tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80189214880440820952024-03-13T20:27:28.714+00:00Silobreaker BlogThe latest news and updates from the Silobreaker Team.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-7544520367320207122010-10-12T12:41:00.003+01:002010-10-12T12:53:19.285+01:00Silobreaker Premium - our new SaaS productWe are announcing today the official release of Silobreaker Premium, our new subscription-based online service for corporate, financial, and government agency customers looking for more effective ways to monitor and analyze the news and social media.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/10/prweb4638274.htm" target="_blank"><strong>Read the press release</strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://info.silobreaker.com/silobreaker-premium" target="_blank"><strong>Product information</strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://info.silobreaker.com/silobreaker-premium/view-a-demo-silobreaker-premium" target="_blank"><strong>View a demo</strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://info.silobreaker.com/silobreaker-premium/view-a-demo-silobreaker-premium" target="_blank"></a>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-91263689965134670142010-10-01T12:03:00.000+01:002010-10-01T12:05:28.191+01:00Silobreaker session speaker at Lucene Revolution 2010 7-9 October - Boston, USALucene Revolution 2010 is the first conference dedicated to open source search in North America. Apache Lucene, used by Silobreaker, is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library. It is a technology suitable for nearly any application that requires full-text search, especially cross-platform.<br /><br />Silobreaker's Director Mats Bjore will be a session speaker at Lucene Revolution 2010 7-9 October - Boston, USA. Mats will present the impact of open source search on the intelligence community.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-50120679545664642962010-08-10T09:37:00.000+01:002010-08-10T09:39:29.754+01:00Silobreaker session speakers at ISS World AmericasISS World Americas is the world's largest gathering of North American, Caribbean and Latin American law enforcement, intelligence, homeland security analysts and telecom operators responsible for lawful interception, electronic investigations and network intelligence.<br /><br />Silobreakers CEO Kristofer Mansson and Director Mats Bjore are invited to be session speakers at the Special OSINT Sessions - Naked Intelligence track. This track combines hands-on access to intelligence support systems solution providers with valuable insight and know-how presented by experienced practitioners of intelligence.<br />The topics of Mr. Mansson presentation will be Media Monitoring & Analysis 3.0 and Mr. Bjore, The Naked Intelligence Agency.<br /><br />ISS World Americas - Conference will take place October 11-13, 2010 in Washington D.C, USA.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-76702523362222076832010-06-02T16:22:00.001+01:002010-06-02T16:28:49.241+01:00Silobreaker Grand slam at Spotify programming challengeAt the first ever <a href="https://www.scrool.se/spotify/register">Spotify programming challenge</a> , Saturday May 29th in Stockholm, four <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/">Silobreaker</a> and Silobreaker Alumni programmers were among the top seven winners (including the overall winner). The problem set were specifically created for this contest by experienced problem setters who have created problems for, and participated in, several high quality contests such as the ACM ICPC World Finals, and NWERC.<br /><br />Yes, we are proud!silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-80457551236936901802010-02-03T09:59:00.011+00:002010-02-03T13:23:13.287+00:00Silobreaker Hires Business Head for ScandinaviaToday, we're announcing the arrival of Anders Kasberg to our Stockholm office. Anders has joined us as "Affärschef Norden / Sales Director" and will head up our business efforts in the Nordics.<br /><br />Although most of the traffic to Silobreaker.com comes from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and other English-speaking nations, several companies and government agencies in Scandinavia are inquiring about our search tools and media-monitoring solutions too. As we announced last year, the Silobreaker Enterprise Software Suite was selected as the central engine for the Swedish Armed Forces’ new news intelligence system. With our Swedish heritage, this market will always feel like a local one, so making a business push here makes perfect sense.<br /><br />Anders Kasberg joins us with a strong background in sales and marketing. He held several positions with Ericsson Enterprise Networks in Sweden and was the Area Sales Director North Latin America at Ericsson Enterprise Inc in the US. After a short stint as Vice President Marketing and Products at Celltribe AB during the first internet boom and bust, he became the Businss Area Manager at Teleadress AB, the provider of hitta.se, a directory search engine for Swedish telephone numbers and addresses. Most recently, Anders was the CEO of SWEDMA, the Swedish Direct Marketing Association. He has also worked as a consultant for start-ups grannar.se and hemq.se.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-10308158555139797212009-12-08T06:34:00.012+00:002009-12-08T13:13:10.233+00:00Silobreaker Energy Section<p>With the world focusing in on COP15, the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, we are announcing today about our new <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/energy-7_1569" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">energy section</span></a>, giving users the depth of coverage, quality news, analysis, and rich graphics not available on other news search sites.<br /><br />Silobreaker's energy section is a great resource for anyone seeking the latest news, blogs or video about this much talked about market and is split up into the following sub-sections:<br /><br /><strong>Fossil Fuels:</strong> Oil, Natural Gas, Coal<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Alternative Energy:</strong> Biofuel, Wind Power, Solar Power, Geothermal Energy, Ocean Power, Hydro Power and Nuclear Power.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Energy Storage:</strong> Batteries, Fuel Cells.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/energy-7_1569" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">Click here</span></a> to go to the energy section.<br /><br />..and for those of you who want to follow all the latest from COP15:<a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/cop15--un-climate-change-conference-2009-11_49448372" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;"> click here</span></a>.