

DATA STRATEGY
Bringing It All Together
Finance, Marketing, Customer, HR, Sales, External data, and social media are just a few of the areas that must be analyzed to determine the success of a company.
Companies have many options to consider. Do you need an Operational Data Store? Do you require a Data Warehouse? What do you do with silo solutions like DataMarts? Does Big Data (unstructured data solutions) offer insight to your business and if so how?
A successful organization doesn't necessarily need all these solutions but they must be able to answer the question of why they do or don't. Once a direction is set, we can help determine how to you best go about integrating those data solutions so they align with your business goals.
We can help create a strategy that is best for your company. With a viable Information Technology Roadmap in place, you can be assured that you are doing everything you can to support your corporate short and long-term goals that have a positive impact on the bottom line.

All Information Strategies must address the following to be a success:
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Align with business goals.
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Identify cross functional requirements.
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Solve for difficult data integration issues that either standardize or synchronize data.
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Provide a flexible data model that will meet company growth and user demands.
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Establish metadata management mechanisms.
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Monitor system usage and take any necessary action.
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Provide a data retirement and archiving plan.
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Provide a process for optimal data retrieval and delivery methods ie. information via web, email, mobile devices and others through the use of dashboards, ad-hoc , data feeds or reporting.
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A communication plan and leverage user feedback.