Overview
Expansion of divisions, mergers and acquisitions, new product development, process automation and implementation of new systems can all contribute to creation of a massive portfolio of unconnected, redundant and often less-than-effective data stores.
At most companies, the system portfolio has grown to be so broad that even systems working on the same job are often not integrated. This can, over time, compromise system performance and result in ineffective work processes, slow the amount of information available to decision makers, or provide the wrong insights at the wrong time. The result is often decisions that have a negative impact on the bottom line.
Information integration is the practice and process of connecting data from disparate systems, where timely and real-time information is made available to improve business processes, decision-making and total business performance.
Business challenges
- How long does it take you to obtain the necessary, trusted information to make a decision?
- Can you ensure reliability, accuracy and completeness of data?
- Are you suffering from less-than-effective data stores due to expansion of automation, product development or acquisitions?
- How many legacy systems is your organization currently maintaining?
- Are disparate system disconnects causing manual workarounds or operational failures?
Information integration services that we offer
- ERP consolidation: reconcile and connect your ERP instances to gain the benefits of an enterprise view.
- Data integration: bring together data from disparate systems to establish the information foundation for using information as a strategic asset.
- Information as a Service: enables a consistent packaging of data and applies consistent rules to data.
- Data quality: process, rules, technology and governance to manage the quality and trustworthiness of data.
Why IBM
IBM delivers distinct advantages to our clients in delivering Information Integration solutions. Our consultants bring proven strategy and transformation methodologies and industry best practices to our engagements. Our Data Integration Modeling solution is a type of process modeling technique that is focused on engineering data integration processes into a common Data Integration Architecture.
IBM can deliver globally with unmatched reach, expertise, and depth of resources. IBM brings together the global expertise, services, software, hardware, research, and partner network to solve the most important and complex information intensive issues for our clients.
IBM provides a holistic approach, proven methodologies, dedicated IOD Centers of Excellence and Research, best practices, an extensive partner network, and flexible delivery models for maximum business advantage.
