Here is a facinating extention to EIP technology.
Tacit ESP Brings People and Expertise Into Your Corporate Portal
New Tacit Product Complements Enterprise Information Portal With Expertise Awareness Services That Connect People and Information
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Tacit Knowledge Systems, Inc., a pioneer and leader in Expertise Automation solutions for the enterprise, today announced the availability of ``Tacit ESP (Expertise Search for Portals),'' a new product designed to help companies manage business complexity more effectively by delivering the full human ingenuity of the enterprise through a corporate portal.
``Tacit ESP provides immediate access to expertise that can only be made available by 'people.' Only people can fill the gaps left by information found in the portal, when it doesn't provide the answers they need -- when they need them,'' said David Gilmour, president and CEO of Tacit Knowledge Systems. ``Tacit's vision is to help large and rapidly changing organizations increase their 'effectiveness' enterprise-wide, by offering everyone instant access to the organization's total knowledge. By combining the right mix of people and information, everyone is able to work more effectively, and make more informed business decisions, every day.''
Product Details
The new Tacit ESP (and Tacit ESP Plus) product line enables a broad range of Expertise Automation solutions for corporate portal users.
-- Tacit ESP -- is a simple expertise automation solution that installs
alongside an Enterprise Information Portal (EIP), infers expertise from
published content, and adds "people search" capabilities to the portal.
By putting "people in the portal," portal users can access the
expertise of others when the content in the portal alone does not fully
address their needs.
-- Tacit ESP Plus -- adds the capability to "profile" expertise using
profile management facilities. This allows individual users to
examine, modify and enhance their own expertise profiles. Adding
"unpublished" expertise to user profiles unlocks the vast amount of
tacit knowledge in the enterprise. "Active Search" facilitates
"people-to-people" connections by instantly finding users who have
publicly declared expertise and simultaneously indicates the
approximate number of users who have pertinent unpublished information
in their private profile, without revealing their identity. In a
single Tacit search, new fields of expertise or important unpublished
expertise areas can be located without violating individual privacy.
-- The Tacit Expertise Portlet -- (for Lotus Development Corporation's
K-Station) one of Tacit's Expertise Interfaces, combines expertise with
the portal's information and focuses on "people-to-people" connections,
a key ingredient for turning simple access to information into the
actual acquisition of knowledge by every individual.
-- The Tacit Expertise Gadget (for the Plumtree Corporate Portal) -- one
of Tacit's Expertise Interfaces for the Plumtee Corporate Portal
combines expertise with the portal's information to ensure that all of
the enterprise's available resources are made available to every
individual through a single point of access.
The Tacit Product Line
The Tacit ESP suite is one of three newly released product lines from Tacit Knowledge Systems. Also available are:
-- Tacit KnowledgeMail 2.0 -- delivers full expertise automation through
tight integration with enterprise e-mail, Web Browsers, and the Windows
Desktop. KnowledgeMail 2.0 continuously and automatically discovers
expertise within the enterprise and delivers it where and when it is
needed to drive business success.
-- The Tacit Expertise Toolkit -- allows corporate and commercial
application developers to access the power of the Tacit Server to
develop custom Web-based or proprietary expertise automation solutions;
integrating through XML APIs.
Pricing and Availability
Tacit products target medium to large organizations. The software is sold on a server and client-access basis. Enterprise pricing is available.
About Tacit Knowledge Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1997, Tacit Knowledge Systems, Inc. is the pioneer and leader in Expertise Automation for the enterprise. Tacit's award-winning products enable enterprises to resolve complex business problems beyond the reach of other technologies by delivering the full human ingenuity of the enterprise to those who need it, when they need it. Tacit inventories the most important enterprise asset, the expertise of its people, automatically and without human involvement, and provides a platform, applications, and solutions that deliver Expertise Automation for the enterprise. For more information about Tacit Knowledge Systems, please visit the company Web site at www.tacit.com.
NOTE: The Tacit Logo and KnowledgeMail are trademarks of Tacit Knowledge Systems, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries.
SOURCE: Tacit Knowledge Systems, Inc. |
