Applied Knowledge Sciences Inc's (and company President Art Murray's) core business focuses on helping organizations boost performance by capturing, and redeploying, their hidden knowledge assets. Murray delights in using a business model which goes against the mainstream. A virtual enterprise with headquarters on Virginiaâs Blue Ridge and a satellite office in Manama, Bahrain, AKS proudly considers itself a Work 2.0 enterprise. Instead of maintaining elaborate office buildings or reserved parking spaces, most of the firm's overhead is used to buy software, train employees, and fund the development of new technologies. But he owes it all to the Russians for helping him put it all together. "Weâve squandered much of our decades-long investment in IT," Murray laments. "Weâre drowning ourselves with data and information, yet weâre starved for knowledge." Thatâs all going to change. And the changes will be more dramatic than the events which brought the twentieth century to a close. We are at the beginning of a worldwide economic and societal revolution. By defining and becoming a model enterprise of the future, AKS has established itself as a leader in helping organizations not only survive, but thrive in this challenging yet potentially rewarding busines
