Stephen Lahanas

Intelligent Healthcare part 4 " Process Management & Modeling - Posted May 3, 2010
In our last post on Intelligent Healthcare, we talked a bit about Electronic Healthcare Record systems. EHR/EMR technology is an important piece of the larger set of clinical systems as it represents a patient centric organizational framework. However; EHRs are only part of a larger picture. One area that is particularly... [semanticweb.com]

Threat Management " Cyber Security Part 3 - Posted April 16, 2010
Threat Management is still a relatively new concept; there is no industry standard definition for it. In fact, the few people who are talking about it right now tend to view it from at least two very different perspectives – one a product focused approach to unifying perimeter security tools and... [semanticweb.com]

Intelligent Healthcare Part 3 - Understanding Electronic Health Records - Posted April 5, 2010
Much if not all of the discussion over the past two years in regards to Healthcare Modernization has revolved around the deployment of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. Monies were budgeted to EHR adoption in last year's Stimulus package and more monies will be allocated towards EHR adoption as a result... [semanticweb.com]

Cyber Security part 2 - The Semantics of Security Practice - Posted March 29, 2010
In part 1 of the Cyber Security and Semantics series we discussed some of the highlights of how or where semantics may help transform the practice of Cyber Security. To understand the full implications of why Semantics and Semantic Technology is so crucial for Cyber Security we need to examine more... [semanticweb.com]

The Potential of Semantic Technology Part 2 " The Big Deal - Posted March 20, 2010
Some of you here already know it – many others are still asking it though – “What is the Big Deal with Semantic Technology, we don’t get it.” Fair Enough. If we had to pick one thing that crystallizes the importance of what we’re doing and link it a problem that... [semanticweb.com]

Intelligent Healthcare Part 2 - The Standards Dilemma - Posted March 19, 2010
Over the past twenty years, a number of standards groups have arisen to develop, manage or reconcile Healthcare data or IT-related standards. Much of the focus over the past decade has been dedicated specifically to data exchange standards and identifying standard data elements for various sub-domains of Healthcare practice automation. The... [semanticweb.com]

Measuring Semantic Technology Adoption - Posted March 19, 2010
I decided to conduct an informal survey in an attempt to gauge the current level of adoption and growth potential for Semantic Technology as an industry vertical. The results indicate to me that while progress is being made we still need to do a better job of delivering the message –... [semanticweb.com]

Science & Semantic Technology - Posted March 17, 2010
Of all the areas where Semantic Technology may help to transform current practices, no one area may be impacted more than Science. I’ll distinguish empirical science from the myriad of other sciences by stating that it is characterized more by processes designed to facilitate discovery – the scientific method. The goal... [semanticweb.com]

What is the Potential of Semantic Technology - Part 1 - Posted March 15, 2010
Over the past two years I’ve tried very hard to help define the potential application for this technology area in the context of Information Technology disciplines or problem spaces – out of those efforts has come a focus on: Cyber Security Enterprise Architecture ... [semanticweb.com]

Intelligent Healthcare - Part 1 - Posted March 12, 2010
Integration is more than the coding of application or data interfaces. When dealing with complex integration within or across enterprises, there must be sufficient discipline to achieve reproducible results. Furthermore, that discipline must be tailored to the unique requirements of the domain/s in question. Few domains are as complex as Healthcare.... [semanticweb.com]

Semantics and Cyber Security " part 1 - Posted September 22, 2009
There are still many folks out there wondering exactly how Semantic Technology can add value within mainstream solutions architectures and practices. This is something that I’ve spent the last three years working on, specifically developing a set of IT practices which leverages an underlying methodology that we’ve discussed here before called... [semanticweb.com]

Understanding The Semantic Value Proposition - Posted March 9, 2009
Part  1 – Understanding The Semantic Value Proposition The term “Semantic Web” has developed some interesting yet confusing connotations since it was first introduced in the early 2000’s. Those misconceptions include but are not limited to: The notion that the associated technologies and practices are only applicable to web... [semanticweb.com]

The Here & Now of Semantic Integration - Posted August 23, 2008
I've read some articles again this week explaining that the promise or potential of Semantic Integration is still a bit far off from being able to engender significant impact to the enterprise. Perhaps, it is worth examining the subject more as a practice approach rather than a standards or technology dependent facilitation medium. By that,... [semanticweb.com]

Semantics & Governance - Posted August 23, 2008
Someone asked me recently whether or not there some type of tangible relationship between Semantic Integration and governance - it was an excellent question and the answer is a resounding "Yes." Let's approach this at each of the levels where it applies: Level 1 - Understanding the Nature of Governance at a Conceptual... [semanticweb.com]

Semantic Integration & Enterprise Architecture - Posted August 11, 2008
In many ways, Enterprise Architecture (EA) is as misunderstood as Semantics. Although EA has been practiced across a much wider community of IT professionals for a longer period of time, it still suffers from an identity crisis. Is EA the mandatory precursor for model driven development, or is it part of... [semanticweb.com]

Passive versus Active Collaboration " A Semantic Examination - Posted July 3, 2008
I had an interesting conversation this week with a colleague regarding the relative lack of success with many current Knowledge Management Platforms / Systems. One of the first and most obvious problems is that there isn’t clear a set of expectations as to what constitutes Knowledge Management in contrast with Content... [semanticweb.com]

Semantic Integration - The SI of Tomorrow - Posted April 11, 2008
Currently when people use the acronym “SI” they tend to refer to something known as ‘Systems Integration’ or specifically to ‘Systems Integrators.’ However, the nature of what a 'system' is and how that concept is evolving are going to change the way that we look at this particular term in the... [semanticweb.com]

My Semantic Manifesto - Posted March 28, 2008
I've been talking with my son this week about the importance of words and what they mean. He is studying the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Articles of Confederation in his 5th grade history class - he was so inspired by reading those documents that he asked me... [semanticweb.com]