The differences between Salesforce Data Models, Schema Builder and Safyr

Safyr and Salesforce data models

We often asked by customers about the differences between the static Salesforce data models provided by Salesforce, their Schema Builder and our product Safyr®.

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GDPR, Personal Data, ERP and CRM – How I learned to stop worrying and love metadata

GDPR – what’s all the fuss about?

If you are involved with data management or data governance, I am guessing you have read, or at least heard about the new European Union General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). GDPR comes into force in May, 2018.

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Finding PII in SAP for GDPR compliance - Worked Example 6

Finding Personal Data in an SAP system for GDPR compliance

Introduction to the gdpr challenge

Working out which Tables store personal data that needs to be reviewed for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a challenge in any environment, but particularly so where the system is one or more of the big Application Packages. Typically these are systems from SAP, Oracle, Salesforce and Microsoft.

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Cartoon highlighting the Importance of Business Definitions, from Data Modeling for the Business by Hoberman, Burbank, Bradley, Technics Publications, 2009

The Business Value of Metadata for Data Governance

Guest blog post by Donna Burbank, Managing Director of Global Data Strategy, Ltd.

Data Governance has seen a rise in popularity in recent years, as more and more organizations see the value of data in driving business success.

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