</p>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-90569512342655033192009-10-27T00:22:00.013+00:002009-10-27T09:03:26.622+00:00Silobreaker Enterprise Software Suite<p>Today, we are announcing our new software suite for enterprise and government customers looking for more effective ways to search, monitor and analyze the news, tailored to there own internal specifications. Silobreaker’s software provides the deep analytical tools and graphical representation giving customers the ability to find what they are looking for, and also find things they didn’t even know existed. </p><p>This is what Sue Feldman, a top search and discovery analyst from IDC says about our announcement: <em>"The problem for information workers today is making sense of the information that they are drowning in. Combining access to information with tools that allow users to explore and understand should create an appealing product for Silobreaker. The fact that they use multiple visual tools, and use linguistic analysis, as well as pattern recognition means that they will be able to surface concepts and names of people, places and things. This in turn should save workers time, and help them to discover trends and facts in the information that they didn't know were there.”</em><br /></p><p>We found that 'prosumers' of <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/">www.silobreaker.com</a> quickly realize the value of the technology and want it tailored to meet their own needs by incorporating specific content and criteria. One example is the Swedish Armed Forces (Swedish: Försvarsmakten) who wanted a specific solution to meet their internal requirements. An overall contract was awarded to Swedish integration consultant LearningWell AB who teamed up with us and our Enterprise Software Suite became the central engine for the Swedish Armed Forces’ news intelligence system. </p><p>To see a video presentation of the software's main fetaures, click Play below.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-B-08b7_ukY&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-B-08b7_ukY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="315"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Silobreaker-1065798.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">Here's a link</span></a> to the full press release. Thanks for visiting Silobreaker, and let us know how we can help you get ahead of the deluge of news out there today. </p>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-22672432013583235272009-09-23T00:43:00.007+01:002009-09-23T01:25:32.805+01:00Follow DEMO Coverage In SilobreakerSo DEMOfall 09 has just started and as a DEMO alumnus, Silobreaker wishes all the presenting companies best of luck. It'a great launch pad and having launched at DEMO 08,almost two years ago, we continue to improve our search solutions to offer Insight as a Service to people as they peruse the news. As you continue to weed through the immense amount of old-fashioned and new media coverage in the world today, Silobreaker will deliver killer search and graphics to share the news by providing more than just a list of headlines. <br /><br />To follow DEMO coverage this week, visit <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/demo-conferences-11_21190186" target="_blank"><font color="blue">Silobreaker</font></a> to see the latest headlines, Network, Trends, InFocus, and more.<br /><br /><strong>Or</strong> embed one of Silobreaker's widgets on your own webpage, blog, etc. Below are our Content and Story Widgets.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://api.silobreaker.com/Widget/Silobreaker-1.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() {Silobreaker.apiKey = "lu0290wa9hsrmbcv55hy"; myWidget = new Silobreaker.TabDocuments({ query: "DEMO Conferences [Organization]", count: 12, tabs: [{ title: "News", types: ["Article"], selected: true }, { title: "Blogs", types: ["Blog"] },{title: "Reports", types: ["Special Report"]}, {title: "Fact Sheets", types: ["Fact Sheet"]}] }); Silobreaker.injectWidget("widget_94afc452de", myWidget); }); </script><div id="widget_94afc452de"></div><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://api.silobreaker.com/Widget/Silobreaker-1.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() {Silobreaker.apiKey = "lu0290wa9hsrmbcv55hy"; myWidget = new Silobreaker.TopStories({ query: "DEMO Conferences [Organization]", count: 5 }); Silobreaker.injectWidget("widget_70e2914fb3", myWidget); }); </script><div id="widget_70e2914fb3"></div>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-17061024903141887272009-09-14T10:33:00.012+01:002009-09-14T15:17:45.962+01:00More Silobreaker WidgetsWe have now added two more widgets in addition to the Network and In Focus widgets we launched in early August. All these widgets are free to use, are updated dynamically and can be added by anyone to their web pages, blogs, forums, etc (just like we've done below). <br /><br /><strong>Story Widget</strong><br />The Story Widget shows the latest top stories for whatever person, company, organisation, entity, topic, search term etc you select (e.g. like iPhone below). Simply click on the "embed-button" at the top of any story list in Silobreaker and follow the simple steps to embed the feature on your own web page. Takes less than a minute.<br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://api.silobreaker.com/Widget/Silobreaker-1.js"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() {Silobreaker.apiKey = "lu0290wa9hsrmbcv55hy"; myWidget = new Silobreaker.TopStories({ query: "iPhone [Keyphrase]", count: 5 }); Silobreaker.injectWidget("widget_32aee2fb06", myWidget); }); </script><br /><div id="widget_32aee2fb06"></div><strong></strong><br /><strong>Content Widget</strong><br />The Content Widget shows the latest content headlines for your search term organised under separate tabs; one for news one for blogs, etc (e.g. like for Afghanistan below). You'll find the "embed-button" in the More Content section at the bottom of many pages in Silobreaker.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://api.silobreaker.com/Widget/Silobreaker-1.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() {Silobreaker.apiKey = "lu0290wa9hsrmbcv55hy"; myWidget = new Silobreaker.TabDocuments({ query: "Afghanistan [Country]", count: 15, tabs: [{ title: "News", types: ["Article"], selected: true }, { title: "Blogs", types: ["Blog"] },{title: "Reports", types: ["Special Report"]}, {title: "Fact Sheets", types: ["Fact Sheet"]}] }); Silobreaker.injectWidget("widget_a7905a580a", myWidget); }); </script><div id="widget_a7905a580a"></div><br />Have a go and try them out. Great to use as a "news-window" on your own site.<br /><br />We've also updated the <a href="http://api.silobreaker.com/" style="color: #blue">api</a> with functions for the new widgets.