Monthly Archives: May 2009

PwC report recognizes Collibra as key industry player in Semantic Web field

By davor | May 31, 2009

In a ground-breaking Technology Forecast Report, PricewaterhouseCoopers has identified semantic technology as a solution for bridging information gaps, facilitating interoperability and unlocking hidden data in the enterprise.
The report describes how the technology can lower costs by reusing data and decreasing the number of custom connections between databases. Collibra was mentioned as a key technology provider [...]

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IT for Innovation

By Stijn Christiaens | May 28, 2009

Collibra is a proud member of the ADM community, “where business and ICT people can meet to exchange experiences and grow as professionals“. Each event organised by Ingrid has been a pleasant and interesting experience, where I can gain valuable insights and exchange experience, and I am confident ADM will keep offering this value.
As a [...]

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Overview of CERIF

By Stijn Christiaens | May 25, 2009

Today Pieter and myself got a nutshell overview of the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF) at the Departement of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI). CERIF has been set up in the early nineties, and has been under the official management (i.e. as authorized by the European Commission) of the euroCRIS organization.
The aim of CERIF [...]

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Counting the days (and distance) to San José

By Stijn Christiaens | May 22, 2009

Today I registered for the Semantic Technology Conference in San José, where Collibra presents its work at its booth. The organizers appear to be quite keen on some personal information as I had to fill in three different forms with a variety of questions ranging from my name over the hotel I would be staying [...]

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iMinds

By Stijn Christiaens | May 21, 2009

Last week Tuesday was the day for IBBT’s iMinds event. Location was the International Convention Center in Ghent. The IBBT organizers had put together a wonderful set of speakers, sessions and stands. I enjoyed Bruno Lanvin’s (INSEAD) presentation on innovation, showing clearly that Europe has a lot of work going on, but needs to be [...]

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A picture says more than a thousand words

By Stijn Christiaens | May 6, 2009
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