eccenca News tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2009-04-27:/news//3 2012-09-27T19:47:38Z This is the eccenca news blog. Get latest information concerning eccenca! Movable Type Pro 4.25 SABRE Conference 2012 tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2012:/news//3.554 2012-09-27T17:38:08Z 2012-09-27T19:47:38Z Hi everyone, here is a photo of our booth at SABRE 2012. Thanks to the InfAI team for once again organizing an inspiring event with lots of good talks. See you next year!... Blog Admin http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=1
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]]> Are you linked? tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2012:/news//3.550 2012-09-06T11:02:35Z 2012-09-13T20:12:11Z Hallo Zusammen,Ihr werdet vielleicht bemerkt haben, dass wir in Sachen Corporate Identity gerade ganz schön am Rad drehen. Ja, die bekannten Zeichen und Logos von }}} eccenca gehören ab dem 24. September der Vergangenheit an. Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt möchten... Blog Admin http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=1
Ihr werdet vielleicht bemerkt haben, dass wir in Sachen Corporate Identity gerade ganz schön am Rad drehen. Ja, die bekannten Zeichen und Logos von }}} eccenca gehören ab dem 24. September der Vergangenheit an. Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt möchten wir schrittweise einige große interne Veränderungen nun auch durch eine Veränderung unseres Auftritts sichtbar machen.

Die wichtigsten Punkte im Überblick:

  1. Produkt-Strategie:
    • eccenca Enterprise Edition: Informationslogistik in Sinne der Erschließung unstrukturierter Datenstände auf Basis der SMILA Architektur bleibt für uns ein wichtiges Standbein.
    • eccenca Linked Data Suite: Informationslogistik im Sinne der Erschließung und automatischen Verarbeitung von strukturierten Datenbeständen kommt als zweites Standbein hinzu.

  2. Organisatorische Aufstellung:
    • Neben den bereits bestehenden Standorten in Hannover, Wolfsburg und Stuttgart kommt nun Leipzig als neuer Standort für unsere Forschung und Produktentwicklung hinzu.

Im Rahmen diese Blogs werden wir in den nächsten Tagen und Wochen immer mehr Details zu der weiteren Entwicklung preisgeben. In der Zwischenzeit lade ich Euch ein, uns auf der SABRE in Leipzig zu besuchen.. Und nicht vergessen: Reserviert hier ein T-Shirt in Eurer Größe, welches Ihr dann in Leipzig persönlich in Empfang nehmen könnt!
]]> Eclipse DemoCamp Braunschweig tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2011:/news//3.431 2011-05-02T14:38:03Z 2011-05-02T14:42:28Z Sebastian Sybrecht http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=5 wie auch im letzten Jahr organisieren brox IT Solutions GmbH und die BREDEX GmbH ein Eclipse Demo Camp in Niedersachsen.

Dieses Mal findet das Demo Camp in Braunschweig statt:

Datum: 21.06.2011
Zeit: 17.00-22.00 Uhr
Ort: Öffentliche Versicherung, Theodor-Heuss-Str. 10, Braunschweig Raum E048

Weitere Details zu den Demos und der Anreise finden Sie auf der Wiki Seite. Die Anmeldung erfolgt über unsere Eventbride Seite.

Ob Sie im Publikum sitzen, um verschiedene Eclipse Technologien und Firmen kennenzulernen, oder ob Sie gerne noch eine Demo von Ihrer Arbeit mit Eclipse zeigen wollen (einen Platz hätten wir noch!), freuen wir uns auf Ihre Teilnahme!

]]> Eclipse DemoCamp Hannover tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2010:/news//3.426 2010-05-20T19:19:46Z 2010-05-20T19:34:14Z Sebastian Sybrecht http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=5 Anlässlich des Helios-Release von Eclipse veranstalten das neue Hannover IT Mitglied und strategische Mitglied der Eclipse Foundation - brox IT-Solutions GmbH -  zusammen mit der BREDEX GmbH aus Braunschweig wieder ein Eclipse DemoCamp. Nachdem beim letzten DemoCamp mehr als 60 Eclipce Enthusiasten teilnahmen, stellt uns jetzt die FHDW - Fachhochschule für die Wirtschaft Hannover als "Raumsponsor" ihren großen Hörsaal zur Verfügung.

