We are a decision support and database consulting firm with over 19 years experience in the industry. We provide consulting across the entire spectrum of business intelligence and database support from requirements gathering to design to implementation to end user training.

In general, why should I hire a decision support consulting firm?

According to a survey conducted by the Data Warehousing Institute, nearly one-half of all decision support budgets are over $500,000 per year yet 77% of decision support personnel have 6 years or less of experience. Fifty-four percent of decision support workers have been in their current positions for less than 2 years. Organizations are devoting large sums of money to their decision support efforts but entrusting these efforts to teams with little experience. A META Group study of successful decision support projects found that a major contributing factor to project success was the use of external consultants. They report that consultants in the field have the breadth of experience and expertise to ensure project success. dataVision SVP delivers the expertise you need.

What types of problems does dataVision SVP solve?

dataVision SVP can solve a variety of decision support and database problems. Is your organization challenged with any of these issues?

Where do we start?

Decision support systems can grow to be large and complex. We can help your business discover and focus on the most important and high value decision support needs. Working in conjunction with your business users, we can develop a solid roadmap for the entire lifecycle of your project.

We need data modeling help!

dataVision SVP will design solid, practical, flexible, and doable data models for decision support systems. Our principals are experienced data modelers who subscribe to star schema methodologies. We have modeled many successful decision support and online transactional systems, and know where and how to focus the modeling effort.

We’re finding that ETL is tricky and time consuming. Can you help?

You bet. dataVision SVP has experienced ETL developers. We are skilled in all phases of the ETL development lifecycle. We can augment your existing team with ETL experts or provide a crack team of our own to get the job done correctly and quickly. We have hands on experience with many ETL tools and can assist you with vendor evaluations.

There are so many reporting tool options, what do we really need?

dataVision SVP can analyze your business user community needs and help you choose the right reporting tools for your needs. We have experience in OLAP and multidimensional databases, ROLAP tools, report writers and schedulers, and statistical engines from a variety of vendors. We can gather reporting requirements and implement reporting solutions that are flexible and deliver real value to your organization.

We already have a decision support system. Are we getting the most value out of it?

We can evaluate your existing system and recommend changes and enhancements that will take your decision support system to the next level and ensure continued success.

What is dataVision SVP’s philosophy?

To put it simply, our clients are king (or queen). We want to help you build a first rate decision support system for a reasonable price. We want your decision support system to deliver real value to your business.

What kinds of clients has dataVision SVP worked for?

Our Principals have experience in a wide variety of industries including:

• Healthcare
• Telecommunications
• Insurance
• Government (state and city)
• Manufacturing
• Advertising
• Internet

What project roles can you fulfill?

dataVision SVP can fill many roles. We can provide:

• Data architects
• Business analysts
• ETL developers
• Report developers
• End user trainers
• Project managers
• Database Administrators
• Data quality analysts
• Technical architects