Metadata Catalog

Effectively managing metadata is becoming increasingly important to organizations of all types and sizes, as the scope of what we understand as metadata expands. Certainly in our efforts in BI and integration we recognize the criticality of information about the lineage of the data, the structure of the data, and the transformations being performed between the source and the BI delivery system. As we work with operational systems of increasing scope and complexity we have gained keen insight into the importance of having ready access to current, accurate information about hardware and software platform configurations in development, test and production environments and patch levels and configuration settings on network hardware, as well as the more traditional kinds of metadata such as database schemas and application version information.

Metadata management is increasingly emerging from the realm of theory and entering the practice of enterprise information management. A good metadata management practice offers effective strategies for driving IT investment by supporting such efforts as capacity analysis and impact analysis at all levels of the IT infrastructure. Another key driver for adopting metadata solutions is regulatory compliance; reporting on information sources has become a requirement for corporate reporting.

In addition to our work with these trends, we have identified key product offerings and become expert in the industry leading Rochade product from ASG. ASG-Rochade is a scalable, strategic, enabling technology that manages information about data and systems across the enterprise. It uncovers complex relationships between information technology assets, facilitating what-if analysis and increasing the productivity of business and IT. EC Wise offers a practice that facilitates deployment of the Rochade technology and assists in the identification of the information attributes and relationships that need to be captured in the repository.