When it comes to Semantic Web technologies, there are some business-technology leaders that see value in moving rapidly forward. For some, it’s critical if they’re to live up to their image as technologically advanced enterprises. For others, it’s a matter of hearing that competitors are doing it, so they need to get on board too. There’s also the case to be made that there the amount of data to deal with already is overwhelming, and it’s only going to get worse, creating a world that mere humans and current information technology tools simply can’t keep up with.

At the (quickly) upcoming Semantic Tech & Business Conference in Washington D.C., Janet Millenson, principal of advisory firm Two Crows Consulting, will hit those high notes. But expect also to hear about what remains to grapple with in order to get executive support for what is still a new idea in many organizations.

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Semantic Tech & Business Conference Returns to San Francisco

Semantic Tech & Business Conference returns to San Francisco in June! Join us from June 3-7 for complete coverage of Big Data, Linked Data, Extreme Information Management, and Semantic Web. From breakthrough approaches to solving business problems to the big data implications of fast–evolving technologies, SemTechBiz provides you with an unparalleled interactive experience and delivers tangible business value. We're offering a special early rate when you register by February 17. Sign up now!

Oracle has acquired enterprise search and unstructured data management company Endeca. According to the article, “Endeca’s core technology enables companies to correlate and analyze unstructured data and provides enterprise search for large companies including Borders, Boeing, the Census Bureau, the EPA, Ford, Hallmark, IBM, and Toshiba. The company specializes in guided search, and auto-categorizing results based on the keywords someone enters. Endeca charges from $100,000 to more than $10 million per installation.” Read more

A new article reports that “Hewlett-Packard is looking to dump — er, spin out its PC business, and confirms that it has bought database and analytics vendor Autonomy for $10.3 billion. Plus, it is discontinuing its WebOS-based tablets and smartphones. Prepare for a major shift in the tech business and an acceleration of the ‘consumerized IT’ trend in which business users increasingly drive technology adoption and usage — and traditional IT moves further and further into the back office.” Read more

[Editor's Note: With the San Francisco-based Semantic Technology Conference just two weeks away, we are going to feature a few of the the new and important products to be discussed at the conference. We will focus on a few of the products and tools that will be featured at the event. The full conference program is available here.]

At SemTech, representatives from Oracle will demonstrate the semantic aspects of Oracle database in two sessions:

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The University of Iowa Libraries is looking for a Web Application Developer in Iowa City: “The Web Application Developer provides application development and support for central library systems, including some commercial and several locally developed solutions. The incumbent will provide programming support to develop web 2.0 semantic Web and other emerging Web technologies and assist with integrating them into software systems. The position is in the Applications and Web Services Unit of the Library Information Technology Department and reports to the Unit Head.” Read more

College sophomores and juniors can apply for the National Security Agency’s paid Semester Intern Program for Science and Technology. The program is a 16-week internship for students of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, or Telecommunications: “As a SIP/ST participant, you will have an opportunity to work with leading computer scientists on the nation’s toughest cyber-problems while enhancing your skills in an assignment that relates to your major. SIP/ST interns work closely with your mentor on a specific, mission-focused problem.  To participate in this program, the student must have successfully completed ‘Data Structures’.” Read more

IBM is looking for a Research Staff Member – Semantic Analysis and Integration at its Hawthorne, CA office: “The Semantic Analysis and Integration Department at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center is seeking Research Staff Members on to work on research and applications of intelligent human language technologies. The project focuses on developing general and reusable Question Answering(QA) systems to achieve reproducible high-performing results for open-domain and specialized-domain question answering. This project offers the opportunity to work with more than 30 IBM researchers with backgrounds in NLP, IR, ML, KR&R, and DB across multiple IBM research labs, as well as the opportunity to collaborate with our university partners.” Read more

Oracle is looking for an Applications Developer 4 for their Irvine, CA office: “As a member of the software engineering division, you will analyze and integrate external customer needs. Specify, design and implement modest changes to existing software architecture. Build new products and development tools. Build and execute unit tests and unit test plans… Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7 years of software engineering or related experience.” For more information about the position, email reza.bfar@oracle.com. Read more

Dean & Edwards is seeking a Senior Web Services Engineer in McLean, VA. The position calls for a candidate to “Design and implement service-oriented integrations of the research technologies used to promote increased information transparency, human collaboration, and system automation in unclassified and classified environments. Leverage Java, JAVA EE, .NET, SOAP, XML, OWL, RDF, and database skills in addition to Object Oriented analysis and design concepts, to automate systems interactions via Enterprise Service Bus-like middleware technology.” Applicants for this position must pass a security investigation. Read more

Oracle Launches Oracle Health Sciences Institute, in Partnership with Sun Labs TTKN News OHSI’s research priorities currently include: artificial intelligence and semantic technology; genomic, genetic and phenotypic data analysis; data mining to …