How to Improve Data Quality and Consistency in a Service Oriented Architecture: A Case Study

Walter Berkowicz
Enterprise Architect
Allstate Financial

Mirza Dharani
Data/Integration Architect
Allstate Financial

Thursday 2:15pm - 3:15pm

Level: Intermediate

In an enterprise with multiple data sources, source data quality and consistency are difficult to achieve and maintain. In a service oriented architecture, that complexity increases. This case study will discuss one aspect of what Allstate Financial did in exposing quality data using services.

Attendees will learn:

• How to support enterprise initiatives which require quality data from various data sources.
• How to enable common services across multiple consumers such as integration, data storage, and application development.
• How to leverage and extend solutions into larger problem spaces.

Walter has over twenty-four years of experience in Information Technology. At Allstate Financial, he is Enterprise Architect and Planning Consultant on a wide variety of strategic projects. In his role as Senior Manager, Walter is currently responsible for Data Architecture, Industry Standards, and Business Information Delivery.

Mirza has over twenty years of experience in Information Technology. At Allstate Financial, he is the Data/Integration Architect on a wide variety of strategic projects. He has lead enterprise efforts that have resulted in improving data quality sourced from multiple legacy systems.