The Data-Centric Revolution: Avoiding the Hype Cycle
Gartner has put “Knowledge Graphs” at the peak of inflated expectations. If you are a Knowledge Graph software vendor, this…
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The Data-Centric Revolution: Fighting Class Proliferation
One of the ideas we promote is elegance in the core data model in a Data-Centric enterprise. This is harder…
Is Data an Asset in Real Estate?
How is the multi-billion real estate sector doing in a data-driven world? The industry sits on loads of data gathered…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Role of SemOps (Part 2)
In our previous installment of this two-part series we introduced a couple of ideas. First, data governance may be more…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Role of SemOps (Part 1)
We’ve been working on something we call “SemOps” (like DevOps but for Semantic Technology + IT Operations). The basic idea…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric vs. Centralization
We just finished a conversation with a client who was justifiably proud of having centralized what had previously been a…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Sky is Falling (Let’s Make Lemonade)
Recently IDC predicted that IT spending will drop by 5% due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Last week, Gartner went further by…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Report From the Front Lines
Earlier this month we hosted the second annual Data-Centric Architecture Forum (#DCAF2020) in Fort Collins, CO. These are the highlights.…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Semantics and the DAMA Wheel
Recently, I was giving a presentation and someone asked me which segment of “the DAMA wheel” did I think semantics…
Principles for the Data-Centric Paradigm – Part 2
There is a movement to upend traditional thinking about information systems by putting data and meaning at the center of…