Monthly Archives: November 2009

Business semantics: from business definitions to operational integration

By Stijn Christiaens | November 26, 2009

I gave a presentation on Collibra business semantics at yesterday’s DAMA BeLux conference (see an earlier blog post for more details on the agenda). The title of that presentation was “Business Semantics: from Business Definitions to Operational Integration”. The abstract:
The field of semantics has a long history, both philosophically as well as in its more [...]

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Assessing organizational readiness … and beyond

By Stijn Christiaens | November 12, 2009

A couple of days ago, I got the question what it takes for organizations to adopt business semantics. Except for a set of good semantic tools backed by an agile and step-wise methodology, the organization also has to have a certain information maturity level. The Meta Group (acquired by Gartner) defined an Information Maturity Model [...]

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Collibra @ DAMA BeLux seminar

By Stijn Christiaens | November 9, 2009

On Wednesday, November 25th, DAMA BeLux organizes their next conference. This time, it is hosted by Deloitte and SAP, and the event is held at the SAP Lounge in Vilvoorde (Laurent-Benoit Dewezplein 5, Vilvoorde).
The agenda is strong, and contain traces of semantics here and there:

Enterprise Model Engineering: Ensuring Quality in Information Systems Dr. Monique Snoeck, Professor, KU [...]

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Collibra at Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Forum

By Stijn Christiaens | November 6, 2009

On October 27th, Oracle showcased its Fusion Middleware 11g in Dolce La Hulpe (agenda details). Through a variety of presentations, the Oracle team showed how their 11g Middleware offers new ways to reduce complexity, maximize IT efficiency and enhance existing application investment. Dieter Deramoudt, Oracle Belgium’s Senior Solution Architecture Manager, collected an interesting set of [...]

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Collibra at IRM’s DM&IQ and DW&BI conference

By Stijn Christiaens | November 6, 2009

Collibra at IRM’s DM&IQ and DW&BI conference

Last Tuesday and Wednesday, Collibra presented its Business Semantics Management to a wider audience of very experienced data management, data governance and BI professionals. We got great feedback and a lot of enthusiastic reactions (ranging from ‘brilliant’ to ‘this is what companies should have been doing already 20 years [...]

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