Im Rahmen des äußerst informellen Formats gibt es einerseits ausreichend Gelegenheit zum Networking und andererseits hochkarätige Vorträge von aktiven Eclipse Foundation Committern und Mitgliedern.

Termin:

Montag, 21. Juni 2010, 17:00 - 20:00 Uhr

Ort:

FHDW - Fachhochschule für die Wirtschaft Hannover
Freundallee 15, 30173 Hannover

Thema:

Eclipse DemoCamp
hochkarätige Vorträge von aktiven Eclipse Foundation Committern und Mitgliedern zum Helios-Release von Eclipse

Zielgruppe:

Eclipse Entwickler und Anwender sowie Eclipse Enthusiasten

Kosten:

Die Veranstaltung ist für Teilnehmer kostenfrei

Agenda >>>Anmeldung >>>

Derzeit werden folgnde Vorträge erwartet:

  • Nutzung von GUIdancer reporting zur Messung von ProjektqualitätHans-Joachim Brede und Alexandra Imrie, BREDEX GmbH
  • Automatisierte semantische Informationsverarbeitung mit SMILA
    Dr. Sebastian Voigt, brox IT Solutions GmbH
  • Eclipse Modelling und Programmierung mit UML-LAB
    Patrick Oppermann, Yatta Solutions GmbH
  • Xtext - Language Development is Fun

Weitere Vorträge sind in Planung und werden laufend auf der Eclipse Wiki Seite aktualisiert.
Anfahrtinformationen und die Möglichkeit zur Anmeldung für das DemoCamp finden Sie auf der Eventbrite Seite.

Wir bitten Sie um Anmeldung ausschließlich online und freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Geschäftsführer
Projektzentrum Hannover IT GmbH

]]> Anwendungsszenario ORDO veröffentlicht SMILA 0.7 tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2010:/news//3.425 2010-05-11T14:18:32Z 2010-05-11T14:21:36Z Theseus News Nach 20 Monaten intensiver Entwicklung wurde nun eine erste offizielle, von der eclipse-Foundation umfassend geprüfte Version von SMILA („SeMantic Information Logistics Architecture") veröffentlicht.Durch diese Prüfung wurde sichergestellt, dass SMILA frei von Rechten Dritter ist und somit zukünftig in... Sebastian Sybrecht http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=5 Theseus News

Nach 20 Monaten intensiver Entwicklung wurde nun eine erste offizielle, von der eclipse-Foundation umfassend geprüfte Version von SMILA („SeMantic Information Logistics Architecture") veröffentlicht.

Durch diese Prüfung wurde sichergestellt, dass SMILA frei von Rechten Dritter ist und somit zukünftig in industriellen Suchanwendungen eingesetzt werden kann. Somit ist ein weiterer wichtiger Schritt getan, SMILA als eine standardisierte, industriell einsetzbare Infrastruktur für Informationsmanagement zu etablieren.

Maßgeblich wurde SMILA durch die Arbeit von Empolis im Rahmen des Use Case ORDO innerhalb des THESEUS Forschungsprogramms entwickelt. Inzwischen wird SMILA auch in weiteren THESEUS Use Cases wie z.B. TEXO und PROCESSUS verwendet und kommt darüber hinaus auch beim Projekt „THESEUS Mittelstand" zum Einsatz. Auch außerhalb von THESEUS findet SMILA bereits Anwendung. Beispielweise nutzt kinkon.de - ein Portal zum kindgerechten Surfen im Internet - die SMILA-Architektur.

Die Mitarbeit als auch Nutzung von SMILA steht interessierten Institutionen aus Industrie und Forschung offen.