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-67201430115951944492009-08-11T06:35:00.009+01:002009-08-11T09:25:57.177+01:00Silobreaker WidgetsWe'll be out with a press release this morning about our newly launched Widgets, allowing anyone to show Silobreaker features and graphics on their own web sites. The widgets can also be licensed by publishers and other content owners for use with their own content.<br /><br />You can read the full press relase <a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Silobreaker-1028499.html"><font color="blue">here.</font></a><br /><br />Below is a video-demo of how to use/embed the widgets (we recommend to use YouTube's HD feature and to view in full screen for best quality):<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DacSN9YQ760&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DacSN9YQ760&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-78754287216754102142009-07-31T10:12:00.001+01:002009-07-31T10:14:23.912+01:00Silobreaker New ReleaseWe're live with a new release of Silobreaker. More details to follow. Check it out on <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/">www.silobreaker.com</a>.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-10704967077231832812009-06-29T11:53:00.005+01:002009-06-29T12:02:50.775+01:00Silobreaker Nominated for TechCrunch Europe Awards<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/Skidv61QJgI/AAAAAAAAAT4/dfyQcW9n924/s1600-h/techcrunch.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 369px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 52px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352701603701859842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/Skidv61QJgI/AAAAAAAAAT4/dfyQcW9n924/s400/techcrunch.jpg" /></a> Silobreaker has been nominated in the category: <strong><em>Best Web Application or Service (EMEA).</em></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/06/24/the-europas-best-web-application-or-service-emea/"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Vote for us!</span></strong></a><br /><br />Many thanks,<br />The Silobreaker Teamsilobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-73672715828030658032009-06-05T00:32:00.012+01:002009-06-05T01:11:16.026+01:00Silobreaker Network of Obama's Speech in CairoUse Silobreaker's Network tool to get a quick overview of the content in Barack Obama's recent speech in Cairo. By hovering over a term in the network a pop-up will appear explaining how the name fits in. The sliders enable you to change the composition of term-types in the Network. <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/FlashNetwork.aspx?DrillDownItems=5_2262365478951321600"><strong>Go to live Network</strong></a><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343623276909201490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 221px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SihdDwGuiFI/AAAAAAAAATw/pllhgKdgA58/s400/Obama%27s+Speec+2009-06-04.png" border="0" /> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Note: Network Search requires Flash.</span>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-7788536277394847892009-06-03T08:26:00.004+01:002009-06-03T08:34:36.737+01:00Follow Silobreaker on TwitterFollow Silobreaker on Twitter<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/silobreaker">http://twitter.com/silobreaker</a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SiYmfJhqo6I/AAAAAAAAATY/R3B6uXfNBaA/s1600-h/twitter.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343000324496597922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 25px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SiYmfJhqo6I/AAAAAAAAATY/R3B6uXfNBaA/s200/twitter.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SiYmFQV1NPI/AAAAAAAAATQ/fDW7PvLaVB4/s1600-h/twitter.png"></a>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-58216080497835350422008-12-20T18:11:00.012+00:002009-02-18T20:52:06.407+00:00Silobreaker Named Red Herring 200 Global Finalist<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SYCgdsqa8kI/AAAAAAAAARw/NAQwDfPNRj8/s1600-h/Finalists_web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296409593853440578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SYCgdsqa8kI/AAAAAAAAARw/NAQwDfPNRj8/s320/Finalists_web.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><em>"Red Herring Global is the culmination of a year's work of scouring thousands of privately held companies from around the world. During this time we have meticulously selected 1200 of the top companies from Europe, North America, and Asia, of which 200 have made it as Finalists" </em></strong>- Red Herring <a href="http://www.herringevents.com/global08/redherring100.html">(read more)</a><br /><br />This is further recognition and confirmation that Silobreaker is making a real impact in the search arena. Unfortunately, we won't be able to attend the Red Herring conference in San Diego but wish the organizers and our fellow Finalists a great event.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-31402098964993472432008-11-07T09:11:00.018+00:002008-11-07T10:15:22.863+00:00Silobreaker Selected for 2008 Mediatech 100 Award<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SRQNGK5IBEI/AAAAAAAAALs/nd_Z2KQ34R0/s1600-h/Mediatech+100(CMYK)SMALL.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265848263957283906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SRQNGK5IBEI/AAAAAAAAALs/nd_Z2KQ34R0/s200/Mediatech+100(CMYK)SMALL.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><em>The Mediatech 100 is a list of Europe’s hottest private media technology companies likely to have the biggest impact on the industry in the future.</em></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.libraryhouse.net/">Library House</a>, the essential source on fast-growth, innovation-led private companies across Europe, has revealed its 2008 Mediatech 100 in association with <a href="http://www.kemplittle.com/">Kemp Little</a> and <a href="http://www.nma.co.uk/Home/Default.aspx">New Media Age</a>.<br /><br />Silobreaker was awarded a place on the list!<br /><br />The list was dominated by UK companies (60) followed by France (11), Germany (11), Finland (3), Iceland (2), Sweden (2), Ireland (2), Luxembourg (2), The Netherlands (2), Switzerland (2), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), and the Isle of Man (1). For the full list, click <a href="http://www.libraryhouse.net/mediatech/2008/mediatech100/">here</a>.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-59204752962171315512008-11-03T09:09:00.015+00:002008-11-03T12:53:30.421+00:00Silobreaker "Truthiness" - Who Needs Opinion Polls?It’s the eve of the US Presidential Election and pollsters are working around the clock to predict the result. Each new poll, though, seems to have a shelf-life of no more than a few hours and is met with either suspicion or disbelief (or is forgotten in the deluge of other polls being released).