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By Dr. Jans Aasman, CEO, Franz Inc Without a semantic layer, data lakes become data swamps. With semantics, users access a host of benefits from the data lake architecture. Data lakehouses would not exist — especially not at enterprise scale — without semantic consistency. The provisioning of a universal semantic layer is not only one … Continue reading Semantics for Data Lakehouses →

 Franz Inc. has been named to the “Top 100 Companies That Matter Most in Data” by Database Trends and Applications. DBTA 100 Announcement DBTA View from the Top AllegroGraph provides organizations with essential Knowledge Graph solutions, including Graph Neural Networks, Graph Virtualization, Apache Spark graph analytics, and streaming graph pipelines. These capabilities exemplify AllegroGraph’s leadership … Continue reading Franz Inc. Named to Database Trends and Applications Top 100 Companies →

Data management agility has become of key importance to organizations as the amount and complexity of data continues to increase, along with the desire to avoid creating new data silos. The concept of creating a ‘data fabric’ as an agile design concept has been proposed by leading analysts, such as Mark Beyer, Distinguished VP Analyst … Continue reading The Foundation of Data Fabrics and AI: Semantic Knowledge Graphs →

The Southern California Linux Expo’s (“SCALE”) mission is to provide educational opportunities on the topic of Open Source software. Open Source software is any software that meets the litmus test of the OSI (Open Source Initiative). Examples of OSS are GNU/Linux and the various BSD operating systems, and applications such as LibreOffice and Firefox.   … Continue reading SCALE 2022 – Southern California Linux Expo →

ICHI 2022 is a premier community forum concerned with the application of computer science, information science, data science, and informatics principles, as well as information technology, and communication science and technology to address problems and support research in healthcare, medicine, life science, public health, and everyday wellness. Franz Inc. presented on June 14th – Entity … Continue reading IEEE – ICHI – Healthcare Informatics →

Knowledge First Design For Dynamic Intelligent Contact Centers, And Beyond Accenture (NYSE: ACN) recently acquired N3 because Fortune 100 Companies were selecting N3 as their intelligent contact center of choice. N3’s rise in visibility is due to the tangible ROI results delivered with “Mia” – N3’s groundbreaking Market Intelligence Assistant. Mia, is an always-on AI … Continue reading The Knowledge Graph Conference 2022 →

Franz Inc. Named to KMWorld’s – “100 Companies That Matter” in Knowledge Management Franz Inc. has been named to the 100 Companies That Matter by KMWorld for 2022. Additionally, AllegroGraph was recently named “Best Knowledge Graph” by KMWorld Readers’ Choice award voting. “While digital transformation was well underway more than 2 years ago, the trend … Continue reading 100 Companies That Matter – Franz Inc. →

By Jans Aasman, CEO Ambient computing is a broad term that describes an environment of smart devices, data, AI decisions, and human activity that enables computer actions alongside everyday life, without the need for direct human commands or intervention. Ambient computing represents an unparalleled opportunity to enhance almost every sphere of society – from the … Continue reading Knowledge Graph Standards in Ambient Computing →

Dr. Jans Aasman and Dr. Richard Wallace were recently published in AIThority. Chatbots are dynamic agents with the express capability to engage in conversational interactions. By applying innovative linguistic reduction rules to user utterances, we empower chatbots to reduce any statement or sentence into its most basic form so bots can swiftly understand it and … Continue reading Linguistic Reduction and Knowledge Graphs for Next-Gen Chatbots →

Understanding the world around us increasingly involves Artificial Intelligence. Once the stuff of elite corporations, the barrier has now dropped substantially, and practically anyone can get in on the game! Check out this episode of DMRadio to learn more, as Host @Eric_Kavanagh interviews Jans Aasman, Franz Inc. and Robert Nishihara, Anyscale. Listen to the recording.