Entries by Roland Bullivant
Does your enterprise data catalog easily support your enterprise applications?
ERP and CRM metadata for your enterprise data catalog? Can your enterprise data catalog or metadata management system truly be called ‘enterprise’ if it cannot readily accommodate metadata from your enterprise application systems? Have you ever wondered how to go about provisioning your enterprise data catalog or metadata management solution with information from your enterprise […]
How well do you know your JD Edwards data?
Trying to get a comprehensive and accurate picture of your JD Edwards data is a bit like attempting to complete a jigsaw puzzle without being able to turn over the pieces to see their individual colours and how they relate to each other. It takes ages and the results are probably wrong! This blog covers […]
Are you still asking your BASIS teams for information about SAP tables and fields?
How do you find relevant SAP tables for your data management projects? We talk to a good number of SAP customers, many of whom are struggling to find the right SAP tables, programs or other components for their enterprise data warehouse, data catalog, data governance, data migration and other initiatives. The same problem reoccurs with […]
How you can find personal data fields in an SAP system for CCPA and GDPR
Introduction and why finding metadata for personal data in ERP and CRM systems for CCPA and GDPR is hard. The State of California’s California Consumer Privacy Act and EU General Data Protection Regulation, usually referred to as CCPA and GDPR, together with regulations imposed by other governments and states, have placed more responsibility on organisations […]
Who looks after the data assets in your company?
What corporate assets do you have? In the context of this article I am not referring to those on the balance sheet such as equipment, stock, debtors and perhaps buildings but more about those which are commonly referred to as critical assets in enabling you to achieve your targets and goals. In addition to your […]
Safyr and Gartner metadata management magic quadrant leaders
When I was reading the most recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions, I noticed that Silwood Technology have a relationship, either commercial or technical or both, with 9 out of the 12 vendors in the Leader’s quadrant. We also work with vendors in other quadrants.
AI projects have familiar data challenges
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal Arvind Krishna, IBM’s senior vice president of cloud and cognitive software, said “data-related challenges are a top reason IBM clients have halted or cancelled artificial-intelligence (AI) projects.”
5 reasons why your data teams struggle with SAP, and what you can do about it
The challenge of SAP metadata Like most companies who have been required to incorporate SAP data into Information or Data Management projects, I am sure you have also experienced the delays, high costs and even data inaccuracies which often occur when trying to work with the intricacies of SAP metadata.
Mind The Gap – metadata for data transformation
Introduction If you have ever travelled on the London Underground you may have heard the phrase “Mind The Gap” being announced on certain stations, or perhaps you’ve seen the sign on the platform edge.
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