPress.

This short article outlines some ideas about an open source, online platform for making books, based on WordPress. Hugh McGuire http://hughmcguire.net

This short article outlines some ideas about an open source, online platform for making books, based on WordPress.

In the first three articles of this series, you learned to model a NIEM exchange and define subset and extension schemas that implement that model. Now you take the final step and assemble the schemas, documentation, and all the other artifacts of an exchange into a complete NIEM-conformant IEPD. This article also describes the process of validating and publishing your IEPD.

In the first two articles of this series, you learned to model a NIEM exchange, map it to the NIEM base model, and create a subset of the NIEM model for use in your IEPD. Now explore what to do about the parts of your model that do not map directly to NIEM, as you create extension and exchange schemas to define your custom types and properties.

Part 1 of this series described the process of creating a UML model of an XML information exchange to be implemented in the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). In this article, take the next step -- map the model to NIEM to determine what parts of NIEM the exchange can reuse. Also learn how to create a subset of the NIEM model to include in an IEPD.

Managing an application release and its distribution is a complex piece of the development process. A release may pass every test in QA, then quickly go haywire when in production. Components can get left behind, destination targets are missed or files get installed in the wrong locations with no easy way to roll back. Download this eBook from Aldon and learn how to how to make your efforts feel like a walk in the park and not a day on the battlefield.

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The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is rapidly becoming the most important XML exchange standard for the U.S. government and its information partners. This article, the first in a four-part series, provides an overview of the process for defining a NIEM information exchange. It then takes you through the first step -- modeling your exchange using UML -- with special considerations for NIEM modeling concepts. A simple case study is used to illustrate the process.