What does Open Data mean for enterprises?
A wider availability of open data promises to be a key driver to develop new markets, new businesses and new jobs all over the world. In opposition to this vision it is still not clear how enterprises will incorporate open data into their information management. Open data movement is still mainly driven by stakeholders which focus on “citizens” and “end-users” and their benefits – so what do enterprises think about open data? How could open data fit into the picture of SMEs and also large companies from a technological but also from an economic point of view? What are the preconditions that open data will penetrate into decion maker´s heads as a valuable asset? Will standards like the semantic web and linked data play a crucial role? What can we learn from Web 2.0 – why was this “cool webby thing” so successful? Is the term “open” data perhaps misleading and confusing for business people? In this presentation the open data phenomenon will be examined from a business point of view, possible bottlenecks for a wider adaption of open data in enterprises will be pointed out and solutions for this will be discussed.
by Andreas Blumauer on July 1st at 16:30 in Track I
Andreas Blumauer studied Computer Sciences and Business Administration and started his career as a software developer for financial services. In 1998 he co-founded punkt.net Services, a software company based in Vienna specialised on creating knowledge platforms. Since 2004 he has been managing partner at the Semantic Web Company and is responsible for several consultancy projects in the area of “Linked (Open) Data” and “Semantic Search”. His vision is a smarter web in which information between intranet and internet is more connected and people can rely on intelligent recommender services.
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