Perspective Sessions

Similarity Systems
27 October 13:20 - 13:50
 Implementation of a Rapid Data Quality Management Process
Garry Moroney, CEO, Similarity Systems 		  Similarity Systems

Successful organisations understand the direct link between Data Quality and business performance. Applications such as customer relationship management, business intelligence, and enterprise resource planning can only achieve results if the data they depend on is reliable, complete and accurate. The only way to ensure high quality data is delivered to new and existing business systems is by implementing an ongoing Data Quality management process.

This session will demonstrate how Similarity Systems ATHANOR provides a comprehensive solution for dealing with Data Quality issues through its rapid five-stage Data Quality management process.
Ab Initio
27 October 13:20 - 13:50
AB INITIO: Think... Draw... Run... Scale... Succeed
Alan Parker, European Director, Ab Initio
  AG Inotio
Ab Initio software powers an extremely wide range of applications, including data warehousing (ETL), real-time analytics, customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise application integration (EAI). Ab Initio software runs heterogeneously over distributed networks, integrating diverse, complex, and continuous data streams ranging in size from several gigabytes to tens of terabytes.

The largest companies in the world – in industries as diverse as telecommunications, finance, insurance, health care, e-commerce, retail, and shipping – use Ab Initio software to manage their largest, most complex data. The power and flexibility that make Ab Initio so effective at the enterprise level also greatly empower smaller, departmental organizations.

Ab Initio makes it possible to develop and deploy large projects with a fraction of the staff and time it would take any other way – if it can be done without Ab Initio at all. And because of Ab Initio’s tremendous performance, scalability and robustness, hardware and maintenance costs are dramatically reduced.
Avellino
27 October 17:50-18:20
How to automatically identify data quality problems before they harm your business
Ed Wrazen, Vice President, Avellino		   Avellino
How to automatically identify data quality problems before they harm your business Ed Wrazen, Vice President, Avellino

"Data quality problems" is a frequently quoted cause of CRM, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence failure. It is now acknowledged that poor data quality costs businesses millions of pounds every year, yet surprisingly few organisations do anything about it until it is too late.

This presentation discusses the issues and challenges involved, gives examples of real-life case studies and explains how automated data profiling and analysis software enables organisations to discover data issues before they impact their business.
DataFlux
27 October 17:50-18:20
Data Profiling and Data Quality: The Blueprint for Effective Data Management
Michael McQuaid, Technology Strategist, DataFlux 		  DataFlux
Imagine building a house without a blueprint. Or coming up with plans for a new home, but never starting construction. Unfortunately, many companies fall into similar traps when starting data quality efforts. Some implement data cleansing without assessing which areas need the most attention. Other businesses profile existing data sources without a solid strategy for cleaning, integrating and augmenting data.

This presentation will discuss the interdependence of data profiling and data quality - and how a strategy using both elements can enhance the data that drives your CRM, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and data warehousing initiatives. See for yourself how DataFlux Data Management solutions can turn your data into a strategic asset.
Trillium Software
28 October 12:50 - 13:20
Delivering the Connected Enterprise - customer success stories from Trillium Software, the Data Quality Company
Tom Scampion, Vice President, Trillium Software 		  Trillium Software
Too often, successful business silos equate to an unsuccessful enterprise. Today market advantage is a function of how well information is shared across the entire enterprise, how well information latency is avoided and how well the data satisifies the purpose of the application for which it is used. In short, businesses today expect to create a connected enterprise and this is the challenge information integrity software must meet. The Trillium Software System provides an easy-to-use solution that identifies, quantifies and corrects data problems. It delivers total global data quality behind strategic enterprise applications, by cleansing and matching data at every touch-point, as well as in batch, and has been implemented by over 1300 customers in over 30 countries. In this session, Tom Scampion, VP EMEA Trillium Software, will share some customer success stories.
Evoke
28 October 12:50 - 13:20
Reducing Risks in Data Migration/ERP Projects
Isabelle Knight, Technical Manager EMEA, Evoke Software 		  EVOKE

Evoke Software is the founder and leading provider of Data Profiling & Mapping solutions. Industry sources such as Gartner, Meta and Standish state that a high proportion of migration and integration projects fail due to lack of understanding of the source data. Evoke Software solution provides accurate information about the structure, content and quality of data to provide that understanding and reduce the risks of project failures During the session, Evoke will present how AXIO is used by the German Armed Forces as a key technology in their SAP migration, discussing also how it integrates with ETL technology.
Kalido
28 October 17:30-18:00
Embrace Diversity and Get the Global Enterprise View
Cliff Longman, CTO, Kalido		   KALIDO

Recent investment in new software packages has exponentially increased the complexity of getting coherence across reference data. Many companies are struggling with multiple coding structures for key entities such as product, customer, profit, location. Kalido has been addressing this issue with some of the world's largest companies. Come and hear how they have tackled the challenge.
Datanomic
28 October 17:30-18:00
Integrated Data Quality
Richard Marsh, CEO, Datanomic  		  datanomic
Where does data quality start, and where does it end? This session will concentrate on the requirements for software to support an integrated approach to solving data quality problems and eliminating future data defects. Datanomic will discuss experience from the field - across multiple market and application sectors - which emphasise the need for analysis, cleansing and real time capabilities within a single package.
Informatica
28 October 18:10-18:40
Visibility through Metadata - introducing SuperGlue
Bert Oosterhof. Senior Architect
and Technical Director EMEA, Informatica 		  INFORMATICA
Companies today find themselves in an era where efficiency, accountability, and responsiveness are top corporate imperatives. To meet these goals, enterprises must promote consistency and confidence in their underlying information assets and processes, and have an in-depth understanding of how those assets relate to one another. Metadata promotes understanding and management of how information assets and processes are derived, their fundamental relationships, and how they are used. However, in most organisations metadata is spread across a large number of disparate systems and repositories.

Informatica SuperGlue is the first enterprise metadata management solution that, based on the OMG standard Common Warehouse Metamodel, integrates metadata from these systems and offers visualisation and analysis capabilities for enhanced understanding of an organisation's IT environment. With SuperGlue, organisations benefit from enhanced corporate agility, greater confidence in their data, and increased cost savings.