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LLM Solutions PoC to Production: From RAGs to Riches (Part 1)
In the past year, many of the organizations EK has partnered with have been developing Large Language Model (LLM) based Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs). These projects are often pushed for by an enthusiastic IT Team, or internal initiative – with the low … Continue reading
The Journey to Unified Entitlements
Now, more than ever, organizations need a clear and consistent way to ensure that the access permissions for all their data are applied consistently across the enterprise. We call this unified entitlements Continue reading
Inside the Unified Entitlements Architecture
Today’s enterprises face a perfect storm in data access governance. The shift to cloud-native architectures has created a sprawling landscape of data sources, each with its own security model. For example, a typical enterprise might store customer data in Snowflake, … Continue reading
Unified Entitlements: The Hidden Vulnerability in Modern Enterprises
Maria, a finance analyst at a multinational corporation, needs quarterly revenue data for her report. She logs into her company’s data portal, runs a query against the company’s data lake, and unexpectedly retrieves highly confidential merger negotiations that should be … Continue reading
How Sustainability Grows from KM
Sustainability is becoming increasingly important to businesses’ fiscal outcomes. Sustainability is the practice of enhancing environmentally-friendly practices in an organization, such as by reducing energy consumption or water usage. Today’s consumers value sustainability as a core principle when making purchasing … Continue reading
A Practical Guide To Knowledge Transfer Interviews
Organizations often wait too long to target and capture the lessons learned and takeaways gained from senior leaders’ experience and tenure. As a result, when senior executives leave or retire, key nuggets of institutional knowledge often leave with them. Knowledge … Continue reading
Navigating System Limitations for Taxonomy Implementation
When navigating the transition from designing a taxonomy to implementing it in the intended systems, it can be common to encounter a gap between ideal implementation (hierarchical tagging without system-imposed limits, controlled by tight role-based user permissions), and reality. Continue reading
Content Mastermind (Taylor’s Version): What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About The Benefits of Repurposing Content
In January of 2025, Taylor Swift charted #1 on Billboard, breaking a record for most Number 1s on the Top Album Sales list with a new version of an almost six-year-old album. The 2025 repressing of Lover (Live from Paris) … Continue reading
Semantic Layer Maturity Framework Series: Taxonomy
Taxonomy is foundational to the Semantic Layer. A taxonomy establishes the essential semantic building blocks upon which everything else is built, starting by standardizing naming conventions and ensuring consistent terminology. From there, taxonomy concepts are enriched with additional context, such … Continue reading
Graph Analytics in the Semantic Layer: Architectural Framework for Knowledge Intelligence
Introduction As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, the semantic layer has become essential for unifying siloed data and delivering actionable, contextualized insights. Graph analytics plays a pivotal role within this architecture, serving as the analytical engine that reveals patterns and relationships … Continue reading