Datanomic, the data quality software specialist, and Ithaca Solutions, the experts in complex IT transformation projects, today finalised a partnership agreement, creating a distinctive alliance which will ease the way for efficient mergers and acquisitions in the future.

According to Ithaca Solutions CEO, Robert Dias: “The product, Datanomic, removes one of the most significant barriers facing any data migration project. During mergers and acquisitions, the quality of the data being integrated is directly related to the success of the project. Datanomic has developed a specialist software product to analyse, clean and repair any data type to user-specified format. The powerful capabilities of Datanomic means we can be confident that data inaccuracies, inconsistencies and anomalies will be addressed with ease.”

According to research published by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in their “Global Data Management Survey 2001”, one in three in organisations have delayed or cancelled new IT projects because of problems with poor quality data.

Datanomic CEO Richard Marsh says: “Our expanding partner network reflects the relevance and demand for the Datanomic software. We are very pleased to be associated with Ithaca Solutions and I am confident that the partnership will develop significant new business for both companies and world class solutions for our clients.”

IDTechEx, the World's leading independant expert on the development and application of low cost RFID, has just completed three new market and company strategy reports, adding to its existing range of consultancy reports:

• The Internet of Things: Massive new markets for automated location, tracking, authentication and barcode replacement. Total Asset Visibility.

  This report gives the reality, the dream and the emerging technology of The Internet of Things. Ultra low-cost smart labels, tickets and cards will play a huge part in it. In addition, RFID is linked, without human intervention, to Global Positioning Systems (GPS), GSM radio location, Bluetooth™ and other services. Virtual super-computing will make cost-effective the necessary large and rapid computations, as will cheaper data storage.

• Smart Transport: In the past, buses, trains, private road transport, water and air transport were very separate industries. Their ticketing was supplied by unrelated companies using different technologies and standards were few and far between. Now stored-value cards, remotely-sensed tickets and other advances are starting to share the same or similar technologies. Standards are evolving and interoperability is being energetically pursued.

  This takes the form of intermodal transport passes in a city such as one stored-value card that gets you on any bus, train or ferry, as in Hong Kong, or interoperable bus cards across a country. These smart card and ticket technologies can be packaged into different shapes or electronically reconfigured. Then they are useful for a wide range of non-ticketing uses in transport. These include airport gold cards and frequent-flyer cards, radio tags on taxis, buses, trains, baggage, freight, even people and airport ground support equipment.

  These tags, often supplied by the same manufacturers, provide an enormous range of benefits from new earning streams to cost-reduction, improved facilitation and enhanced security. Users are increasingly doing one-stop shopping for smart cards, tickets and labels. This report analyses all these opportunities and trends. It is your reference book for the years to come.

• The Future Intelligent Packaging: This report provides the first comprehensive examination of the intelligent packaging industry and its markets. Intelligent packaging represents a very large, fast-growing market, and this report allows suppliers, packaging converters and users to identify the most profitable strategies and technologies. As well as an introduction to this exciting new area of packaging, this report provides a details technological forecast and comprehensive breakdown of the market. Five-year market forecasts have been created from an analysis of an exclusive new market research survey.

For more details of these reports, and to order, please contact: Corinne Jennings Tel: 01223 813703 email: c.jennings@idtechex.com