Semantic Web Implications for Technologies and Business Practices
This book examines recent developments in semantic systems that can respond to situations and environments and events. The contributors to this book cover how to design, implement, and utilize disruptive technologies from the semantic and Web 3.0 arena. T
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Semantic Web Implications for Technologies and Business Practices
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Editor Michael Workman Advanced Research and Development Security Policy Institute Melbourne Florida USA
ISBN 978-3-319-16657-5 ISBN 978-3-319-16658-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16658-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015938599 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Who can conceive of an organization that does not involve information and systems? Information created and used in organizations reflects all the intellectual property, competitive intelligence, business transactions and records, and other strategic, tactical, and operating data for businesses and people. Regardless of industry, people in organizations today need some understanding of how to utilize these technology and information resources. Nevertheless, information (or cognitive) overload has become such a problem as to become a cliché. This seems even more the case if people work in some form of “knowledge work,” a term coined by Peter Drucker referring to one who works primarily with information or one who develops and uses knowledge in their work. According to the Gartner Group and Aberdeen Research, spending on information systems technologies exceeded the $ 2.26 trillion mark per year worldwide in 2012. Yet research has shown that as much as 25–30 % of information technology goes unused after purchase, and of those technologies used, only a fraction of the available features are utilized. Why is so much money wasted on technologies that are later shelved? Research has shown that the primary reasons for this disuse are that people frequently do too much work for the computer rather than the other way around—this is the so-called ease-of-use
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