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Essilor, part of the EssilorLuxottica SA group (which sells global brands such as Ray-Ban, Oakley and Varilux among many others), is a French-based vertically integrated, multinational ophthalmic optics company and the world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of lenses to correct or protect eyesight. Including sundries, Essilor carries hundreds of thousands of stock … Continue reading Essilor’s Knowledge Graph for Global Supply Chain Risk Management →

By Dr. Jans Aasman, CEO The low-code, no-code methodology is becoming highly sought-after throughout the modern IT ecosystem—and with good reason. Options that minimize manually writing code capitalize on the self-service, automation idiom that’s imperative in a world in which working remotely and doing more with less keeps organizations in business. Most codeless or low-code … Continue reading No-Code Queries Can Accelerate AI and Data Analytics →

Dr. Aasman recently interviewed for this Datanami article. Business is booming these days for graph databases–maybe it took COVID to show us how connected everything is–and that’s good news for Franz, which develops a semantic graph database called AllegroGraph. Just the same, you won’t find CEO Jans Aasman spending much time convincing developers of a … Continue reading Why Young Developers Don’t Get Knowledge Graphs →

Dr. Aasman recently publish this article on Graph Neural Networks at Toward Data Science. The capacity to consistently attain enterprise value from mission critical machine learning deployments hinges on at least one of the following three applications: classifying entities, predicting events, and understanding why events happened. No matter which technique is used, whether it includes … Continue reading The Next Step in Machine Learning’s Evolution: Graph Neural Networks →

AllegroGraph’s FedShard Technology Underpins Flexible AI Knowledge Fabrics Franz Inc. has been named to KMWorld’s AI50 – The Companies Empowering Intelligent Knowledge Management. Underscoring Franz’s technology leadership in Graph-based AI, the company’s Knowledge Graph Platform, AllegroGraph, was relied upon for market research in leading analyst reports, including Forrester’s Now Tech: Multimodel Data Platforms, Q1 2021 … Continue reading Franz Inc. Named to KMWorld’s AI50 →

Jans Aasman, please tell us about your current role and the team / technology you handle at Franz. As CEO of Franz Inc., I drive the overall technology vision for our Enterprise Knowledge Graph solutions and ensure our customer projects deliver the ROI results expected with graph based architectures. Franz Inc. is composed of an expert team … Continue reading AiThority Interview with Dr. Jans Aasman →

Dr. Jans Aasman, CEO, Franz Inc. was interviewed for this InsideBigData Article: The predictive prowess of machine learning is widely hailed as the summit of statistical Artificial Intelligence. Vaunted for its ability to enhance everything from customer service to operations, its numerous neural networks, multiple models, and deep learning deployments are considered an enterprise surety … Continue reading The Amazing Applications of Graph Neural Networks →

The Knowledge Management Global Network (KMGN) is a not for profit community founded in 2014. It is composed of a network of national communities for Knowledge Management practitioners. KMGN is the formalization of a relationship between KM partner association to share resources and work collaboratively. Dr. Jans Aasman presented – Visualizing Knowledge  

AllegroGraph with FedShard driving growth for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph Solutions Franz Inc. has been named to Database Trends and Applications – 100 Companies that Mater Most in Data. Underscoring Franz’s technology leadership in Data Management, the company’s Knowledge Graph Platform, AllegroGraph, was relied upon for market research in leading analyst reports, including Forrester’s Now Tech: … Continue reading Franz Inc. Named to Database Trends 100 Companies that Matter Most in Data →

COMEX is the largest Technology, Communications, Innovation and Digital Transformation show in the Sultanate of Oman and offers exhibitors and visitors a comprehensive and highly specialized platform for industry leading discussions, knowledge-sharing, B2B meetings. Dr. Sheng-Chuan Wu presented – Using AI for Practical Business Applications