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Microservices. Too Much of a Good Thing?
At GOTO Chicago 2016, a senior architect for Uber presented how, at the time, Uber had over 1,000 microservices. The brilliant minds at the ride-sharing company took this design pattern to the extreme. It did not take long to see … Continue reading
Agility in the Time of COVID-19
Six months ago millions of technology workers across the globe were abruptly pulled from our offices where we enjoyed regular and productive interactions with our colleagues, clients, and friends. We were thrust into distributed teams without a plan or the … Continue reading
Enterprise Level vs. Team Level Taxonomies
Many of our clients ask us how to maintain taxonomies at both the enterprise and the team level without duplicating effort, overcomplicating systems, or burdening end users with multiple metadata fields. Depending on the size of your organization, the size … Continue reading
How to Setup a .Net Core API with Neo4j
One of the leading technologies that we utilize at Enterprise Knowledge to help our clients make sense of their data is a graph database. Graph databases, such as Neo4j, allow software engineers to build more efficient systems that can answer … Continue reading
Knowledge Cast – Polly Alexander of HealthStream
In this episode of the Knowledge Cast, EK CEO Zach Wahl speaks with Polly Alexander, Senior Manager of Knowledge Management at HealthStream. Polly Alexander is a knowledge management professional with an extensive background in public health and informatics in a … Continue reading
Read My Mind – Fostering Effective Communication
I was recently reading an article from Psychology Today entitled, “Why Didn’t You Hear What I Meant to Say?” by Leon F Seltzer, Ph.D., where the author illustrates how people trick themselves into thinking that they’ve adequately communicated with others. … Continue reading
Knowledge Cast – Patrick Cleary of DraftKings
In this episode of the Knowledge Cast, EK CEO Zach Wahl speaks with Patrick Cleary, Knowledge Management Manager at DraftKings. Patrick is an accomplished, self-motivated, and adaptable director of knowledge management with 15+ years of experience helping companies to achieve … Continue reading
How to Optimize Search Relevance: Boosting and Filtering
What if when searching your company’s intranet for the terms “service desk,” the first 10 results have nothing to do with a web page where you can submit an IT service ticket? Or what if you are searching for “reports,” … Continue reading
Knowledge Cast – Dr. Stacey Young of USAID
In this episode of the Knowledge Cast, EK CEO Zach Wahl speaks with Dr. Stacey Young, Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Officer at US Agency for International Development. Stacey Young, Ph.D., became USAID’s first Agency Knowledge Management and Organizational … Continue reading
Onboarding During a Pandemic: How Knowledge Management Can Help
The current global situation has upended nearly everything across the globe, and the professional world has not been immune. People are adapting to remote work across industries, dramatically shifting how they conduct business and go about their days as professionals. … Continue reading