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Zero Copy Integration and Radical Simplification
by Dave McComb | Data-Centric Architecture
Copies of data drive up storage, energy, and labor costs. How data-centric, zero-copy integration and FAIR data put enterprises on a path to simpler systems.
Six Axes of Decoupling
by Dave McComb | Data-Centric Architecture
Systems that look decoupled often stay coupled in hidden ways. Six axes to check: technology, destination, syntax, semantics, identity, and nomenclature.
Data-Centric Credentialling
by Dave McComb | Data-Centric Architecture
A planned credentialling program for data-centric work at three levels: awards for client implementations, certification for software, and credentials for professional services.
The Data-Centric Graph Tech Stack
by Dave McComb | Data-Centric Architecture
In brief: This post describes the technology stack for a data-centric project built on a graph database. Data is stored as triples (subject, predicate, and object), the schema emerges as classes and properties defined in the same graph, and even […]
The Data-Centric Revolution: Dealing with Data Complexity
by Dave McComb | Data-Centric Architecture
Complexity is the root data problem. A 10,000-person firm may manage about a million concepts, while its core model needs fewer than 1,000. Three strategies for dealing with complexity, and the one that works.
Data-Centric: How Big Things Get Done (in IT)
by Dave McComb | Data-Centric Architecture
Dave McComb In brief: How Big Things Get Done, by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner, draws on a database of 38,000 large projects to show why so many run over budget. This review notes the finding that IT projects overrun […]
HR Tech and The Kitchen Junk Drawer
by JT Metcalf | Data-Centric Architecture
I often joke that when I started with Semantic Arts nearly two years ago, I had no idea a solution existed to a certain problem that I well understood. I had experienced many of the challenges and frustrations of an […]
Semantic Messages
by Justin Dowdy | Data-Centric Architecture
Interfaces and Interactions Too Much Specificity And Not Enough Play I recently saw this tweet and it reminded me about something I've wanted to think and talk about. Satnam continues configuration management has not had the attention enjoyed by academic […]
The Greatest Sin of Tabular Data
by Dave McComb | Data-Centric Architecture
We recently came across this great article titled "The greatest sin of tabular data". It is an excellent summary of the kind of work we do for our clients and how they benefit. You can read it at The greatest […]
Semantic Arts future-proofs the enterprise with data-centric transformation programs
by Dave McComb | Data-Centric Architecture
99% of all enterprises shoot themselves in the foot every time they implement a new information system. The prevailing mindset, the “application-centric” mindset, guarantees that each new system introduces yet another incompatible data model into the firms datascape. It doesn’t […]
Incremental Stealth Legacy Modernization
by Semantic Arts | Data-Centric Architecture
In brief: A legacy system is older technology that is still in place and operating, held there by a network of complex dependencies, often hundreds or thousands of them, many undocumented. This post argues for modernizing legacy systems incrementally with […]
A Data-Centric Approach to Managing Customer Data
by Phil Blackwood | Data-Centric Architecture
by Phil Blackwood, Ph.D. Without a doubt every business needs to have a clear idea of who its customers are and would love to have a 360 degree view of each customer. However, this customer data is typically scattered across […]
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