<br /><br />The problems with polls, of course, are that (a) they can only cover a very small sample of the actual electorate because of the time and effort involved in carrying out the surveys; and (b) they rely on the people being asked to actually vote the way they say they will when being polled. We know from the past, however, that many voters may say one thing and vote another. <br /><br />So, if polls offer no more than “qualified guesses”, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">aren</span>’t there faster and cheaper ways to come up with an alternative gauge of the election outcome?<br /><br />Take a look at the chart below.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SQ7eQJ8fFyI/AAAAAAAAALc/mdevKVSuLWA/s1600-h/2008-11-03.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264389383571576610" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SQ7eQJ8fFyI/AAAAAAAAALc/mdevKVSuLWA/s400/2008-11-03.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The chart shows the relative share of mentions in the news between Obama, McCain, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Biden</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Palin</span>. To go to the chart </span><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/NewsTrends.aspx?TrendDrillDownItems=11_240886,11_241614,11_36617523,11_2164816&FromDate=2008-08-03"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">click here</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">.<br /></span><br />Since the campaigns begun, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Silobreaker</span> has aggregated hundreds of thousands of articles related to the US election and anyone can use its Trends Search to see the relative media attention that the presidential and vice-presidential candidates receive over time. Essentially, it enables users to measure trends from what the <em>aggregate press corps</em> is writing about. In our blog from 14<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span> September,<a href="http://silobreaker.blogspot.com/2008/09/silobreaker-truthiness-sarah-palin.html"><em>“<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Silobreaker</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Truthiness</span> – The Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Palin</span> Effect”</em></a>, we showed how Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Palin</span> dominated news coverage following her surprise appearance as John McCain’s running mate. The chart above shows that it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">didn</span>’t last and that Barack Obama has raced away from John McCain in the last week or so in terms of media coverage.<br /><br />This is not the time to go deeper into the correlation between media attention and opinion polls, let's just observe that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Silobreaker</span> chart suggests what almost every poll indicates right now as well.<br /><br />It may not be more reliable, but the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Silobreaker</span> poll" takes a few seconds to conduct and can be re-run at any time for updated results.<br /><br /><p>Kristofer <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Mansson</span>, CEO<br /></p><br /><p><em>The trend charts that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Silobreaker</span> extracts and visualizes are not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">pre</span>-determined or manually edited in any way. All <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Silobreaker</span>’s search results are deduced by algorithms performing semantic and statistical analyses of tens of thousands of articles every day. Sounds complicated? Well, the equivalent manual research effort would be more or less impossible. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Silobreaker's</span> search results offer users "auto-generated" insight, which is updated dynamically as new articles are being published and the search is re-run.</em><br /></p>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-73522336282747141732008-09-16T13:57:00.040+01:002008-09-16T17:34:42.170+01:00Silobreaker "Truthiness" - Effects From Financial MeltdownAs much as we would like to (and probably should), we rarely find the time to blog about Silobreaker. So there is normally quite some time between our posts. However, considering the unprecedented turn of events in the financial markets, here are a few "algorithmic" insights into the situation.<br /><br />Silobreaker Trends Search provides media attention trends based on mentions in the news. Essentially, it enables users to gauge trends from what the aggregate press corps is writing about. We are also about to introduce "Tracks" in Silobreaker. Tracks will enable enterprise users to define what they are <em>tracking </em>from a media monitoring perspective.<br /><br />Here are few general tracks that we have already set up for everyone's use:<br /><ul><li>Rate Hike</li><li>Rate Cut</li><li>Oil Price Higher</li><li>Oil Price Lower</li><li>Dollar Weaker</li><li>Dollar Stronger</li></ul><p>Each Track has been defined through a variety of rules and terms to enable a much broader approach than just single keyword-based alert-systems. By using these Tracks in Trends Search we can gauge what media are focusing on and how it changes over time.<br /><br />So by looking at the relative share between Rate Hike and Rate Cut based on media's attention to the respective scenarios, we get the following picture:<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM-2NgNoiEI/AAAAAAAAAK0/51e2Lkt2hXk/s1600-h/FedRAte.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246612434011588674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM-2NgNoiEI/AAAAAAAAAK0/51e2Lkt2hXk/s400/FedRAte.png" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/NewsTrends.aspx?TrendDrillDownItems=11_1855287,11_2608531&FromDate=2008-06-16&DrillDownItems=11_559579"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Click here</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> to go to the chart.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">We have also filtered the press coverage for the chart above to only include news about the Federal Reserve to provide a more specific and multi-dimensional search result. So again, the chart shows the relative focus between Rate Hike and Rate Cut in Fed-related news. The chart seems to suggest a strong anticipation of an actual rate cut by the Fed later today. Is it an accurate forecast by media or are they just trying to "talk up" the market? We'll soon know.<br /><br />Here's the same but filtered on Bank of England related news:<br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM-61nflmNI/AAAAAAAAAK8/0jEsYEyQkME/s1600-h/BoE.png"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246617521207220434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM-61nflmNI/AAAAAAAAAK8/0jEsYEyQkME/s400/BoE.