David S. Linthicum is the CTO of Grand Central Communications. Linthicum is an internationally known distributed-computing and application integration expert. He has 20 years of experience in the integration-technology industry, most recently as the CTO of Mercator Software, Inc. Before joining Mercator, Linthicum was the CTO of SAGA Software, and he held senior-level management positions at Electronic Data Systems, AT&T, solutions, Mobil Oil, and Ernst & Young LLP. Linthicum has consulted for hundreds of major corporations engaged in systems analysis, design and development, with a concentration in complex distributed systems. Linthicum may be reached via e-mail at dlinthicum@grandcentralcom.com.

Leveraging Ontologies: The Intersection of Data Integration and Business Intelligence, Part 2
July 1, 2004

Leveraging Ontologies: The Intersection of Data Integration and Business Intelligence, Part 1
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