Intelliscan's work with many of the UK utility and telcoms companies has given us a thorough understanding of operational asset and network data - such as pipes, cables and ducts - and the benefits that can be achieved via efficient management of that data.

We realise the importance of having good quality network and asset data available when and where it is required as it serves the very foundation of their business. Inaccurate, inconsistent or out of date network data can hinder a company's ability to fully understand its current - and future - network capacity. This can lead to poor decisions that can cause a host of negative results including lost profits, operational delays, customer dissatisfaction and much more.

An effective data quality strategy can help you better understand your business environment, allowing you to maximize profitability and reduce costly operational inefficiencies.

Intelliscans expertise and knowledge mean that we can assist you in creating the correct strategies and infrastructure to transform raw data into consistent, accurate and reliable information that can be managed effectively. We offer consultancy the following:

• Data Management Strategies - We can help you develop strategies to maximise the potential access to data sets between systems without creating problematic data management issues such as the maintenance of copies of the same data elements.
• Data Audit - We often recommend an audit in order to evaluate the quality and quantity of a client's data in relation to project requirements.
• Metrics Reporting - we can provide software tools to generate raster and vector statistics from network databases; including statistics on omissions and errors.
• Data Cleansing - any cleansing issues identified by the audit (and metrics reporting if appropriate) would be tackled. Where possible - particularly if lots of ommissions and disparities are found - we would automate the cleansing by developing a rule based software tool to correct, and verify the data. Alternatively we can organise manual cleansing if more appropriate - see information on our data production services .
• Data Integration - to match, merge or link data from disparate sources to ensure maximum accessibility across the organisation. We have developed generic software tools that can be customised to link data between two or more systems without introducing complex data management issues. This can be between two geographic information (GI) systems or between GI and non-GI systems (such as customer database and control room systems).
• Data Migration - we have developed software tools that can be customised to enable a smooth and easy movement of data from one system to another whilst maintaining data 'intelligence' (e.g. connectivity and attributes).
• Data Conversion Strategies - we can assist you on developing strategies for data conversion as well as develop any software tools that may be required to implement the strategies.
• Data Generation - Automatic data generation tools can, in appropriate circumstances, be used instead of data conversion. Rule based software tools would be developed to automatically generate data sets that would be expensive to capture by hand.
• Data Monitoring - we can work with you over time to check and control data integrity by providing ongoing support and maintenance.
• Data Security - network data can often be sensitive in nature so we can advise on security strategies that will best fit your requirements. For instance, initiating or enhancing access level protocols to recommending encryption technologies.
• Data Backup and Archiving - to complete your data management strategy we can assist with the development of suitable back-up and archiving plans. The high cost involved and the potentially disastrous effect of 'losing' data means that an adequate back-up and archiving plan is essential.

For more information, please contact us