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/NewsTrends.aspx?TrendDrillDownItems=11_1855287,11_2608531&FromDate=2008-06-16&DrillDownItems=11_328002"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Click here</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> to go to the chart.<br /><br />What about in European Central Bank related news?<br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM-7syJYY9I/AAAAAAAAALE/ogH3gse9O_0/s1600-h/ECB.png"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246618468959675346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM-7syJYY9I/AAAAAAAAALE/ogH3gse9O_0/s400/ECB.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/NewsTrends.aspx?TrendDrillDownItems=11_1855287,11_2608531&FromDate=2008-06-16&DrillDownItems=11_312799"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Click here</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> to go to the chart.<br /><br />Now, let's switch to media's reporting on oil prices and the relative focus between "Oil Prices Higher" and "Oil Prices Lower":<br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM-88Pt0u4I/AAAAAAAAALM/x3MTENs16eQ/s1600-h/Oil.png"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246619834106821506" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM-88Pt0u4I/AAAAAAAAALM/x3MTENs16eQ/s400/Oil.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/NewsTrends.aspx?TrendDrillDownItems=11_513578,11_3326647&FromDate=2008-06-16"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Click here</span></strong></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> to go to the chart.<br /><br />..and finally the US dollar and the relative media attention between "Dollar Stronger" and "Dollar Weaker":<br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM--aQRLGII/AAAAAAAAALU/2v6vJSyc5uw/s1600-h/dollar3.png"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246621449162791042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SM--aQRLGII/AAAAAAAAALU/2v6vJSyc5uw/s400/dollar3.png" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/NewsTrends.aspx?TrendDrillDownItems=11_3507742,11_4140956&FromDate=2008-06-16"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Click here</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> to go to the chart.<br /><br />I'll leave the interpretation to the reader, but as always with this blog, the purpose is to promote the easy use and benefits of Silobreaker. The above analysis took no more than a couple of minutes to complete.<br /></span></p><p>Kristofer Mansson, CEO</p><p><em>The trend charts that Silobreaker extracts and visualizes are not pre-determined or manually edited in any way. All Silobreaker’s search results are deduced by algorithms performing semantic and statistical analyses of tens of thousands of articles every day. Sounds complicated? Well, the equivalent manual research effort would be more or less impossible. Silobreaker's search results offer auto-generated insight “live” and the graphical results are updated dynamically as new articles are being published and the search is re-run.</em><br /></p>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-41207220717449624792008-09-14T10:54:00.043+01:002008-09-15T00:38:38.447+01:00Silobreaker "Truthiness" - The Sarah Palin EffectWhether your loyalties lie with the Democrats or the Republicans in the US Presidential race, very few of us can pretend to have been unaffected by the media frenzy following <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/View360.aspx?Item=11_2164816&q=Sarah+Palin+%5bPerson%5d&rd=true">Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Palin</span></a>’s surprise appearance as <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/View360.aspx?Item=11_241614&q=John+McCain+%5bPerson%5d&rd=true">John McCain</a>’s running-mate.<br /><br />There has been much discussion about the “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Palin</span>-effect” in media and <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Silobreaker</span></a> is the perfect news search service to use for examining it a bit closer.<br /><br />In the weeks and months leading up to the Republicans' surprise announcement, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Silobreaker</span> averaged around five articles per day about <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/View360.aspx?Item=11_2164816&q=Sarah+Palin+%5bPerson%5d&rd=true">Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Palin</span></a> (hardly noticeable on the graph below). Ever since the announcement, the equivalent number of articles is about 1,000 per day (with peaks over 2,000). That is a 200 times increase.<br /><br /><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SMznS_CXMKI/AAAAAAAAAKU/63g4uFsPIPA/s1600-h/Palin+Volume.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245821979324788898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SMznS_CXMKI/AAAAAAAAAKU/63g4uFsPIPA/s400/Palin+Volume.png" border="0" /></a> So how has this increase in absolute terms affected <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Palin</span>’s relative share of press coverage compared to the other candidates? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Silobreaker</span>’s <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/NewsTrends.aspx?q=">Trends Search</a> provides media attention trends based on mentions in the news. Essentially, it enables users to gauge trends from what the <em>aggregate</em> press corps is writing about. The chart below suggests clear evidence of the “<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Palin</span>-effect”. Quite sensationally actually, for the first time since the campaigns begun, <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/View360.aspx?Item=11_240886"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Barack</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Obama</span></a> is not the obvious leader in terms of press coverage. And in terms of the vice-presidential media attention race, there is simply no match at the moment. <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/View360.aspx?Item=11_36617523">Joe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Biden</span></a> gets around 6-7% of the overall coverage of the four candidates compared to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Palin</span>’s 30%.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SMzm9kcXmzI/AAAAAAAAAKM/iOhFjkMYEF4/s1600-h/PalinTrends.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245821611408857906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SMzm9kcXmzI/AAAAAAAAAKM/iOhFjkMYEF4/s400/PalinTrends.