AST 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. To help you realize the full benefit of data conversion, AST can help standardize this diverse information and store it in a central repository in order to utilize it in your content management systems.

We convert your data and create the appropriate data formats to integrate the data into your existing system. Our technology framework and services can offer additional benefits such as data cleansing, standardization of data and the capability to integrate data from other sources.

If you are unsure of your data management needs and requirements, AST 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, AST's full staff of data specialists can provide those services quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively.

AST provides the following services either as a component of a broad solution, or on a standalone basis.

  • Data and Business Analysis - AST 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.

  • Data Conversion (Electronic Data)- AST utilizes state-of-the-art and standard conversion tools 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, AST will create a custom script to automatically convert data into a usable electronic format such as XML.

  • Data Conversion (Printed Data)- For data that exists only in printed form, AST use state-of-the-art scanning facilities and expert techniques to scan documents or images for conversion to digital format.

  • Document Type Definition Development - The Document Type Definition (DTD) specifies rules that govern the structure of XML documents and forms a roadmap for your data. Our skilled and experienced team can develop DTDs that are rigid enough to ensure proper content flow and functionality, yet flexible enough to integrate with future initiatives.

  • Database Design and Integration Services - AST has partnered with industry-leading database vendors such as Oracle Corporation, and is experienced in designing and implementing solutions based on a wide range of platforms. AST 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.

  • Data output services - AST 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 business systems.

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Services
Strategy and Assessment
Project Management
Change Management
Best Practices
Implementation
Upgrade/Migration
Training
Support
Database Administration
Integration
Data Conversion
Troubleshooting/Performance Tuning