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Consultants Pollock and Hodgson want to share their enthusiasm for a new, semantically aware enterprise infrastructure that they say will be the foundation upon which all future system will be built. They explain to managers how to organize and architect (tomorrow everything will be a verb) a semantic interoperability project; make decisions about tools; and choose the best architectural patterns and technologies for specific needs.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
* New Paradigm for considering application integration and B2B problems
* Heightens the importance of conveying meaning between systems
* Addresses movement in the EAI space toward more data handling capabilities
* Offers a solution for the multitude of managers disconnected with the latest technologies
* Leverages the technical advances made in complex data integration over 15 years
* Shifts the focus from technology solutions to information solutions
* Relies heavily on the use of practical examples, tips, definitions, and soapbox excerpts throughout the main body of text

From the Back Cover
Creating dynamic, adaptive, self-configuring enterprise infrastructures As many traditional integration technologies prove inadequate to the tasks for which they were designed, it has become clear that any effective EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) solution requires a new approach to thinking about enterprise infrastructures. Adaptive Information provides that new approach. This groundbreaking guide introduces a revolutionary new framework for the infrastructure of the future: semantically aware; driven by models of information, process, and service interfaces; and able to learn new behavior, find patterns, and rebuild itself for different platforms. Offering copious pragmatic examples of how semantic interoperability already fosters new capabilities, speeds up processes, and reduces costs, the authors provide a solid foundation in semantics and describe how metadata, ontologies, and software tools are used to provide semantic interoperability. Readers learn how to: Organize and architect a semantic interoperability project Make decisions about tools Choose the most appropriate architectural patterns and technologies Achieve new capabilities, including dynamic information repurposing, adaptive service-oriented networks, and loosely coupled application connections Complete with plenty of helpful tips, definitions, and practical examples, Adaptive Information is must reading for CIOs and CTOs, IT managers, IT architects, and application developers alike.

About the Author
JEFFREY T. POLLOCK is an executive leader in the enterprise software business, as well as a university instructor and technology visionary in the emerging field of data semantics. RALPH HODGSON is the cofounder of TopQuadrant, a consulting firm that specializes in semantic technologies and services for software innovation through "Solution Envisioning with Capability Cases."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"This guide introduces a new framework for the infrastructure of the future: semantically aware; driven by models of information, process, and service interfaces; and able to learn new behavior, find patterns, and rebuild itself for different platforms." "Offering copious examples of how semantic interoperability already fosters new capabilities, speeds up processes, and reduces costs, the authors provide a solid foundation in semantics and describe how metadata, ontologies, and software tools are used to provide semantic interoperability." Complete with plenty of tips, definitions, and examples. Adaptive Information is must reading for CIOs and CTOs, IT managers, IT architects, and application developers alike.

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