A hole in section 508
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act is the law in the US that enures that US Government organisations will only buy ICT products that are accessible. When asked about accessibility, vendors...
The accessibility blog contains short pieces of news and thoughts on accessibility and usability. Accessibility covers making all of ICT easier to use by people with disabilities and challenges and how to make peoples lives easier by the use of ICT. Deeper examination of product and supplier matters appear in Peter Abrahams publications and articles for Bloor Research.
Accessibility on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalguar Square London
Starting on Monday 6 July 2009 for 100 days the Fourth Plinth in Trafalguar square will be occupied by a succession of members of the public, each having their hour of fame. Amongst them will...
The drunkard’s walk
The drunkard's walk is a concept used within probability theory and it has application within various aspects of IT. I had better start by explaining what it is. Actually, I'll start by...
Apple push accessibility to the front
I have written about Apple and accessiblity on many occasions, e.g. here, giving them a red card quite often but praising them when they added features that improved accessiblity of any product. My...
Data quality vendor map
Like most companies we are always trying new methods of visualisation to better understand and communicate our message. One technique that we have recently introduced is what we call a market map,...
Major step forward in Accessible PDF Standards
PDF documents are ubiquitous and therefore need to be accessible to all. The ISO 32000 standard defines the PDF document format and includes specific features to enable PDF documents to be...
System S
I have previously discussed why I think that System S is unique. Now I want to put some meat on the bones. System S has been the name of an IBM research project for some years and last...
Events and other things
The advent of IBM's System S (which I shall discuss in more detail in a subsequent article) raises interesting questions about the nature of event and stream-based processing. The reason for this...
Clavis: extending data quality
In the last few years there has been a trend amongst data quality vendors to move towards what is typically known as pre-emptive data quality. That is, to have proactive capabilities that enforces...
Trends in Master Data Management
MDM and data quality have always been closely aligned but three recent announcements have emphasised that point even more. Each of them involves a larger vendor leveraging the efforts of a smaller,...