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Journey from Gutenberg Printing Press to 2nd Order Probabilistic Semantics :- Thinking Web WW4 Achieving Medical Ontology for Medical Reasoning

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Bioingine.com | Ingine Inc 1. Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398 – February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who invented the first printing press. Gutenberg’s printing press revolutionised the creation of books and helped make them affordable, ushering in a new era of affordable books and literature.   1452, with the aid of borrowed […]

Missing the point

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It looked fair enough at first, this otherwise innocuous-seeming comment on a recent post of mine, over on LinkedIn: Without information management capabilities how does the organization interact within itself and the broader shared-enterprise. For example the interaction between an…

Big Data & Analytics in Northern Virginia, DC Area

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Big Data, Analytics & Data Science are taking off as regional economic development catalysts – and outcomes – around the world, and particularly so here (DC/MD/Northern Virginia) in what some call the “Big Data Capital” of the US (given the proximity and engagement of so many commercial, federal/state government, nonprofit and startup organizations in this field).  A proliferation of local “Meetup” group attests to this, as do the events taking place in the area – with full support and sponsorship by big and small companies.  

Two quick examples:

1) The Northern Virginia Technology Council’s “Big Data & Analytics” Committee – is sponsoring an upcoming meeting about “How Walmart and local Virginia companies use Big Data & Analytics for Business Growth, Increased Revenues”.  Find out more and register here – and while you’re there, check out all the Northern Virginia Big Data Committee events and information (Oracle is a member).

The program will begin with keynote remarks from the Senior Director of Walmart Technology, who will discuss Walmart’s recent expansion in Northern Virginia, how Walmart Technology uses Big Data to support the company and its goals, and what he sees as the future of Big Data in our region. The program will continue with a panel discussion featuring four local Virginia companies (Logi Analytics, CustomInk, Zoomph and Neustar) discussing what they see as the opportunities and challenges in using #bigdata and #analytics to grow their businesses. Sponsors range from large companies to startups, as well as local economic development agencies and universities.

2) Oracle and the George Mason University Volgenau School of Engineering recently held a “Big Data Symposium”, this January, presenting a day filled with speakers, students and data scientists sharing their knowledge, their research, and their perspectives regarding “Breakthroughs in Big Data Analytics in the Public Sector”.   Follow this link to the video presentations.

Big Data & Analytics in Northern Virginia, DC Area

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Big Data, Analytics & Data Science are taking off as regional economic development catalysts – and outcomes – around the world, and particularly so here (DC/MD/Northern Virginia) in what some call the “Big Data Capital” of the US (given the proximity and engagement of so many commercial, federal/state government, nonprofit and startup organizations in this field). Here are a couple of examples, of activities going on in the area.

The Open Group San Francisco 2016 Day Two Highlights

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By Loren K. Baynes, Director, Global Communications, The Open Group The Open Group CEO & President Steve Nunn kicked off the second day of The Open Group San Francisco event, “Enabling Boundaryless Information Flow™”, with a warm greeting and quick … Continue reading →

Test Driven Strategy

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Most strategies are crap. Most business plans are crap. I have read lots of them. I’ve also developed my fair share (which are obviously much much less crap than the norm :).

Its tempting to think in ‘this ever-changing world in which we live in’ that strategy and the process of strategy development is dead, that there is only tactics. I don’t think that is true, but i think the method of developing strategy needs a kick up the arse.

What is strategy today?:

– Group-think

– Ego-massage (We pay X a lot of money and X wants to do Y)

– Meme copying (hat-tip Simon Wardley)

– Baseless ‘We will’ statements

– Financial cases that prize cost over value

– Complete lack of context

– Little bearing on day to day activity that is undertaken

What should strategy be?:

– Visceral

– Exciting and Scary

– a compelling story

– Contextual

– Lived

– Ironic (in the ‘liberal ironist’ sense) 

– Testable

I think this last point is where the first kick in the arse can focus. I think there are things we can learn from ‘Lean startup’, that still aren’t applied to the majority of strategy development. Once i’ve got my thoughts developed on this i’ll share more.

IoT + Cognitive Computing :- Interoperability + Clinical Knowledge Management – Clinical Care Transformation

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Clinical Tacit Knowledge – Represents Clinical Pathways Interoperability Health ecosystem includes Clinical Integration Network (CIN) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and Accountable Care Organization (ACO) To achieve efficacy in Clinical Care, it means a design strategy around Clinical Care Redesign. The outcomes is Tacit Knowledge (Clinical Pathways) driven improvement in the overarching architecture involving PCMH, CI, […]

The Open Group San Francisco 2016 Day One Highlights

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By Loren K. Baynes, Director, Global Communications, The Open Group On Monday, January 25, The Open Group kicked off its first event of 2016, focused on Enabling Boundaryless Information Flow™, at the Marriott Union Square in the city by the … Continue reading →

The Business of IT – Customers, Clients, and Fit for Purpose

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Over the past few months, I have touched on a variety of what might seem to be disparate topics: the need for architects (or at least architectural design), estimates, organizations as systems/enterprise architecture, customer-centricity, and IT management and governance. I suspect the trend will continue for a while, so it’s time for a post to […]

Emergent or Directed

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Do we need to manage architectural evolution?Do we need to consider different forms of EA practice to handle architectures that emerge, rather than ones that we directly control? Find out more in my latest post on the Cutter Blog: Emergent or Directed – do we need to manage Architectural Evolution? You might also find some of my…

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