Data Design

Services: Data Design, Modeling and Management

Imagine a closet: it is a useful place to store items that are important to you. When you need an item, you look inside the closet for the item, and then retrieve it.

How you organize your closet affects:

  • the number of items you are able to store inside the closet
  • the length of time needed for you to search through the closet for a specific item

Now, consider your critical business data:

  • customer profiles
  • order and payment transactions
  • patient histories
  • project operations

How much of this information is scattered across different “closets”?

Spreadsheets

Microsoft Excel, Quattro Pro, Open Office Calc

word processing documents

Microsoft Word, Corel Wordperfect, Open Office Writer

Databases

Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Open Office Base

third-party applications

CRM, HR, Accounting

Now, consider that many people in your business each have their own “closets” with your business data. The result: redundant, out-of-date, unmanageable information that must be searched for and then confirmed as the most current.

Your business can benefit from data design:

  • centralized “one-source” reduces redundancy
  • increases data quality (updated in one place)
  • thorough analysis of your data
  • data security
  • data value protection (walking out the door)

Data Modeling and Management promote a more secure, more powerful environment for managing and using your business data.