Geneva, October 5th 2011 – Global Data Excellence announces that the Canton of Valais has chosen the DEMS software to implement its Data Excellence programme.
DEMS is the first tool that verifies that data is used compliant to the rules defined by an organization. Furthermore, DEMS measures in terms of value (usually monetary) the implication of non-compliancy.
In Switzerland, the provisions in “The Law on Harmonization of Registers (2008)” have made it necessary for the administration of the Canton of Valais to implement a central data repository. The canton’s IT department will be managing the implementation of the repository which implicates more than 140 communes. It will simplify data exchanges (definition of the list of characters, codes and flags) and impose the principal of the unique identification of physical persons, the address of residence or a postal code.
The project, which will be completed in 2012 (eliminating paper messaging), has been organized in 3 phases:
- Implementation of the quality and business rules (data governance)
- Consolidation of the register of inhabitants
- Making available of database of physical and moral persons
Pierre-André Crettaz , the head of the project at the IT department of the Canton of Valais explains: “Date governance is at the heart of our project because, besides the issues of architecture and databases, it constantly measures the alignment of business rules and the impact of non-conformity and the governance required i.e. correction of errors”. Currently, the Canton has chosen to deploy this infrastructure repository to a subset of departments, which includes inhabitant management, taxation and financial services.
Dr. Walid El Abed, CEO and founder of Global Data Excellence, stresses: “this application is a clear example of the relationship between business users, ITusers, and repository data, regardless of the different IT systems, applications, SAP®, etc.”
At the leadership level of the Canton, it has been decided to implement new services with this robust repository specifically designed for support of the framework.
DEMS consolidates – by means a proven framework which has been validated and deployed by major corporations world-wide – the foundations of a system based on the excellence of data, thus offering a tool to manage, measure, and direct workflow, independent of the diversity of production systems and applications.
About Global Data Excellence (GDE)
Founded in 2007 by Dr. Walid El Abed, GDE with headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland), and operations in the UK, France, Switzerland and USA.
GDE helps major enterprises manage the strict compliance of business rules and their usage throughout the enterprise data, independently of applications and systems and valorizes the impact of non-compliancy (usually in monetary terms).
For more information: www.globaldataexcellence.com
Contacts :
Global Data Excellence Canton du Valais
Niels Bogstad Pierre-André Crettaz
+4179 382 0475 +4127 606 2223
niels.bogstad@globaldataexcellence.com Pierre-Andre.CRETTAZ@admin.vs.ch
