![]() ![]() Well, one thing that the product didn’t do is know how to understand, or reverse engineer PeopleSoft, Salesforce, SAP, or anything like that, and we do that. “ASG have a product called Data Intelligence which used to be known as Rochade, and the product could scan all sorts of files and databases and systems, and structured data – and I think unstructured data – to bring that Metadata into their repository, to do Data Lineage and Semantics, or whatever they want to do with it. He provided an example to illustrate the unique gap Safyr fills within existing software in the marketplace: We solve that problem.”īullivant stressed that because Safyr is in its own unique category as an ‘information provider,’ there is an incorrect assumption that it does ETL or Data Lineage. “We only sell to people who have got these big packages and the big packages tend to be bought by big complex organizations,” They need to understand the tables, attributes, relationships and definitions underlying their data systems in order to maximize their return on the data they hold and deliver new programs. The company’s customer list includes BP, Boeing, Shell, World Bank, RS Components, Hydro Tasmania, Department of Homeland Security, Tesoro, and Volkswagen. These partnerships are its primary go to market vehicle. They also work with SAP specialists, and others who also sell the product. erwin also resells Safyr, and Silwood also has technical partnerships with other organizations. “Since then, we have acquired a network of partners all the way from IBM through to organizations such as ASG, Datum, Adaptive, and many others” he said. ![]() Safyr was developed in 2002 to solve that problem, so that companies with large CRM and ERP systems can deliver information, Data Management projects, and Metadata Management quickly, more effectively, and with greater accuracy. Companies they worked with were spending “huge amounts” of money and time trying to understand the data structures underpinning SAP applications, for example. The highly customized nature of larger systems was also an issue. “Basically, there’s no Metadata of any value in the database itself.” Also, the Data Model in an SAP system is about 90,000 tables, and even if there was valuable metadata, “you probably don’t want to reverse-engineer engineer 90,000 tables as it will take time and resources.” “Our first real exposure to Data Modeling was with erwin way back in the day, and then over a period of time, we discovered that we were selling solutions around the erwin Data Modeling tool and helping organizations use it effectively, and what we discovered time and time again was that whilst erwin is really good at reverse engineering database schemas, handling SAP and other large packages needed a different approach.”īullivant said there are a number of reasons for this. You can’t even do it in three months manually, regardless of how many people you throw at it.”īullivant said Safyr evolved out of a need for Metadata Management from companies using erwin Data Modeler with large customized ERP and CRM packages, like SAP or Oracle. “A complete Metadata Glossary for SAP systems, searchable, readable, usable, shareable, and accurate, based on what actually implemented in less than three hours from connecting to the system. He and Nick Porter, Silwood’s Technical Director, talked with DATAVERSITY® about how their clients are using Safyr to ‘discover’ Metadata and condense months of work into minutes.Ĭompanies using Enterprise Management solutions like SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, or Microsoft, face months and months of work to create a Data Dictionary. ![]() Rather, it’s “Metadata Discovery software,” said Bullivant, Sales and Marketing Director at Silwood Technology. ![]() Safyr is not an Enterprise Metadata Management (EMM) tool. One customer said simply, “I’m grieving for the lost years.” Moments after realizing that Safyr creates a complete Metadata Glossary for large ERP and CRM packages in a matter of hours, a process that can take an entire team working full time six months – or more – many potential customers are a bit emotional. You can get more information by clicking the links to visit the relevant pages on the vendors website.Roland Bullivant is accustomed to the stunned silence that often greets a demonstration of Safyr ®, Silwood Technology’s Metadata Discovery software. The links provided point to pages on the vendors websites. The information is provided "As Is" without warranty of any kind. Disclaimer: This webpage is intended to provide you information about patch announcement for certain specific software products. ![]()
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