Effective use of business information exceeds the demands of structural data validation or value domain membership tests. As more decisions are distributed across the organizational hierarchy and as more information is processed and exposed to end-consumers, there is a growing need for visual representations of many aspects of business transactions.

This paper explores how a consolidated set of value-added data services that span the scope of data management best practices can reduce operational costs, increase efficiency, all while improving the quality and utility of enterprise data.