Future Trends in Data Management: The Virtual Prototyping Warehouse
James Paat
President
Sypherlink, Inc.
March 7, 2007
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Level: Intermediate
One of the major challenges DM professionals face
is gaining the trust of business sponsors & end users. More often than
not, the first time a user sees the data is during user acceptance testing
or after deployment. Full scale prototyping is not typically done because
it is painful and costly.
A new concept being implemented within DM departments of leading organizations is the “Virtual Prototyping Warehouse.” This approach involves providing a temporary, virtual view into the combined data sources to allow end business users to rapidly define, test, edit, report from and validate the ultimate, physical data repository before it is implemented. By doing this, they gain immediate value from the data sharing initiative as well as a tool for managing changes to requirements.
In this session, Mr. Paat will outline:
A new concept being implemented within DM departments of leading organizations is the “Virtual Prototyping Warehouse.” This approach involves providing a temporary, virtual view into the combined data sources to allow end business users to rapidly define, test, edit, report from and validate the ultimate, physical data repository before it is implemented. By doing this, they gain immediate value from the data sharing initiative as well as a tool for managing changes to requirements.
In this session, Mr. Paat will outline:
- the benefits of creating a "Virtual Prototyping Warehouse"
- a detailed implementation process, including how to take advantage of existing investments and proven technologies
- Real-life examples from a leading financial services company & a public sector agency
- How this approach can be incorporated into an organization’s overall development lifecycle to reduce risk and uncertainty associated with major data integration efforts, while speeding business value and time-to-ROI.
James Paat is Founder, President and CEO of Sypherlink,
Inc. - an innovative information management software company. A recognized
industry expert in the fields of e-business and data integration, Paat
has more than 20 years experience working with Global 1000 companies
to identify, build, and implement e-business and data integration strategies.
His intimate understanding of the data-integration opportunities and
challenges led to the founding of Sypherlink.
At Sypherlink, Paat is responsible for establishing and executing the company vision and direction across all functional areas including strategic, business and product development, innovation, sales, marketing, account management and customer support.
Prior to Sypherlink, Paat was Founder, President and COO of EC Outlook, an e-business company. Under his leadership, EC Outlook raised $36 million, grew to 150 associates, and secured several global 500 customers including Bristol Myers Squibb, BASF, Dupont, Ciba Vision, Bausch & Lomb, and Sun Microsystems. State Fischer College of Business.
Paat also worked at leading e-Business providers, Checkfree Corporation and Sterling Commerce, in the areas of sales, consulting and management.
At Sypherlink, Paat is responsible for establishing and executing the company vision and direction across all functional areas including strategic, business and product development, innovation, sales, marketing, account management and customer support.
Prior to Sypherlink, Paat was Founder, President and COO of EC Outlook, an e-business company. Under his leadership, EC Outlook raised $36 million, grew to 150 associates, and secured several global 500 customers including Bristol Myers Squibb, BASF, Dupont, Ciba Vision, Bausch & Lomb, and Sun Microsystems. State Fischer College of Business.
Paat also worked at leading e-Business providers, Checkfree Corporation and Sterling Commerce, in the areas of sales, consulting and management.