History has shown that the failure to address Information Management issues has been the downfall of many companies. Why? Because poor information leads to poor decision-making and ultimately poor performance.

At AMT-SYBEX we have developed best practice processes and solutions to enhance the quality and use of information.

The Business Problem

Many companies are now facing greater pressure to have accurate and timely data. Pressures from the regulator, the customer and/or the business partners means that many companies now consider Information Management to be one of their main strategic concerns. Typical problems include:

• Poor understanding of the data value chain - are the true costs and benefits of managing information understood and monitored?
• A lack of accountability and/or strategic participation
• Poor, expensive and unreliable systems integration
• Lack of training and awareness - do your people appreciate that data is a core asset?
• Ineffective data governance
• Lack of measurement of current data quality use
• Data "blind spots" - data that is needed isn't available
• Data silos - collecting too much unrequired data makes finding the right data a complex task.
  

Understanding the overall business need

At AMT-SYBEX we believe that our clients deserve a clear vision of their overall information requirement before proceeding with the more detailed data management activities.

That is why we start by assisting our clients in the creation of a Data Architecture as the basis for the corporate information governance.

It is this Data Architecture that will provide the set of policies, data models, data ownership matrices and business rules that enable the life cycle management of data in an effective and secure manner.

In our experience, the creation and publication of a Data Architecture improves communication and understanding between 'Business' and IT. It also provides us with a ready basis for designs in the area of integration, business intelligence and data access solutions for your business.

In essence we establish a structured programme of work that moves your organisation from where it is currently, to where it wants to be, over a given period of time.


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