]]> Leipziger Semantic Web Days 2010 tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2010:/news//3.424 2010-04-01T11:49:40Z 2010-04-01T12:17:18Z I just got the invitation for this years semantic web days in Leipzig and wanted to let you know that they have done a wonderful job at getting an interesting mix of technical speakers and business/industry/government use-case presentations. The... Sebastian Sybrecht http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=5 SemWebTag.png I just got the invitation for this years semantic web days in Leipzig and wanted to let you know that they have done a wonderful job at getting an interesting mix of technical speakers and business/industry/government use-case presentations. The eccenca team will be present as well and will provide a short presentation of its vision of how the Eclipse.org project SMILA (semantic information logistics architecture) will fill the gap between the semantic web and today's enterprise IT infrastructure.
General information on the event including registration can be found at: http://aksw.org/LSWT The eccenca/SMILA presentation will take place on Mai 6th at 11:45 am.

I will be there for the evening session on the 5th and would like to invite everyone to participate in a discussion of how semantic technology can become a key success factor to the enterprise. Every reasonable suggestion will automatically result in an invitation to have a few beers with me;-)
 
Looking forward to seeing you there,

Chris Brockmann ]]> Release eccenca 1.1 tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2010:/news//3.401 2010-02-24T14:08:29Z 2010-04-08T13:57:59Z We have just release Version 1.1 of eccenca. It contains a lot of bugfixes because it is based on a new SMILA revision.Please try it eccenca 1.1 and give us feedback:http://download.eccenca.com/See the Release Notes... Sebastian Voigt http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=7
Please try it eccenca 1.1 and give us feedback:
http://download.eccenca.com/

See the Release Notes]]> Introducing the eccenca desktop search client eDiscoverer tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2010:/news//3.395 2010-02-19T11:50:07Z 2010-02-24T12:31:01Z We are proud to introduce the all new desktop search client from eccenca.At a first glance eccenca Discoverer is just another desktop search. So why should the eDiscoverer boost your productivity in comparison to existing systems? The eDiscoverer features a... Sebastian Sybrecht http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=5 eDiscovererBox.pngWe are proud to introduce the all new desktop search client from eccenca.

At a first glance eccenca Discoverer is just another desktop search. So why should the eDiscoverer boost your productivity in comparison to existing systems?

The eDiscoverer features a superior fault-tolerant search and indexing technology. Besides it enables users to quickly find and review documents from remote severs. Companies usually don't allow desktop search engines to index fileshares over the network as the resulting increase in traffic has been linked to network break down. But how are we supposed to quickly find important documents on remote servers without being able to index network drives?
eDiscoverer has the ability to seamlessly connect to eccenca server engines. These are directly placed on central file- or groupware-servers to avoid network traffic during indexing. Lightning fast document preview functions assure instant gratification and improved "findability" with eccenca - no matter if documents are stored locally or on a remote server.

Click here to get your free trial version!]]> EclipseCon Is All About You tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2010:/news//3.391 2010-02-18T16:26:32Z 2010-02-18T16:33:22Z EclipseCon is the conference for anyone involved in Eclipse. As an Eclipse user, EclipseCon is where you will learn about the latest Eclipse products as well as picking up those valuable how-to tips from the experts and user groups. As... Sebastian Sybrecht http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=5
Visit us March 22nd - 25th at EclipseCon 2010 in Santa Clara, California.

