Category Archives: Informatics architectures

Thanks to everyone who attended the open meeting of the Pistoia Alliance Technical Committee on June 6. We had representatives from about 20 organizations on the call to hear about RDF and OData and the application of these open data … Continue reading

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Preventing reinvention through precompetitive collaboration is a key goal of the Pistoia Alliance. So imagine my surprise when, as chair of the technical committee, I discovered that the first phase of the Pistoia Alliance’s ELN query services project was working … Continue reading

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In my last entry in this series, I alluded to the perception that SaaS is not secure enough to handle sensitive data. Concerns about SaaS security have delayed adoption of this software delivery model since its inception, even as vendors … Continue reading

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Security is routinely cited as the top concern about adopting software-as-a-service (SaaS), particularly when it comes to sensitive enterprise data. I’ll leave the question of whether this perception is fair or accurate for another blog entry. But the perception alone … Continue reading

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Some great content was shared at our conference last month. We invite you–whether you attended the meeting or not–to check out some of the presentations. Pistoia personnel provided overviews of our strategy, working groups, and deliverables. In the afternoon, vendors … Continue reading

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The Pistoia Alliance has a new look. But more importantly, our new website offers new content that we hope will spark the debate and discussion that drives our initiative. Continue reading

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