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The chart shows the relative share of mentions in the news between <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Palin</span>, McCain, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Obama</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Biden</span>. </span><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/NewsTrends.aspx?TrendDrillDownItems=11_2164816,11_241614,11_240886,11_36617523&FromDate=2008-08-17"><span style="font-size:85%;">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> to go to the chart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">So is it all good news for the Republicans?<br /><br />Well, for believers in “all PR is good PR” the answer might be yes. The networks below, however, analyze the media attention through another lens and show the 10 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">keyphrases</span> that have been found in the overall press coverage to have the strongest association with </span><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/View360.aspx?Item=11_240886"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Barack</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Obama</span></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> and </span><a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/View360.aspx?Item=11_2164816&q=Sarah+Palin+%5bPerson%5d&rd=true"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Palin</span></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> respectively (filtered out in both networks are obvious terms like White House, US Election, etc).<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245820633955455058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SMzmErJUUFI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/1hlVHTynYdc/s400/ObamaNet.png" border="0" /><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SMzmYsWTpMI/AAAAAAAAAKE/qxXRIPXD-lc/s1600-h/PalinNetwork.png"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245820977875756226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/SMzmYsWTpMI/AAAAAAAAAKE/qxXRIPXD-lc/s400/PalinNetwork.png" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">The networks show what <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">keyphrases</span> in the news flow that have the strongest association to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Obama</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Palin</span> respectively. Such <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">keyphrases</span>, and their connections to the candidates, are extracted from the overall reporting about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Obama</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Palin</span>, which during the last few weeks amount to some 40,000 articles in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Silobreaker</span> (blogs are not included in this analysis).</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">These pictures seem to support those who believe that a large part of the press coverage around <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Palin</span> is based primarily on sensationalism and controversy rather than policy. Can this ultimately hurt the Republicans, and might it be difficult for the McCain camp to maintain media’s interest to the same degree or for the right reasons as their campaign races on towards the November election date?<br /><br />So is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Barack</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Obama's</span> apparent silence about Sarah <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Palin</span> evidence of grave concern over the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Palin</span>-effect", or is he just silently confident that the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">controversial</span> topics surrounding <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Palin</span> will eventually be the sword on to which the Republicans will fall themselves? </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">By using <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Silobreaker</span> regularly, it will be easy for anyone to follow these twists and turns - up to the election and beyond. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:georgia;">Finally, the purpose of this blog is not to provide political commentary, for which I am clearly not qualified, but to promote the easy use and benefits of Silobreaker. The above analysis took no more than a few minutes to complete.<br /><br />Kristofer <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Mansson</span>, CEO<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em>The connections and trends that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Silobreaker</span> extracts and visualizes are not <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">pre</span>-determined or manually edited in any way. All <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Silobreaker</span>’s search results are deduced by algorithms performing semantic and statistical analyses of tens of thousands of articles every day. Sounds complicated? Well, the equivalent manual research effort would be more or less impossible. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Silobreaker's search results</span> offer auto-generated insight “live” and the graphical results are updated dynamically as new articles are being published and the search is re-run. </em></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><br /></p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-50746348598417828622008-05-14T08:34:00.002+01:002008-05-14T08:47:48.000+01:00Go get them Jimmy!Our chief architect Jimmy is once again in the <a href="http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tournaments&d2=tco08&d3=algorithm&d4=bracket">TopCoder finals</a>.<br /><br />We'll all be watching it live on Thursday, May 15 at 10:00 AM, Vegas time. Go get them!silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-37960327094011851442008-03-28T12:22:00.014+00:002008-03-28T12:45:32.918+00:00Silobreaker goes beyond the news headlines to uncover the latest trendsHere's a <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/2008/032608pan-silobreaker.html">podcast</a> from Network World that was released a couple of days ago (although the interview took place mid-Feb).<br /><br /><em>"A new search engine upstart making waves is Silobreaker, which has created a search system for users wanting more than just the latest news headlines and looking for deeper analysis and trends. Silobreaker CEO Kristofer Mansson talks about how the site works, what data it can deliver and how it differs from that other big search engine dominating the news."</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/panorama/2008/032608pan-silobreaker.html"><strong>Click here to listen to the podcast</strong></a>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-18893163423086569442008-02-10T01:02:00.000+00:002008-02-10T02:12:03.933+00:00Search market in focusAs we reported last week, we had fantastic feedback following our official launch of Silobreaker at the DEMO 08 conference in California at the end of January. The need for “smarter” search engines seems to touch a raw nerve amongst many web users and positive reactions keep coming in from press and bloggers alike as the word about Silobreaker is spreading. I am sure Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo has helped as well because of the renewed focus on the search space as a whole. <br /><br />In my view, Microsoft's bid for Yahoo and Google's subsequent involvement is a clash of giants that will likely have implications for everyone involved in or using the Internet. However, in the wake of this deal and regardless of its outcome, information overload will still be a problem and users will continue to ask for quicker and better ways of finding more relevant search results than what traditional search engines have been offering so far. Silobreaker was developed to meet exactly such growing user demand and the service brings meaning to news content through sense-making analytics and graphical search results. <br /><br />Ultimately, it’s the value and relevance of the search result that matter and our goal is very simple; to deliver <em>insight as a service</em>.<br /><br />Thanks for using Silobreaker.<br />Best regards,<br />Kristofer Mansson, CEO<br /><br /><strong><em>New Feature</em></strong>: We have added a zoom-feature to Network Search. You can zoom in or out either by using the scroll wheel on your mouse or the zoom-slider in the upper left corner of the network area. See what you think.<br /><br /><strong>Recent press clippings:</strong><br /><p><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b5ab38a-d5e7-11dc-bbb2-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1"><strong>"Search tools made clever"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>Financial Times, 8 February, 2008</strong></em><br /><em></em></p><p><em>"Silobreaker can also chart article volumes by media type, identify geographic news hotspots and, impressively, map relationships between topics in the form of an interactive network. Users can navigate spiders- web graphics by dragging and dropping the elements in it. I found the graphic often suggested relationships I had not immediately thought of."</em><br /><br /><p><a href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=40852"><strong>"Silobreaker Brings a Graphical View to News Research"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>Information Today, 7 February, 2008</strong></em><br /><em></em></p><p><em> "The smart context extraction and relational analysis of Silobreaker is by far the best I have seen in the semantic search space. Silobreaker quickly becomes indispensable; it is an invaluable research tool with a sophisticated algorithm that I’d like to see proliferate in the search market."[Says Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMO]"<br /></em><br /><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206106184"><strong>"The Search Market Fallout Of Microsoft-Yahoo"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>InformationWeek, 9 February, 2008</strong></em><br /><em></em></p><p><em>"When tigers battle, mice get fat. That pseudo-Chinese proverb well describes one likely outcome of Microsoft's $44 billion bid for Yahoo... The clash of the titans atop the search pyramid is opening up new opportunities for smaller players while helping to enable a broad flourishing of innovation in information-access technology... Take Silobreaker, which debuted its contextual search engine at last month's Demo conference..."<br /></em><em></em><br /><br /><a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-gb%3AIE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GEUA&um=1&tab=wb&q=silobreaker&btnG=Search+Blogs"><strong>"And here are blogs about Silobreaker found on Google Blog Search"</strong></a>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-64577037557344883702008-02-01T19:00:00.000+00:002008-02-03T02:10:17.390+00:00DEMO 08 (Part II)We're back from the DEMO 08 conference that was held in Palm Desert, CA, 28-30 January. It was great! Truly a unique mix of demonstrators, media, VCs and industry experts coming together in an event that is informal and relaxed, yet incredibly professionally produced by Chris Shipley and her team. Anyone looking to launch anything in tech or media, this is the event!<br /><br />We had a great time and judging by the attention and media coverage so far, Silobreaker's message of providing "insight as a service" struck a chord with many of the attendees. Thanks to all who came by our booth and saw the presentation. You can find <a href ="http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/videolibrary.html?bcpid=1127798146&bclid=1396518815&bctid=1392526687"><strong>Silobreaker's presentation</strong></a> in DEMO's video center.<br /><br />And here's some feedback that's come in so far:<br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/01/the_coolest_thi.html"><strong>"The Coolest Thing I Saw At DEMO"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>InformationWeek, 31 Jan 2008</strong></em><br /><em></em></p><p><em>"Every year at Demo there's one presenter that captures my imagination and actually seems to be providing something that I will find useful. This year, while Skyfire showed off the beta of an intriguing new mobile browser and BitGravity displayed its power new network platform for high-definition video, the choice was easy: Silobreaker."</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/deantakahashi/ci_8126688?nclick_check=1"><strong>"Picking the winners at the DEMO conference"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>San Jose Mercury News, 31 Jan 2008</strong></em></p><p><em>"It's rare that a Web site offers a genuinely new way of looking at information. But that's what you get with Silobreaker"</em><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/archives/130664.asp"><strong>"The Best of DEMO 08"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>Seattle Post Intelligencer, 30 Jan 2008</strong></em></p><p><em>"BEST PITCH: I didn't have the chance to watch every company, but one that really hooked me was London's Silobreaker."</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.intelligententerprise.com/blog/archives/2008/01/silobreaker_adv.html"><strong>"Silobreaker advances social-network visualization"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>Intelligent Enterprise, 30 Jan 2008</strong></em></p><em>"Silobreaker's visualizations add huge value to the company’s underlying news-aggregation service."