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| DATA CONVERSION & PREPARATION |
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ThomasTech specializes in designing solutions
and providing services to organizations with large amounts
of information and complex system requirements. Your company
may be struggling with content that is in disparate formats
and resides in multiple locations and/or systems. Our solutions
can help standardize this diverse information and store it
in a central repository in order to utilize it in your content
management systems.
If you are unsure of your data management needs and requirements,
ThomasTech can help you identify them by performing a consulting
engagement. If you already know your requirements and need
data conversion, database design, or data output services,
ThomasTech's full staff of data specialists can provide those
services quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively.
ThomasTech provides the following services either as a component
of a broad solution, or on a standalone basis.
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| Data and
Business Analysis |
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ThomasTech utilizes a phased approach in
analyzing your current data and business processes to ensure
the solution helps your company fully realize the benefits
of a streamlined content management system.
ThomasTech works closely with the key people in your organization
to document and analyze your company's
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- Corporate and departmental goals and priorities
- Current information-related business processes
- Informational infrastructure including current
production systems
- Existing data structure, integrity, and functionality
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| Data Conversion |
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Regardless of the current state of your
data, ThomasTech provides the necessary services to convert
it to a platform-neutral, electronic format like XML that
is suitable for importing into a data repository. If applicable,
ThomasTech will also integrate your legacy databases into
a new solution, or will create a program to automatically
retrieve, convert, and import legacy data into the new database.
ThomasTech provides services that encompass the entire data
conversion process.
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| Electronic Data |
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ThomasTech utilizes state-of-the-art
conversion tools such as OmniMark or Perl to convert
electronic data from its native format, whether it's
currently in spreadsheet, word processing, or desktop
publishing applications. If no off-the-shelf alternative
exists, ThomasTech will create a custom script to automatically
convert data into a usable electronic format such as
XML. Click here to learn more about our data extraction
service.
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| Printed Data |
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For data that exists only in printed
form, ThomasTech has document conversion solutions and
expert technicians to scan documents or images for conversion
to digital format. ThomasTech also maintains a full
editorial staff proficient in manual data entry, as
well as proofing and editing, ensuring that the data
entered is accurate. ThomasTech maintains an accuracy
rate of 99.9%.
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| DTD Development |
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The Document Type Definition (DTD) specifies
rules that govern the structure of XML documents and forms
a roadmap for your data. ThomasTech develops DTDs that are
rigid enough to ensure proper content flow and functionality,
yet flexible enough to integrate with future initiatives.
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| Database Design and Integration Services |
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ThomasTech has partnered with industry-leading
database vendors such as Oracle and Microsoft and is experienced
in designing and implementing solutions based on a wide range
of platforms. ThomasTech designs data repositories that not
only suit your specific data characteristics, output requirements,
and business rules, but also are scalable enough to accommodate
your current and future initiatives.
A well-designed data repository allows for effective search
and retrieval, facilitates efficient porting of information
between applications, publications, and business systems,
and enables output to multiple media. The repository also
supports advanced features such as cross-referencing and relational
data structures. Click here to learn about ThomasTech's document
management solutions.
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| Data output services |
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| ThomasTech provides a full spectrum of
services to help you retrieve data from your database and
output it to any number of destinations including Web and
print publishing systems, Web portals, channel partners, or
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