Semantic Web technologies under the controlled environment of a corporate is where most of the action as well as value today is.

Pfizer is surely deep into leveraging the Semantic technologies to integrate its vast research, drug, trials and other DB’s into one coherent consistent view. Some action is also starting to emerge in sectors like Oil & Gas .

This surely sounds like music to ears for the publishing industry, Reuters, Thomson , Bloomberg, Dow Jones i.e. wherever Information is the key (almost everywhere ). Also important is the capability of providing an integrated view not only of the disparate data spread across applications, but also providing a bridge from Structured to unstructured content (almost completely unexplored area as yet)

Oracle is pitching its deepest commitment to these technologies , by supporting Semantic technologies in its portfolio including DB, middleware, apart from supporting vendors to mushroom solutions around its core capabilities.
e.g.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/semantic_technologies/

Vendors like Metatomix, TopQuadrent, Ontoprise , Smartlogic among other provide supporting technologies and mapping/modeling tools to let us move quickly into “semantic” world

Well that is surely exciting and challenging, but who’s gonna bell the cat and push this through the enterprise. It would not be easy to move enterprise and individuals fixated with “legacy” EAI approaches to a semantic technologies paradigm..

That would take some doing!!!! I hope that it works out much better than what’s happening today