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Managing the six data nodes

Managing the six data nodes

An integrated approach to the data journey can help organizations achieve operational excellence, reshape strategy, build resilience, and avoid technical debt as both the internal and external environment in which business is conducted continues to change....

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On Ontology: Poetic Assertions

On Ontology: Poetic Assertions

Parmenides of Elea was a Greek philosopher who lived 2,500 years ago. His primary surviving work is a poem often referred to as “On Nature,” the objective of which is to separate truth from opinion. “What is” and “What is not.” Parmenides is considered one of the...

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Is the CIM glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Is the CIM glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Most large electric utilities have had at least one project to ‘try out’ the industry standard Common Information Model (CIM). Several utilities have even moved on to basing their large-scale enterprise application integration efforts on it. While these small and...

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