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Enterprise Architecture (PDF, 300KB)

Enterprise Integration for Higher Education (PDF, 960KB)

IT Strategy (PDF, 200KB)

Master Data Management (PDF, 277KB)

Lean Principles and IT Demand Management
IT spending level is typically based on historical or competitive benchmark levels. Given the current global economic climate many IT organizations face frozen budgets and cost-cutting efforts and this puts a squeeze on many innovative initiatives in the backlog. The only way for folks to get more done for less will be to plan and prioritize the IT portfolio based on strategic fit, business value, risk, and complexity.

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Ensuring & Maintaining Data Quality: Data Quality for Data in Motion & Data at Rest
Businesses that apply mature Information Technology processes understand “Data Quality as the foundation of Business Intelligence”, and therefore are aware of data quality problems. At the same time, there is a common misconception that data quality is expensive and is not required through early maturity stages. However, this has the opposite effect of accumulating bad data in the operational data stores and data warehouses, which then requires a huge effort to fix. This whitepaper, useful for data stewards, enterprise architects, project managers, and IT executives, examines how the data quality problems arise even in the most controlled environments and the measures to be taken to ensure and maintain data quality in operational and data warehousing systems.

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Master Data Management: Managing Data as an Asset
With an increase in the pace of business, organizations have already built up Business Intelligence systems to aid efficient decision-making. Globalization and mergers and acquisitions have served as catalysts for organizations to realize the criticality of data and data integration. With this background, many organizations have begun to treat data as one of their key assets. This white paper explains how core business entities known as master data can be considered organizational assets and how to manage these entities holistically.

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The What’s and How’s of ETL Architecture
This paper is basically a high level description of a highly technical subject - Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) Architecture. It is written for IT management and professionals to address and explain an area which often has been overlooked.

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Organizational Alignment: Empowering The Business
The term Organizational Alignment brings to mind many different interpretations when spoken of in the context of an Information Technology (IT) organization. When applied to an organization as a whole, it addresses consistency of purpose and activity throughout the organization as a means to achieve organizational objectives. A similar context is true with respect to an IT organization except that an IT organization typically supports multiple parts of the organization, each of which each have their own strategies woven into a cohesive organizational strategy. When Organizational Alignment principles are applied within IT disciplines, resources create and deliver sustainable business value enabling business units to achieve their objectives.

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Business Intelligence Best Practices: Transforming Data into Information
The introduction of information technology systems decades ago helped organizations worldwide benefit from more efficient operations and greater productivity. Over the years, companies have acquired volumes of data in these applications, but much of this data is trapped in multiple, disparate systems which cannot easily communicate. As a result, firms must expend considerable effort to tap into the full potential of these data assets to strategically maneuver the business in a rapidly changing and competitive marketplace. The latest evolution in IT is “business intelligence,” which promises to help businesses better tap into and leverage their data assets. But what, exactly, is BI? How can it help? How is it implemented? And what can it do for your company? Essentially a primer on BI, this paper describes BI, how it can help you, and best practices to consider when launching or refining a business intelligence initiative.

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Transforming Legacy Applications To .NET Through Automated Migration
Access this CIBER and ArtinSoft webinar replay to learn about the alternatives available for modernizing or transforming your legacy applications, with a focus on lower cost, low-risk software migration options.

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A Bifocal Strategy for Data Quality
This article, by CIBER’s Ashu Bhatia first appeared on TDAN.com in September 2008

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01 Jul 2009
CIBER Wins Contract With Ohio University For New Student Information System
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28 Jan 2008
Joyce Norris-Montanari Joins CIBER as Principle Architect Of Global Enterprise Integration Practice
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04 Dec 2006
CIBER and Microsoft to Host Ohio Seminar on Service-Oriented Architecture
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08 May 2006
CIBER to Host Kansas City Seminar on Service-Oriented Architecture
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Using their body of datawarehousing best practices as an architectural framework, CIBER helped the The Principal Financial Group understand the primary components of a datawarehouse and how best to structure based on the information collected through interviews.

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Leading Drilling & Blasting Company
Modern Field Data Collection For Tangible Business Results
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Major For-Profit Health Care Organization
CIBER Completes a Customized IT Assessment
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Major Japanese Auto Manufacturer
CIBER Build New Parts Recovery Portal Application
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
CIBER’s Datawarehouse Supports Enhanced Decisions And Performance For Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
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Principal Financial
CIBER Selected by Principal Financial for Datawarehousing Assessment
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San Francisco International Airport
CIBER Helps San Francisco International Airport Attain Year-2000 Compliance, Meet Staffing and IT Needs
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Santa Clara County Social Services Agency
CIBER Implements Business Intelligence Solution for Santa Clara County Social Services Agency
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Sports Association
CIBER’s Network & Internet Services Boost National Sports Association’s Performance
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State of Colorado
CIBER Engaged to Assist the State of Colorado in Planning for Statewide IT Transformation and Consolidation
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“CDC Alerting Service provides an enterprise alerting service infrastructure that CDC Centers, Institutes, and Offices (CIOs) can securely integrate with their disparate technologies. CDCAS provides a truly reusable component framework that allows CDC to easily expand communication capabilities with little or no impact to the CIOs while reducing the cost of ownership for CDC and our Public Health Information Network (PHIN) partners. The CIBER team has expertly created CDCAS to meet both current and future needs with a highly flexible architecture and component model.”

Robb Chapman — Program Manager, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“CIBER impressed us with their understanding of local government challenges and concerns. Not only does the CIBER team bring to the table significant technological expertise, but a solid understanding of local government processes and issues as well.”

Catherine Maras O’Leary — Chief Information Officer, Cook County, Ill

“The department recognizes that it doesn’t have the skills or expertise to create the enterprise architecture framework. We hired CIBER to do the work and transfer the knowledge to our employees by training and mentoring us. CIBER will act as a ‘bridge’ until we develop sufficient competencies within our own staff.”

Bill Shaw — Manager, Enterprise Architecture Group, Idaho Transportation Department

“We wanted an IT services company that would provide the most tangible value to address our critical AD migration program. CIBER stood out as offering the best value to the government.”

Chuck McCallar — Chief Technology Officer, Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield