by Dave McComb | May 11, 2012 | The Whiteboard
The cynical response is to invoke the “Gartner Hype Cycle” and say it’s been overhyped. But that just begs the question: why do things get overhyped? In general the reason is that someone comes up with a new approach to solving a vexing problem. At...
by Dave McComb | May 11, 2012 | The Whiteboard
Since the semantic model is free of structure, it is easier to map concepts to different structural representations enabling reuse of classes and properties. Reuse is a profound way to reduce complexity. In a traditional system, attributes are not reused. Every time...
by Dave McComb | May 10, 2012 | The Whiteboard
An Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is not a product but a style of architectural development. It is essentially SOA done right. The essence of an ESB is that all apps and all services talk only to the bus and not directly to each other. To the extent that they talk to...
by Dave McComb | May 10, 2012 | The Whiteboard
Semantic technology uses ontologies to describe the business in a way that both humans and machines can understand. Since the semantic schema is independent from actual computer systems, e.g., legacy or future applications and databases, it allows us to find the...
by Dave McComb | May 9, 2012 | The Whiteboard
Sentara Healthcare is a $3 billion conglomerate that includes hospitals, clinics, physician networks, insurance companies, research centers, etc. It offers thousands of services to over two million patients. It is a very complex business. Always on the cutting edge of...