Sebastian Voigt is our speaker at the convention. He will present "Searching the Cloud - the EclipseRT Umbrella! " together with Igor Novakovic from Empolis and Markus Knauerfrom EclipseSource. We are looking forwar to seeing you in Santa Clara! ]]> Title Story about eccenca tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2009:/news//3.316 2009-12-17T14:55:52Z 2009-12-17T16:18:03Z Following article has just appeared in the German Management Magazine Chefbuero brox-Artikel Chefbüro 08-09.pdf... Sebastian Sybrecht http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=5 Chefbuero

brox-Artikel Chefbüro 08-09.pdf

]]> eccenca marketplace has been launched tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2009:/news//3.291 2009-11-04T14:21:06Z 2009-11-04T15:06:13Z We are proud to announce the launch of the new eccenca marketplace! This version replaces the preliminary system that was actually not more than a component info system. Many missing features are now aboard. Of course there is all necessary... Sebastian Sybrecht http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=5 start.jpgWe are proud to announce the launch of the new eccenca marketplace! This version replaces the preliminary system that was actually not more than a component info system. Many missing features are now aboard.

Of course there is all necessary e-commerce functionality. Besides, the marketplace is designed to serve as a comprehensive information source for information logistic news, trends aswell as existing software. We plan to extend this mission a lot in the future.

In the meantime further providers of great free and commercial components have joined.  Please welcome the imaging technology specialist accusoft pegasus as a representative.
]]> Short demo explaining the semantic web that I found useful tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2009:/news//3.270 2009-09-02T19:38:40Z 2009-09-02T19:39:41Z Hans-Christian Brockmann http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=3 ]]> Why participate or contribute to an Eclipse Open Source Project? tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2009:/news//3.266 2009-08-31T14:13:40Z 2009-08-31T14:20:20Z I found the following clipping in a presentation created by Ralph Müller (Director, Eclipse Foundation) . In his presentation Ralph summarizes a few facts that aim to explain, why companies from the automotive Industry have decided to cooperate within... Hans-Christian Brockmann http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=3

EclipseBenefits.pngI found the following clipping in a presentation created by Ralph Müller (Director, Eclipse Foundation) . In his presentation Ralph summarizes a few facts that aim to explain, why companies from the automotive Industry have decided to cooperate within an Open Source industry working group with the objective to define common standards for their industry. The clipping itself is from Hanse Report on Automotive Electronics.

 

To view Ralphs full presentation click here:  2009-07-30 Eclipse Industry Collaboration.pdf


Having started a discussion about the timing and opportunities of deploying semantic technologies for the enterprise in my last blog entry I though discussing this question would make all the sense in the world.

]]> If I am going to get feedback from my readers on their take - as to what it will take to make semantic technologies pervasively available in the enterprise context - I expect it to be focusing on these aspects:

  • Tools
  • Standards
  • Best Practices / use Cases
  • Solutions

I agree that  all of the above should be put into place before semantic technologies reach pervasive distribution. Let us take a step back. If in fact we - the tech geeks - have seen a set of technologies that can have a huge impact on the business world, then we need to figure out how we can get the business people to share our understanding and start adopting these new techniques.

Well, if we assume for a moment that semantic enterprise technologies can have a huge impact. What could we do to get these things off the ground?

You guessed it - start an Eclipse.org project and working group. There is no other place on this planet where you will find more tooling competence. No other organization has such a pragmatic and successful track record in creating standards by implementing them in industry consortia. Make the stuff you are developing Open Source, so that as many people as possible can benefit at minimal cost - and you have the fastest and most dependable way to finding best practices and use cases.
Your bet is on solutions? How are you going to expedite the process of the creation of new solutions for a new technical era? Provide dependable standards, infrastructure, tooling and a vast community of early adopters and "tech-geeks" like us...The eclipse Foundation has approximately 200 enterprises investing into the future of eclipse by contribution resources. The IDE has a market share of approximately 70%. Where else would you go, what other options would you have to maximize the chances of success for your initiative?

We are seeing such industry working groups in the automotive tools chain, the insurance industry, the health care market and the semantic technologies market, where we are one of the leaders.
So, if ever you were wondering whom to turn to or what to do to minimize cost and risk and maximize adoption for your technology driven industry vision....Eclipse.org might be a good place to start looking.

