Value-it. First deliverables main results. Demand Driven Report (Key findings)
Comments (1) Value-it “Demand Driven Report” is very rich in data, conclusions, results, undoubtedly a reference document for people who want to know about Semantic Technologies possibilities. But a one hundred pages document is perhaps too much document for people who only want to have a high level picture.
For this reason it is worth to highlight the most relevant key findings:
- Semantic Technologies for the Enterprise can facilitate business recovery: On the present situation this fact must be taken into account for some companies.
- Many IT decision-makers have little knowledge of STE: It is clear that STE suppliers have not done a good job disseminating semantics, this is a “must change” for the future.
- IT managers want to know more about STE: Though semantic has not been well sold, IT managers know that something to manage the data overflow must be done, for this reason they want to know more about STE possibilities.
- Information-driven industries will benefit first and most from STE: Of course, in that places where information has a high value, semantic technologies will gain momentum soon.
- Approaches taken will vary by sector requirements: Depending in the need of the sectors, the STE solutions could be different
- Consumer-focused functionality will raise awareness: Speech recognition, new interfaces…, could be fundamental factors to bring STE closer to consumers
- Suppliers must work harder to make the case clear: Again, there is a consensus about the utility of these technologies but there is a sensation that something has not be done well by supplies
- Growing markets in speech recognition can anchor growth for STE: Speech recognition can be the open door to STE for lot of applications.
In short, there is a clear opinion that STE can be useful but there is a impression that something is not well done, mainly by STE vendors. All these findings must move us to a reflection about how we must continue to make more attractive these technologies from now on.