</em><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7781"><strong>"Silobreaker pitches ‘insight as a service’"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>ZDNet, 30 Jan 2008</strong></em> <p></p><em>"Silobreaker offers a new twist on news aggregation and search navigation."</em><br /><br /><a href="http://microsoftstartupzone.com/blogs/lynda_ting/archive/2008/01/31/silobreaker-more-than-just-the-latest-headline-news.aspx"><strong>"SiloBreaker: More than just the latest headline news"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>Microsoft Startup Zone, 31 Jan 2008</strong></em> <p></p><em>"SiloBreaker was one of my favorites at DEMO this year. Based on statistical relationships, they are the first company I’ve come across that is able to perform sophisticated visualization and text analytic-like functionality on large unstructured data sets like news articles."</em><br /><br /><a href="http://whiteafrican.com/?p=889"><strong>"Silobreaker: Information, Context and Correlation"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>White African, 31 Jan 2008</strong></em> <p></p><em>"Of all the products that I saw at DEMO 2008, none impressed me more than Silobreaker."</em><br /><br /><a href="http://www.somewhatfrank.com/2008/01/demo08-wrap-up.html"><strong>"DEMO 08: My Favorites"</strong></a> <em>- <strong>Somewhat Frank, 31 Jan 2008</strong></em> <p></p><em>"Silobreaker - An innovative trend analysis site with lots of visual goodies to dig deeper."</em><br /><br /><a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-gb%3AIE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GEUA&um=1&tab=wb&q=silobreaker&btnG=Search+Blogs"><strong>"Blogs about Silobreaker found on Google"</strong></a>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-17216241291529184862008-01-25T16:08:00.000+00:002008-01-25T16:52:57.349+00:00DEMO 08So, we've just come up for air after a couple of months of some serious new development. We will launch this major release (and Silobreaker officially) at the prestigious DEMO 08 conference in California next week (28-30 Jan). Due to DEMO-rules, we can't tell you about any features, tools and designs, but be sure to check it out next week at <a href="http://www.silobreaker.com/">http://www.silobreaker.com/</a>.<br /><br />"DEMO is the premier launch venue for new products, technologies and companies and has established a reputation for identifying and presenting to an elite audience the products most likely to have a significant impact on the marketplace and market trends in the coming year. Each product is carefully screened and selected by DEMO's Executive Producer, Chris Shipley, one of the top trend spotters in the personal technology product industry."<br />- Source: <em></em><a href="http://www.demo.com/"><em>www.demo.com</em></a><br /><br />Silobreaker was one of only four European companies selected for DEMO 08, so it's a great opportunity to demonstrate Silobreaker to an audience of US media, VCs and industry experts.<br /><br />Wish us luck.silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018921488044082095.post-60224802177717919812007-10-05T13:20:00.000+01:002008-12-11T20:33:05.453+00:00Select your favorite content sourcesSure, it's great with thousands upon thousands of content sources aggregated into one service. But sometimes you may want to check out a single source, or a limited number, or want to compare one set of sources with another. Well, in Silobreaker you can do exactly that by setting up your own publication filters and then by bookmarking the pages enable the source-customizations to be used more than once.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwYvJxnB8mI/AAAAAAAAAE0/9fIxDKTEZ-U/s1600-h/PublFilter.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117829871535518306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwYvJxnB8mI/AAAAAAAAAE0/9fIxDKTEZ-U/s400/PublFilter.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Here is how you do it:</strong><br /><br />Click on "Advanced Search Options" under the search box to expand the column. In the field under "Select Publications" start typing the name of the source you would like to use (see picture below). Once you have found the source, select it and click on the "add" button.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwZFwRnB8sI/AAAAAAAAAFk/4WMnvkahR4A/s1600-h/PublFilter2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117854722216293058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwZFwRnB8sI/AAAAAAAAAFk/4WMnvkahR4A/s400/PublFilter2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwY6mxnB8pI/AAAAAAAAAFM/Uuw0kE4CC6s/s1600-h/PublFilter3.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />------------------------------<br />Repeat the steps as explained above for each source you want to add to your list.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwY6mxnB8pI/AAAAAAAAAFM/Uuw0kE4CC6s/s1600-h/PublFilter3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117842464379630226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwY6mxnB8pI/AAAAAAAAAFM/Uuw0kE4CC6s/s400/PublFilter3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwY6mxnB8pI/AAAAAAAAAFM/Uuw0kE4CC6s/s1600-h/PublFilter3.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwY6mxnB8pI/AAAAAAAAAFM/Uuw0kE4CC6s/s1600-h/PublFilter3.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />------------------------------<br />When you have completed your selections, click on the "search" button.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwZGKxnB8tI/AAAAAAAAAFs/IZqANontiUc/s1600-h/PublFilter4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117855177482826450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwZGKxnB8tI/AAAAAAAAAFs/IZqANontiUc/s400/PublFilter4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br />----------------------------<br />You're done! Any search on the page you've just created is now limited to the sources that you selected.<br /><br />Now bookmark the page for future use.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwZASxnB8rI/AAAAAAAAAFc/RqDhZ4P4-q0/s1600-h/PublFilter.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117848717852013234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oldhQF6nw5E/RwZASxnB8rI/AAAAAAAAAFc/RqDhZ4P4-q0/s400/PublFilter.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://beta.silobreaker.com/Search.aspx?q=&Publications=4_3457,4_104,4_8284,4_6023,4_388,4_7168,4_13770,4_5201,4_12173,4_101,4_10008"><strong>Click here</strong></a> to go to the page in this example.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you can't find a source, please let us know about it. Simply request a source by emailing us at <a href="mailto:feedback@silobreaker.com">feedback@silobreaker.com</a><br /></p><p><br /><strong>Silobreaker - Insight as a service</strong><br /><br />Help us spread the word - tell friends and colleagues about Silobreaker! </p>silobreaker teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547800715518232364noreply@blogger.com1