]]> Here is a question that we really need to discuss: tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2009:/news//3.261 2009-08-31T07:53:07Z 2009-08-31T08:02:50Z Are we ready for the semantic enterprise? For those of you who understand German, here is a link to what initially seemed to be a provocative article. As it turns out, it was inspiring and lead me to post this... Hans-Christian Brockmann http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=3 Are we ready for the semantic enterprise?

For those of you who understand German, here is a link to what initially seemed to be a provocative article. As it turns out, it was inspiring and lead me to post this question asking your help.
http://www.omnisophie.com/day_97.html
Just a little background about the author: Prof. Dr. Gunter Dueck (Business Leader, Dynamic Infrastructure, IBM Germany Chief Technologist, IBM Innovation Network, Germany IBM Distinguished Engineer & Member of the IBM Academy of Technology IBM Deutschland) in other words a guy who gets paid by IBM to ask the kinds of questions they do not want to be asked. ]]>
But back to the question.
Gunter was postulating, that the majority of good ideas lie half dead in some corner, not because the idea is bad, but because the required infrastructure, mindset and whatever else is necessary for the idea to blossom, is missing. (He actually complains about people who come to him with ideas that are half baked and have not bothered to confirm that the infrastructure necessary for the ideas success is actually in place)

Here are some simple examples of ideas he sights:
Amazone had to wait a long time before the internet was actually available to a broad audience and the more time before people understood that e-commerce is not evil. SecondLife had only the slightest chance once there was broad availability of high internet bandwidth, digital cameras started selling well when people started sending pictures by mail....video phones will be a killer product, once others have them too and there will be once again enough bandwidth.....you could go on like - who needs ships, if there are no harbors or airplanes if there are no landing strips. I bet you get the message by now!

The question I would like to debate with you is: What are the prerequisites for the semantic enterprise to come to life?
We are seeing the semantic web coming to life with the LOD cloud growing like weeds. In this case it was standards like microformats, RDF, Sparql, scalable triple stores and maybe even applications like DBPedia and Parallax etc. and of course restless efforts by TBL.

You know that we have set our sights on building an open semantic information logistics architecture for the enterprise. Is this a ship that is yet without a harbor, or are we building railroad tracks without providing trains?

Please give me your ideas as to what are the missing bits and pieces that we need to put together to get the semantic enterprise off the ground!

I am looking forward to hearing from you!]]> Ever wonder why people invest money into Open Source projects? tag:blogs.eccenca.com,2009:/news//3.260 2009-08-29T18:50:03Z 2009-08-29T18:53:03Z Stefan Wess of Attensity Group published an article that describes Attensity Empolis long road to finally deciding to invest into Open Source and to initiate SMILA base on that decision.This is even more astonishing we taking into consideration, that... Hans-Christian Brockmann http://blogs.eccenca.com/mtadmin/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=3&id=3 attensity.png
Stefan Wess of Attensity Group published an article that describes Attensity Empolis long road to finally deciding to invest into Open Source and to initiate SMILA base on that decision.

This is even more astonishing we taking into consideration, that Attensity Group with more than 500 enterprise clients is one of the worlds leading providers of information logistics solutions. If anyone could ever have economies of scale in reinventing the wheel for information logistics, then Attensity Group would definitely be it.
]]> 1)    They listened to their clients who like the idea
2)    They analyzed past sales and sale profitability and found that customers were choosing Attensity group for its unique technology and not the technology it was built on

We have been very closely involved in this decision process and of course Stefans decision to give us the go ahead to launch the project as part of the Eclipse Foundation.
We spoke with other German partners and clients and they all agreed - the future will belong to hybrid solutions that share the cost of a deployment platform built in an Open Source setting while creating an ideal setting to leverage ones technological and process USPs in a way that creates the biggest value for the user.

If you are curious to learn why one of the worlds leading information logistics companies decided to initiate SMILA with brox, please read Stefan Wess post at Attensity.com:

http://www.attensity.com/en/Company/Blog/2009/08/YesWeDoOpenSource.php
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