'We have eliminated the current barrier to semantic application development,' said Ralph Hodgson, co-founder of TopQuadrant. 'Until now organizations wanting to experience the benefits of semantic technology had to first build their own infrastructure for semantic applications. This is not a trivial task and requires deep expertise in semantic technology, which most companies do not have today. With the introduction of TopBraid Ensemble and TopBraid Live, organizations can focus on creating semantic applications that meet their specific needs without having to build and maintain a development and deployment environment themselves.'