Professor Meir Russ refers, in his book called “Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development”[1],

to a Blue Ocean Strategy defined by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne which states: “Here’s the strategy – create new markets. Competing for old ones is a “yesterday” strategy. Create your own markets in brand new territory – this is the blue ocean strategy.”[2] You can also read more at this Wikipedia URL[3]

I think the definition is clear enough. What does it have to do with Graph Technologies and KM? In 1999 I played a game called “Homeworld”[4], Homeworld is a real-time strategy game set in space. I was very impressed with the way “navigation” was done, how everything was linked in such a user-friendly manner, information available with a click of a button. I was surprised to see that the game have new versions and looked at a few game clips from Gearbox Software.[5]

Current Graph Technology visualization is very limited, now imagine it will be able to use such technology from Gearbox Software and use if for graph visualization. I think it is time for innovative Information Technology companies to start looking at the Gaming Industry for possible business use case solutions.

Imagine having the same user interface with all the information connected, a picture is worth a thousand words, 3D representation, interactive user experience, the possibilities are endless in my opinion.

This a call to all Graph Technology companies out there to start thinking about it. Who knows? Maybe I’m not the first person mentioning this possibility, maybe it is a bad idea, but I think it will trigger other people to think about graph visualization options to develop and maybe spark new ideas.

Here the link to the Blog. If there is such information technology out there, please comment here or go to the blog and send an email. Please post any “Blue Ocean Strategies” you think will be applicable for Knowledge Management and Graph Technologies.