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and business power because the one who gets the
right information in advance has a great competitive
advantage. So we can also say that the one who does
not have the information in the required time and
place loses his position and rank. The one who has
the information at the “right” time also acquires a
competitive advantage in gaining access to another
new information.
Another insight was carried out by the artificial intel-
ligence which places the knowledge as an abstraction
form above the information itself. The “knowledge”
term is understood as an interlinked (and change-
able) structure of findings. To know something means
its representation in the shape of a cognitive model
including the ability to do cognitive operations. on
the basis of these operations we can assume what
can happen.
The interlinked chain of events, data, informa-
tion and knowledge can be interpreted as follows:
Technologies work with data, people interpret them
as information with meaning which is next processed
and the decisions are built on the results. The proc-
ess of interpretation is a cognitive process where
knowledge has the most important role.
Today’s priority during the implementation of
new information systems is not only the lowering
of expenses and increasing of production. one of
the important today‘s tasks during the implementa-
tion of new information systems is the gathering of
information and knowledge. in businesses, there
are created large databases, which enable an online
data access, the access to information and often to
knowledge itself.
For preserving and passing knowledge, it is impor-
tant to create the data and information by linking
much information together to a specific context, so
knowledge based on the context value of information
is formed. here we can find problems with today’s
information systems, which are created by the help
of relation databases, which do not create enough
room for the interception of more complex context.
The convergence of information, communication and
media technologies enables a real information explo-
sion. But we should never forget the meaningful data
fulfillment. This creates problems during the manage-
ment of intellectual funds which is based on:
– employees knowledge and information
– information found in transactional oLTP and oLAP
databases of organization information systems
– rules saved to the business logic of business ap-
plications
The today’s approach to the building of information
systems is oriented to the implementation of portal
solutions, which enables web access to information
and to applications with the possibility to manage and
administrate such a system. here we can find typical
groups of users with rather specific information needs,
which find the specialized portal very handy. it could
offer almost all services and information which they
need “at one place”, so that they do not have to waste
time looking for information and services somewhere
else (Dudeney 2006).
Unlike public portals, it should not be a problem
to find a good economic model and implementation
of such company business portals can significantly
save the expenses.
There is another important question: does a plat-
form, a suitable environment and tools for devel-
opment, operating and administration of portals
servicing the business needs exist? if so, then we
can think about businesses building such portals
for different groups of users, the same as for their
business partners. This way everyone gets just the
information and services he needs.
it would be good to say that the “just” in this case
does not mean to restrain someone in accessing the
information. it is about the effectiveness, so that the
user does not have to deal with the huge amount of
information, but only with the piece of information
he really needs.
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