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Improving Quality and Adoption: EIM SQL Server 2012
Perficient is an IT consulting firm that provides business-driven technology solutions aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and client engagement across North America. The document discusses the importance of Enterprise Information Management (EIM), its definition, and specific tools like Data Quality Services (DQS) and Master Data Services (MDS) within SQL Server 2012. Additionally, it outlines the role of Duane Schafer in managing Perficient's Microsoft Business Intelligence practice and highlights the firm's services and market presence.
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- 1. Improving Quality andAdoption – Introducing EIM with SQL Server 2012
- 2. About Perficient Perficient isa leading information technology consulting firm serving clients throughout North America. We help clients implement business-driven technology solutions that integrate business processes, improve worker productivity, increase customer loyalty and create a more agile enterprise to better respond to new business opportunities.
- 3. PRFT Profile Founded in 1997 Public, NASDAQ: PRFT 2011 Revenue of $260 million 20 major market locations throughout North America — Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fairfax, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Jose, St. Louis and Toronto 1,800+ colleagues Dedicated solution practices 600+ enterprise clients (2011) and 85% repeat business rate Alliance partnerships with major technology vendors Multiple vendor/industry technology and growth awards
- 4. Our Solutions Expertise& Services Business-Driven Solutions Perficient Services • Enterprise Portals End-to-End Solution Delivery • SOA and Business Process IT Strategic Consulting Management IT Architecture Planning • Business Intelligence Business Process & Workflow • User-Centered Custom Applications Consulting • CRM Solutions Usability and UI Consulting • Enterprise Performance Management Custom Application Development • Customer Self-Service Offshore Development • eCommerce & Product Information Package Selection, Implementation Management and Integration • Enterprise Content Management Architecture & Application Migrations • Industry-Specific Solutions Education • Mobile Technology • Security Assessments Perficient brings deep solutions expertise and offers a complete set of flexible services to help clients implement business-driven IT solutions 4
- 5. Our Speaker Duane Schafer •Manages the National Microsoft BI Practice at Perficient. • 16 years experience in providing guidance and thought leadership to his clients in the area of Enterprise Information Management, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. • Provided services ranging from Enterprise Data Warehouse architecture to EIM strategy and has worked with several Fortune 500 companies. 5
- 6. Agenda Base Assumptions Quality is important What is EIM? • Gartner definition and functions Exploring the EIM services within SQL Server • DQS - Data Quality Services • MDS – Master Data Services Recap 6
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- 8. Perficient’s Microsoft Practices Microsoft NBU Business SharePoint Intelligence Cloud (Duane Schafer) • Content • Dashboards • Scalability • Sites • Scorecards • Time to market • Communities • OLAP • DAC support • Composites • DW • Tenancy • Insights • Integration • Integration • Search • MDM / DQS • Reporting • Security • Security • Security 8
- 9. Base Assumption #1 •A major issue is access to relevant and reliable data. Source: Information Week Reports, 2011
- 10. Base Assumption #2 •Data Quality issues affect BI adoption. Source: Information Week Reports, 2011
- 11. Base Assumption #3 •Data Quality issues drive interest in MDM. Source: Information Week Reports, 2011
- 12. Gartner EIM Definition •Enterprise Information Management (EIM) is an integrative discipline for structuring, describing and governing information assets regardless of organizational and technological boundaries to improve operational efficiency, promote transparency and enable business insight. - From Gartner Group, BI Summit 2007
- 13. What does itmean? “Really long definition… “ • EIM maturity model? Ignore it for now… • Master data stewards? Ignore that for now… • Master Blaster? Wrong movie… • Definition implies an EIM program (with technologies) is needed…
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- 15. EIM Service Layers •Collaboration Share/Search KM • Delivery Traditional BI SSBI • IQ Governance Data Quality Master Data • Analytic OLAP Predictive • Integration ETL CEP SOA • Storage OLTP DW OLAP Note – there is no implication of ‘service layer’ maturity here, however our EIM program is now more mature because we’ve defined additional layers.
- 16. What is DQS? •DQS is a knowledge-driven solution that provides both computer-assisted and interactive ways to manage the integrity and quality of your data. Data Cleansing Matching Reference Data Services Profiling Monitoring Knowledge Management (built from domains) 16
- 17. What is theDQS process? 17
- 18. What are theDQS components? Server Client Note – If you have SharePoint, you have SQL Server. If it’s SQL 2012, you have DQS. 18
- 19. What does DQSlook like? 19
- 20. DQS – MainPage 20
- 21. DQS – DomainManagement 21
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- 29. What is MDS? •MDS is a service that allows an organization to consistently define and manage their master data. (i.e. non-transactional) Build the model Models, Entities, Attributes (base components) Hierarchies, Attribute Groups, Collections (complex components) Enhance the model Business rules, Approval Workflows Map data to the model Maintain the model Expose data from the model 29
- 30. What is theMDS process? 30
- 31. What are theMDS components? Server Clients Note – If you have SharePoint, you have SQL Server. If it’s SQL 2012, you have MDS. 31
- 32. What does MDSlook like? Demo Time! 32
- 33. MDS – Exploremodel 33
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- 37. MDS – Buildmodel 37
- 38. MDS – BusinessRules 38
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- 44. What did wejust see? Introduced a simpler definition of EIM • i.e. “A set of functions we should be good at.” Described ‘major’ service layers of EIM Filled the last major technology gap to EIM implementation • “Information Quality Governance” Increased visibility into data issues (increase quality) Empowered the business (increase adoption) 44
- 45. New Features thatContribute to BI Solutions 45
- 46. Thank You! Contact: Duane Schafer 314.971.4663 Duane.Schafer@perficient.com 46