Why the CDO is a bellwether!
The CDO as an indicator of digital readiness.
Incorvus on G-Cloud 11
Transforming your data for digital: from legacy to cloud Incorvus has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s G-Cloud 11 framework for the supply of Lot 1Cloud Hosting (platform or infrastructure services for running software, networking, or processing and storing data) and Lot 3 Cloud Support (to help set up and maintain […]
Data first, semantics second and code last!
Organisations face a number of pressures where data quality, and metadata comprehension can, we believe, not only address the immediate objective but provide added value and de-risking opportunities: if you’re planning to extract & preserve legacy data, you will need the data lineage, provenance and meaningful metadata to preserve the data value and promote future […]
Metadata glossary in hours rather than months?
An intelligent solution to metadata discovery for packaged applications – Safyr! Would you like to find your metadata in minutes or hours rather than days, weeks and months – a whole chunk of your life you will never get back? Find data for GDPR within tight and injurious deadlines? Turn a 90,000 table data model […]
Struggling to find personal data in SAP?
Here’s how Safyr, our recommended data discovery tool of choice, can help you find personal data buried in SAP systems where table names or even data models may be less than helpful. If your Data Protection Officer (DPO) needs peace of mind and wants to de-risk the personal and sensitive data discovery lottery, Safyr should […]
“I don’t know any tools like Safyr!”
…so says Philip Howard @ Bloor Research in his recent commentary “Silwood enhances catalogues“. This makes it plain how useful Safyr is when trying to construct a data catalogue. Without a tool like Safyr, to interrogate or supplement the lack of usable data dictionaries in many enterprise packaged applications, trying to understand what is useful […]
Universal data model?
So this week, SAP, Microsoft and Adobe announced plans for an Open Data initiative. “The idea is to have multiple business applications using a common data model within Microsoft’s Azure cloud, a Microsoft spokesman told CNBC. Microsoft’s Dynamics 365, SAP’s C/4HANA and Adobe’s Experience Cloud.” Great! About time! This addresses a key issue for anyone […]
Data governance strategy is vital for digital transformation
A recent Gresham survey of over 100 CFOs in Financial Services underlines exactly how vital a data governance strategy is for organisations contemplating digital transformation. The survey download is highly recommended reading for anyone contemplating stalled projects or developing future plans. There are a number of key takeaways which support our own views: GDPR compliance […]
Data problems or problem data?
People like to blame data, but business issues due to underlying data problems speak to wider concerns about how data is valued and managed. Is the data in your company regarded as infrastructure? If not, then some of the following may be business challenges your organisation will experience. Issue Consequence Data breach. A data breach […]
Incorvus on G-Cloud 10
Moving to Cloud: data discovery, preparation, migration and curation services Quality Cloud deserves quality data! Incorvus has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s G-Cloud 10 framework for the supply of Lot 3 Cloud Support services. Through Lot 3, UK public sector organisations considering moving to, or consolidating on, Cloud, can commission […]