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Canonical Data Models

Canonical Data Models

Want to find out about canonical data models? Have a look at our presentation!

Defining the Service Notion based on the Ψ-theory (Language Action Perspective)

Defining the Service Notion based on the Ψ-theory (Language Action Perspective)

Economists and business scientists have been debating about this ‘service’ notion for more than two centuries (Gadrey, 2000). Often, the definitions in business literature limit the service notion to the… Read more »

Advantages and Disadvantages of Modularity

Advantages and Disadvantages of Modularity

Modularity is an important notion in the field of general systems theory. Two of the most early, influential works on this subject are those of Alexander (1964) and Simon (1969)…. Read more »

Jürgen Habermas and Enterprise Ontology

Jürgen Habermas and Enterprise Ontology

Jürgen Habermas (1929) is a well know social theorist. He is an interdisciplinary theorist, who has spent a lot of time studying language, organizations, and society. Using the interaction depicted… Read more »

Making a service catalog work: 3 do’s and don’ts

Making a service catalog work: 3 do’s and don’ts

A couple of years ago many organizations were taking their first steps into the world of SOA. Their main concern was which ESB to choose. After deciding whether to use… Read more »

Cloud Computing: IaaS vs PaaS

Cloud Computing: IaaS vs PaaS

Cloud computing is one of the current trends in the world of software engineering. Cloud-based applications and services are produced massively nowadays, so let’s take a look at two levels… Read more »

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