Friday Data Stories: Product Data and Why Enterprises Need Semantic Web

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The enterprise is the next place where the disruption wave is going to happen. Who would have thunk it… you, perhaps?  Okay, before you flame me, let me explain.  Granted, enterprises are not known for taking bold innovative technology steps; indeed, it’s where legacy software  [aka digital zombies] still seem to thrive.  We all know [...]

Friday Data Stories: Future of Product Data Sharing and Semantic Web

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Design, Engineering and Manufacturing are all becoming extremely collaborative.  These are the types of environment where a single person cannot do much on their own, they need to work with others. People need to work with their customers on requirements; collaborate within design teams with different specialists; and communicate and work with people outside the [...]

Product Data, Smart Lists and Future Semantic API

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Everybody makes list of lists. It is something we have all been doing for many years.   We posted about this topic and how Inforbix can help engineers and everybody else in the organization to create lists of data. Navigate to a Product Data and PDM: Nobody Wants to Manage Lists post to read more about [...]

Volkswagen and Product Data Semantics

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At Inforbix we are always looking to learn how manufacturing companies work with product data.  Companies are very different these days. Many of them are blindly using files, Excels, databases.  At the same time, we can see a growing number of companies that are investing in how to optimize their data assets. An interesting article was published [...]

Friday Data Stories: Manufacturing Businesses and Web 3.0

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You have probably heard of Web and Web 2.0.  Have you heard of Web 3.0 or the semantic web? Not many people have.  I recently read Booz & Co analytical report on why and how businesses need to adopt Web 3.0 entitled Businesses should prepare for Web 3.0. Download the report and have a read.  [...]

Friday Data Stories: Product Data and Web 3.0

Starting today, we are launching a new series of post on our blog – Friday Data Stories. Look out for them on Fridays.  This Friday’s topic will introduce the Web 3.0 revolution and the role data is playing in it.  In my view, data is at the core of what inspires Inforbix.  “Data as a [...]