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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
Integrating Search and Knowledge Graphs Series Part 1: Displaying Relationships
I’ve spent many years helping clients implement enterprise search solutions and am constantly looking for new ways to improve a user’s search experience so that they can find relevant content as well as discover new content they may not have … 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
Why am I Mr. SPARQL?
Over the past few years, I have gained a lot of experience working with graph databases, RDF, and SPARQL.¹ SPARQL can be tricky for both new and experienced users as it is not always obvious why a query is returning unexpected … 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
The UX Guide to Chatbots
Think your organization could benefit from a chatbot but not sure where to start? Or, are you curious to know if your organization would actually benefit from chatbot implementation? In this blog, I’ll review four necessary areas of consideration before … Continue reading
A Case for Chatbots
“Welcome to our chat! You can ask me anything or request real human help any time. Ask me anything!” Whether you’re looking to buy a car, ordering pizza, or browsing research publications, the average internet experience tends to feature some … Continue reading
Taxonomy Use Cases: How To Estimate Effort and Complexity
When asked to define taxonomy, I like to define it as a method rather than a thing. I typically say taxonomy is a way of categorizing things hierarchically, from general to more specific. Sounds simple enough, right? After all, who … Continue reading
Common Taxonomy Design Mistakes, Part I: Failing to Include Your End Users
The necessity of a business taxonomy has become increasingly apparent as organizations across the globe have shifted to working from home and, consequently, have an increased need for their employees to be able to quickly and independently find and discover … Continue reading