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Gilbane Advisor 1-11-23 — Mobile UX, connected catalogs

January 11, 2023 /

This week we feature articles by Raluca Budiu and Tony Seale.

Additional reading from Heather Hedden, Michael Lodato, and Raymond Camden.

News comes from Progress Software & Marklogic, Confluent & Immerok, and Crownpeak & CI&T.

You can view all previous issues on our site here.

Opinion / Analysis

The state of mobile user experience

Raluca Budiu haș a useful update on mobile UX. It has improved overall – so much so that you may have missed some of the details (as I did!). Badiu’s report is helpful for designers and developers, but also for users who can improve their own experience by learning what has changed. (8 min).

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/state-mobile-ux/

Building your connected data catalog

In November we recommended an article by Tony Seale on how you can more effectively manage data by inverting the data growth and integration problems within your organization based on a model inspired by schema.org. This post follows-up with a look at how using a shared definition of a data catalog contributes to the same goal. While this is technically doable, as Seale points out it can be difficult organizationally. But it is still important to understand and consider the possibilities for strategic planning. (11 min).

https://medium.com/@Tonyseale/building-your-connected-data-catalog-634674b41770

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Progress to acquire MarkLogic

Adds multi-model NoSQL database, semantic metadata management, and AI capabilities to its portfolio of products.
https://gilbane.com/2023/01/progress-to-acquire-marklogic/

Confluent to acquire Immerok

Confluent plans to accelerate the launch of a Flink offering that is compatible with its managed Kafka service, Confluent Cloud.
https://gilbane.com/2023/01/confluent-to-acquire-immerok/

CI&T and Crownpeak partner

The retail digital experience platform uses a composable commerce architecture with reusable components to support specialty retail.
https://gilbane.com/2023/01/cit-and-crownpeak-partner/

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CI&T and Crownpeak partner

January 9, 2023 /

CI&T, focused on driving digital transformation for global brands, and Crownpeak, a digital experience platform (DXP) provider, announced a partnership to build retail experience management accelerators combining the companies’ expertise in the industry and technology.

The Retail Experience Platform is a digital experience platform using composable commerce architecture with reusable components to support specialty retail sales. As a result, retail and e-commerce companies can bring their brand’s unique customer experiences to life – launching and continuously optimizing those experiences to maximize conversions, revenue, and customer engagement. Leveraging a composable architecture to build a personalized “best-of-stack” platform, companies do not have to compromise on future, scalable performance or uncontrolled costs.

Crownpeak helps bring enterprise marketers and IT professionals together with its hybrid, headless, and composable DXP architecture to deliver content-driven commerce – fast, secure, accessible, and transactional omnichannel digital experiences. Crownpeak also finalized its acquisition of Attraqt in December 2022. Attraqt is a provider of SaaS solutions that powers product discovery experiences and online conversion for top brands and retailers globally.

https://www.crownpeak.com ■ https://ciandt.com/

Solodev launches serverless CMS

January 9, 2023 /

Solodev announced the launch of Solodev Serverless CMS: a cloud-native enterprise content management system that runs serverless on AWS. Solodev Serverless CMS is fully deployed on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is capable of running high-availability workloads.

Solodev Serverless CMS delivers a composable set of cloud-based services to support traditional and headless websites and apps, including Jamstack frameworks like React. Solodev Serverless CMS utilizes container technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate, all instantly deployed on the AWS infrastructure. Solodev Serverless CMS also delivers cloud-first features such as dynamic modules, a drag-and-drop page builder, furl management, and advanced form capabilities, including security and fraud prevention. Solodev Serverless CMS users will also have access to the Solodev Marketplace, featuring hundreds of third-party platforms like Salesforce and cloud services from AWS.

Solodev Serverless includes everything from Git to container orchestration with AWS Fargate, cloud-based IAM with AWS Cognito, database services like AWS DynamoDB, monitoring via Amazon CloudWatch, and more. Powered by Solodev Serverless, Solodev Serverless CMS is now available and can be procured on-demand through the AWS Marketplace, via public sector schedule contracts, and soon through the Solodev Marketplace.

https://www.solodev.com

Confluent to acquire Immerok

January 6, 2023 /

Confluent, Inc., a data streaming platform, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Immerok. Immerok is a contributor to Apache Flink, a technology for building stream processing applications and a popular Apache open source project. Immerok has developed a cloud-native, fully managed Flink service for customers looking to process data streams at a large scale and to deliver real-time analytical insight. Immerok leadership includes multiple Flink Project Management Committee members and Committers for the open-source technology, and would add extensive stream processing expertise to the Confluent team upon the closing of the transaction.

Confluent plans to accelerate the launch of a fully managed Flink offering that is compatible with its managed Kafka service, Confluent Cloud. Thanks to Flink, Kafka Streams, and ksqlDB offerings available natively on Confluent, customers are expected to soon have access to the three stream processing tools designed specifically to process and enrich data in real time.

Confluent’s initial focus will be to build an Apache Flink service for Confluent Cloud, bringing a cloud-native experience that delivers the same simplicity, security and scalability as Confluent for Kafka.

https://www.confluent.io ■ https://www.immerok.io

Gilbane Advisor 1-4-23 — Semantic file systems, agent models, blockchain apps

January 4, 2023 /

Wishing you all the best in the new year!

This week we feature articles by Kurt Cagle and Jacob Andreas.

Additional reading from Rand Fishkin, Vitalik Buterin, and Dan McCreary.

News comes from Acquia, Sinequa, Xpublisher, Drupal, and the European Broadcasting Union.

If you’ve missed any issues you can see them here.

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Opinion / Analysis

What is a Semantic File System?

The Semantic File System, or SFS, is a powerful potential application for knowledge graphs that moves beyond the base triple store space and instead points to what could be a truly distributed file system across any number of different kinds of servers.

