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DataFlux and Utopia Partner to Extend Enterprise Data Governance Capabilities.


Leading providers team to solve complex data challenges

CARY, N.C. -- DataFlux, a leading provider of data quality and data integration solutions, and Utopia, a global services company, today announced a partnership designed to deliver a holistic approach holistic approach A term used in alternative health for a philosophical approach to health care, in which the entire Pt is evaluated and treated. See Alternative medicine, Holistic medicine.  to solving enterprise data quality and governance challenges.

With industry-leading services from Utopia coupled with the award-winning DataFlux suite of technologies, companies receive an end-to-end strategy for data quality improvement. Utopia content specialists - trained to provide customized data analysis, standardization and correction - can utilize DataFlux software to extend service offerings for data governance Data governance encompasses the people, processes and procedures required to create a consistent, enterprise view of an organisation's data in order to:
  • Increase consistency & confidence in decision making
  • Decrease the risk of regulatory fines
 including: data profiling Data profiling is a process whereby one examines the data available in an existing database and collects statistics and information about that data. The purpose of these statistics may be to:
  1. find out whether existing data can easily be used for other purposes
, data improvement, data classification and data migration. A key area of emphasis for the partnership will be product data governance, utilizing the rich product knowledge of Utopia and the robust product data quality technology from DataFlux.

"Utopia provides a methodology focused on the people, process and technologies that impact an organization's ability to create and maintain high-quality data," said Arvind J. Singh, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Utopia. "With this partnership, we can combine that proven methodology for tackling items, parts and materials data, with a state-of-the-art technology platform powered by DataFlux - and provide a comprehensive data quality solution."

DataFlux provides a single data quality and data integration platform designed to analyze, improve and control corporate information. Both DataFlux and Utopia have extensive experience working on data quality within ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer.  environments (such as SAP), which often suffer from problematic product or item data issues. The combination of best-of-breed services and technology offered by this partnership provide organizations with the ability to manage and improve the quality of product or item data.

"For years, companies have focused data quality efforts on customer data. Today, we are seeing more organizations turn their attention to data quality technology to manage and control the quality of product, inventory and supplier information," said Tony Fisher, president and CEO of DataFlux. "The partnership between DataFlux and Utopia gives organizations a sophisticated and proven approach for their product data governance initiatives."

About Utopia

Utopia, Inc. is a global data solutions company providing a full suite of data quality solutions from data migration, to data transformation and data governance. The company's solutions are built around a unique methodology that combines tools, analysts and content engineers to deliver significant cost savings and improvements in efficiency very quickly.

Utopia serves customers in a variety of industries including consumer goods consumer goods

Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and
, oil and gas, telecoms, manufacturing, industrial distribution, energy, healthcare and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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. Their typical engagements are triggered by customers migrating data and/or implementing new systems, consolidating existing systems, implementing data warehousing See data warehouse.

data warehousing - data warehouse
 tools for business intelligence, integrating a merger or acquisition, complying with new regulations, trying to reduce inventories and procurement costs, or just establishing executive dashboards. To learn more about Utopia, visit www.UtopiaInc.com.

About DataFlux

DataFlux enables organizations to analyze, improve and control their data through an integrated technology platform. With DataFlux enterprise data quality and data integration products, organizations can more effectively and efficiently build a unified view of customers, products, suppliers or any other corporate data asset. A wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System.  (www.sas.com), DataFlux customers can rapidly assess and improve problematic data, building the foundation for enterprise data governance. Effective data governance delivers high-quality information that can fuel successful enterprise efforts such as risk management, operational efficiency and master data management (MDM (Modular Digital Multitrack) An audio recorder that mixes and records multiple tracks of digital audio. The two major MDM technologies are ADAT and DTRS. See ADAT and DTRS. ). To learn more about DataFlux, visit www.dataflux.com.

DataFlux and all other DataFlux Corporation LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
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