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Global IDs Global Data Management Product Suite : Use Cases

1.1 Use Case : Creation of Controls on Critical information assets

Most organizations have a poor understanding of their information assets. Primary causes are:
  • Corporate IT environments are complex, and it is costly to create an inventory.
  • Employee turnover can lead to gaps in knowledge.
  • The environment is changing all the time, and documentation is not maintained.
The Global IDs DPS Suite can create a comprehensive, up-to-date inventory of core information assets.Organizations can use this information to reduce the cost of data and information management activities.

1.2 Use Case : Identification of Data Redundancy and Cost Reduction Opportunities

Large organizations are faced with massive amounts of data redundancy. This redundancy adds to IT Infrastructure and maintenance costs.

The identification and reduction of redundancy can be appealing to IT Managers. Simplifying environments can significantly reduce costs for operational support, while reducing the cost of integration projects.

  • It can accomplish the above tasks, with a minimum of manual involvement
  • It can scale to extremely complex environments (enterprise or global levels)
  • It can meet these requirements in systematic and repeatable ways
The Global IDs DPS Suite can identify areas of redundancy in core information assets.Organizations can use these metrics to reduce the cost of IT Infrastructure.

1.3 Use Case : Creation of an Enterprise Metadata Repository to Create Transparency

The Global IDs DPS Suite can quickly create a comprehensive, up-to-date metadata repository by scanning the data environment and populating the repository with metadata from structured, unstructured and semi-structured information sources. The presence of an up-to-date metadata repository can assist in all data management projects ( Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Master Data Management etc.) and can force process and discipline in data management processes.

Data Discovery Features

Data Discovery provides the ability to automatically scan and identify information assets within an organization. The DPS Product Suite offers the following list of features to aid the Data Discovery Process

# Requirement Available Comments
1 Create a Metadata Repository without significant manual involvement Yes
2 Scan all structured databases of interest Yes See database types supported
3 Scan all unstructured data of interest Yes See content formats supported
4 Scan all semi-structured data No In development (beta). See supported formats
5 Provide web access to metadata repository Yes
6 Profile the structured data Yes 10 types of profiling is supported. See details
7 Automatically detect data quality problems in structured data Yes
8 Create a data dictionary and glossary for critical business data Yes Requires some degree of manual input
9 Continuously monitor the metadata environment for changes Yes
10 Create metadata reports and profile reports on demand Yes

Based on customer requests, the Global IDs Product Roadmap also includes some new features that have been listed below
  • It can accomplish the above tasks, with a minimum of manual involvement
  • It can scale to extremely complex environments (enterprise or global levels)
  • It can meet these requirements in systematic and repeatable ways