Kurt Cagle makes an excellent case for transitioning to a semantic file system, eventually. He points to Inrupt’s Solid Project as an experimental implementation. Solid was announced two years ago with little news since (see recent activity at https://forum.solidproject.org). But read Cagle’s article first to stay ahead of your peers on this topic. (6 min).

https://thecaglereport.com/2022/11/28/what-is-a-semantic-file-system/

Language models as agent models

It is not easy to reconcile the actual limitations of machine learning with some of the impressive results of applications based on large language models, resulting in much debate about their ultimate utility.

Jacob Andreas argues that big language models can, at least in some very narrow situations, “model agency and communicative intent”, without being “in any general sense human-like”. His research and explanation make for a good case. The paper is clear, accessible, and an important read for anyone following language model debates. (28 min).

https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.01681

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Acquia enhances customer data platform

Acquia CDP includes a unified data layer using Snowflake, direct SQL access, and integration with Acquia’s digital asset management system.
https://gilbane.com/2022/12/acquia-enhances-customer-data-platform/

Sinequa updates search cloud platform

Sinequa’s Neural Search benefits from four trained deep neural networks for improved relevance, ease of deployment, and tuning capabilities.
https://gilbane.com/2022/12/sinequa-updates-search-cloud-platform/

Drupal launches Drupal 10

Drupal 10 includes features for developers and content creators. A stronger developer and site builder and easier content authoring and editing.
https://gilbane.com/2022/12/drupal-launches-drupal-10-open-source-cms/

Xpublisher announces SaaS architecture

Beginning January 1, 2023, Xpublisher will be available in a high-security cloud environment and feature a new design, enhanced functionality.
https://gilbane.com/2022/12/xpublisher-announces-saas-architecture/

European Broadcasting Union announces EBUCorePlus

EBUCorePlus is specified using the ontology web language is strictly semantic. A free CorePlus Demonstrator Kit (CDK) helps with development skills.
https://gilbane.com/2022/12/european-broadcasting-union-announces-ebucoreplus/

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The Gilbane Advisor is curated by Frank Gilbane for content technology, computing, and digital experience professionals. The focus is on strategic technologies. We publish recommended articles and content technology news weekly. We do not sell or share personal data.

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Progress to acquire MarkLogic

January 3, 2023 /

Progress, a provider of application development and infrastructure software, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MarkLogic, specialists in managing complex data and metadata, and a Vector Capital portfolio company. Upon closing of the planned transaction, MarkLogic is expected to enhance Progress’ ability to deliver products to develop, deploy and manage high-impact applications by providing a unified enterprise-grade semantic data platform that helps customers derive value from complex data.

MarkLogic offers a proprietary, multi-model NoSQL database, along with semantic metadata management and AI capabilities, complementing the larger Progress product portfolio. MarkLogic also aligns with Progress’ Total Growth Strategy, adhering to Progress’ acquisition criteria, offering scale, a strong recurring revenue model and products with high customer retention. The acquisition is also expected to provide an opportunity for Progress to leverage its operating model and infrastructure to maximize efficiency. When closed, the acquisition is expected to add more than $100 million in annual revenue and contribute strong cash flows. Subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions set forth in the definitive agreement, Progress is expected to acquire MarkLogic for $355 million. The acquisition is currently expected to close in early 2023.

https://www.progress.com ■ https://www.marklogic.com

Acquia enhances customer data platform 

December 22, 2022 /

Acquia introduced enhancements to its customer data platform (CDP) to deepen support for enterprise marketing teams. The new capabilities expand the ways marketers and data scientists can work with information managed by Acquia CDP and strengthen the product’s central role in composable customer data strategies. Acquia CDP now includes: 

  • Unified data layer: Powered by Snowflake, Acquia’s unified data layer allows for centralized storage of customer data. Acquia CDP and other martech products no longer need to pass data back and forth to keep information such as customers lists in sync. This lowers costs associated with the system, helps ensure better data quality, and can increase system performance.
  • Direct SQL access: Data scientists can directly access analytics, insights, and data in Acquia CDP. This capability allows data scientists to run data models directly on Acquia CDP without requiring users to download data and move it to other systems.
  • Integration with Acquia DAM: Acquia CDP can integrate with every product information management system, including Acquia PIM. Now it also integrates with the company’s digital asset management (DAM) system, allowing customers to seamlessly use existing marketing content, product information, and marketing strategies across both platforms.

https://www.acquia.com/products/marketing-cloud/acquia-cdp

European Broadcasting Union announces EBUCorePlus

December 19, 2022 /

The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) announced EBUCorePlus, a new media metadata standard ontology for media enterprises. It is defined by EBU Members for the media community. It follows up on two long-standing EBU ontologies: EBUCore and CCDM (Class Conceptual Data Model). The two were merged and revised. The result is EBUCorePlus, the new standard that can fully replace its predecessors. It inherits both the reliability of EBUCore and the end-to-end coverage of the media value chain of CCDM. EBUCorePlus is specified using the ontology web language and therefore strictly semantic.

EBUCorePlus serves as a plug and play framework. It can be used out of the box, either in its entirety or just a subset of its elements. But it may also be adapted and extended to enterprise-specific needs. Especially for system integration tasks and defining requirements, projects benefit from EBUCorePlus as a business – not technology – oriented language.

The EBU’s free CorePlus Demonstrator Kit (CDK) can help with extending development skills from entity-relationship models to ontologies, from tables to triples, and from SQL to SPARQL, and is available in cloud, hybrid and on- prem versions. It contains a graph database, populated with the EBUCorePlus ontology and sample data.

https://tech.ebu.ch/news/2022/12/from-data-to-knowledge-with-ebucoreplus

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