Services

• Data warehousing: we have been creating data warehouses for more than 10 years.
  • Example: over 40 years of chemical analyses, mostly in paper files, were entered and integrated into a data warehouse containing over 100,000 values.

   

• Data cleaning: the integrity of a warehouse is lessened if the data are irrelevant or erroneous, so cleaning of the data increases the value and benefits.
  • Example: when justified, we have implemented various data cleaning methods, like double-entry checking and interim client liaison.

   

• Data analysis and mining: manipulation, graphing, examination, and analysis of data warehouses for special trends and patterns.
  • Example: we have published conference papers on trends, analytics, and statistics from a data warehouse containing tens of thousands of values from 200 related industrial facilities around the world.

   

• Information management, presentation, and security: data warehouses and data mining provide little value if the results cannot be accessed, checked, updated, and discussed by a client.  We provide flexible options for information management, including
  • HTML-based intranets and websites
  • Java-based applications
  • Various graphics formats for bitmap and vector files
  • PDF-based documents and libraries
  • Microsoft Excel and Access
  • SQL-based retrieval
  • XML for long-term value and non-proprietary format

   

• Some additional and obviously biased observations:
  • Websites reflect some combination of two basic endpoints: information presentation and transfer, and flashy active multimedia interaction. We emphasize the first endpoint much more than the latter. Besides consuming bandwidth, multimedia performances can be confusing, difficult to use and understand, minimize the amount of screen used for interaction, and distract from the core messages and information.

   

  • From our perspective, security is enhanced by focusing on individual instances of files, databases, warehouses, and applications. If such items are placed on a network with open and multiple access, then information integrity and security are at greater risk. We identify a balance between collaborative work and security that is specific to the task and people. In this way, information is protected and maintained.

   

  • Data analytics and mining requires more than just searching blindly for trends - it requires an understanding of the data coupled with a keen interest in thoroughly exploring the data warehouse, which is a hallmark of our data mining.

   

  • There may not be great glory in storing, transferring, and mining information in warehouses, databases, and files. But, hey, we really enjoy it!  More important to our clients, we have shown through our work that the return on investment can be significant in terms of monetary value and corporate confidence.

Let us help you with your data warehousing and management!

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