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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Metadata Architecture — EA's Key Contribution To The Industrialization Of IT

Business pressures have forced IT management to begin applying formal management disciplines to the delivery of IT services. In the past decade we have seen the rise of portfolio and project...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Best Practices: Establish Your Metadata Plan

Most enterprise architects (EAs) instinctually recognize the value that clean and trustworthy metadata can provide in terms of delivering IT efficiency, business agility, and improved information...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Agile BI Out Of The Box

Reduce Development Time And Effort With Metadata-Generated BI Applications

Complexity represents one of the toughest challenges facing traditional business intelligence (BI) applications. Multiple components must be considered including data integration, cleansing,...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Formal IA Programs Move Information Strategies Forward

Information architecture programs suffer from EA's worst problem: They have a strategic and enterprisewide focus that can appear disconnected from immediate-term business needs. But significant...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:Enterprise Architecture Must Lead Enterprise Metadata Management Strategies

IT organizations already recognize metadata management as crucial for structured data quality but increasingly look to leverage metadata to improve the quality of business and IT processes. Despite...

• Downloads: 1686

For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:What Semantic Technology Means To Application Development Professionals

Semantic Technology Is Now Ready For Increased But Focused Use

Semantic technology has been incubating for the past 10 years, but most application development professionals view it with skepticism or outright distrust, believing that the dream of semantic...

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For Business Process Professionals

Report:Data And Content Classification: Your Trusted Information Backbone

The information that powers your business — like a sales forecast or voice of the customer analysis — mixes data (such as inventory counts) and content (such as promotional strategies)....

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Topic Overview: Must-Read I&KM Research For An Economic Downturn

Financial bailouts, downward consumer spending, and roller-coaster stock markets are starting to put pressure on information and knowledge management (I&KM) professionals. Will industry consolidation...

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