No.52 Information On Demand

• Japanese

SPECIAL ISSUE

Never before has such attention been focused on the value of information, not only in the field of technology, but in society at large as well.
It was inconceivable just a few years ago, but we are now in an age where an ordinary user can be seated in front of their PC, and by using a search engine like the much talked about Google or Yahoo!, can easily, immediately and inexpensively access their desired information from the vast mass of information on the Internet around the world. In contrast, through the provision of such information, new business models have also appeared on the scene, which are representative of Web 2.0.
In many enterprises, vast amounts of information may have accumulated on various systems across the several decades since their internal systems were first created. For example, customer information in a call center, information on orders placed with or received from partner companies, data on invoices sent to customers, market research information… each of them being extremely valuable sets of information. However, could this kind of information be accessed by users from different sections within the business in the formats they require? Hasn't this valuable information been buried within an individual application or within an individual section? Can multiple sets of data be used as integrated information for analysis? Can management use the latest information from each set in their daily management of the business by viewing a cross section of it? Speed is becoming increasingly important in the current business environment: having to wait until tomorrow to access information required today is too late.
The essential concept of "Information On Demand" (IOD) is to realize an environment in which data inextricably tied to an application is able to be separated, thereby enabling any application to access appropriate data as needed. It is also a system that includes middleware products and solutions required to achieve such an environment.
Through the presentation of sample cases, this Special Feature will introduce the potential of the "Information On Demand" concept, how precisely progressive businesses and organizations are working to realize IOD environments, and what fruits have been borne through the fulfillment of such environments.

PROVISION No. 52 "Special Feature: Information On Demand"
Kayoko Sugahara, contents leader

1. Information On Demand Utilizing Data More Freely
   Muneyuki Watanabe
   
   
2. The Inevitable Flow of Technology Toward Information On Demand
   Kazuo Iwano

• [column] Value of Information On Demand
  Seiko Yobikawa

1. NTT Communications Corporation
   Realization of advanced information integration, arguably the leader in the realization of IOD environments
   
   
2. Digital Media and Content (DMC), Keio University
   Publication of university digital content and the challenges of "compiling and reorganizing knowledge"
   
   
3. JustSystems Corporation
   An XML application platform for the IOD era embarking upon the world
   

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1. Master Data Management Solutions
   - Enterprise Innovation by IBM Master Data Management Solutions -
   Masaya Higuchi
   
   
2. Text Mining
   - Technology for Extracting Insight from Unstructured Data -
   Koichi Takeda
   
   
3. Overview of IBM Information Server
   - Information Integration Solutions to realize Information as a Service (IaaS) -
   Masaki Hamano

1. Security Management for Web Service Requests to Realize Information Integration
   Tomoyuki Kawamukou, Atsushi Sumida
   
   
2. Software Architecture for Interactive Text Mining
   Issei Yoshida, Daisuke Takuma
   
   
3. An evaluation of E-mail Audit Solution on Lotus Notes/Domino and Common Store for Lotus Domino using LTO WORM
   Yoshio Ono, Ohta Okada
   
   
4. XML Data Modeling for Hybrid Databases
   Tami Yamakawa

• Professional of Information Technology
  
  
• Artisanal Skills
  --The Competency Process--
  
  
• VISION NOW
  
  
• Back Numbers
  
  
• From the Editor

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