DataFlux and Business & Decision Sign a European Strategic Partnership

Release date: 7/9/2008

Partnership will provide specific solutions to better improve and control corporate data and will address the growing need of organizations to manage corporate data assets.

Paris, 9 July 2008 – DataFlux, one of the leaders in the supply of solutions for data quality and integration, and Business & Decision Consultant et Intégrateur de Systèmes (CIS), which specialises in Business Intelligence, Customer Relations Management (CRM), e-business and ERP integration, have today announced a European-wide strategic partnership. This agreement offers businesses full control of Data Governance and Master Data Management (MDM) projects, and covers the entire business data value chain, from audit through to management solutions.

According to the terms of this partnership, DataFlux will provide value added data quality and data integration solutions whilst Business & Decision will integrate those solutions into the customer’s ecosystem. “Market logic requires our two companies to come together”, explains Marc Daverat, the DataFlux Managing Director, Southern Europe. “This will enable us to combine the most successful technologies with recognised skills in business project management in the sphere of data quality and integration” he continued. In an environment in which information has risen to a crucial level for businesses, the interaction that this partnership is going to generate will be a guarantee of quality and security for customers wanting to install a data quality management program or indeed a data governance initiative.

Through this partnership, Business & Decision consultants will have preferential access to DataFlux technologies, and will thus be in a position to offer and integrate data quality tools into joint projects.

The scope of this partnership extends to all operations associated with data projects, including reference systems, the development of CRM or back-office applications, the implementation of solutions for regulatory compliance (Basel II, Solvency II, for instance), data audits and data standardisation, correction or de-duplication solutions.

Thus, via this partnership, customers will have solutions available to cover all their data management needs in terms of methodology, technology and services.

Daverat commented: “Business & Decision possesses know-how and an innovative approach to Data Governance. It is a respected player in the market and a vital partner for DataFlux. Developing common synergies with Business & Decision will enable us to provide the highest levels of technology and service.”

Jérôme Loncelle, who heads up the predictive analysis side of Business & Decision adds: “Getting together with one of the technological leader of the sector is very important for us. This partnership with DataFlux will mean that we can offer our customers industry recognized data quality technology”.

About Business & Decision – www.businessdecision.fr
Created in 1992, Business & Decision is an international consultancy and engineering company specialising in Business Intelligence, Customer Relations Management (CRM) and e-Business. It assists companies in setting up IT systems to run their structures and performance (reporting, management charts, consolidation, etc.); customer knowledge and management (facilities for sales forces, call centres, campaign management, analytical CRM); and relations via the Web (Business portals, e-commerce, selfcare solutions, e-administration, mobile internet, knowledge management, innovative web applications, directories and meta-directories,...). With more than 2,800 people (in France and world-wide) who develop a “complete project” approach from advice through to full IT realisation, Business & Decision is recognised for its functional and technological expertise by the largest software publishers on the market, with which it has formed partnerships. Currently, Business & Decision has more than 1200 clients.