White Paper for Information Management services

I have during the first half of 2009 authored a White Paper. This White Paper is an open and fairly brief introduction to data and information as critical assets and it outlines DNV's Information Management services. These services can be delivered globally and adapted to fit Customers experiences, requirements and needs.

So far, I have sent it out to a selected group of people to get their feedback and sound advice. But, I have also sent it out to potential clients, that has responded in a very positive way.

The White Paper is around 50 pages today, but it will be complemented with scenarios and examples from different types of enterprises. I have been asked to do examples from Oil & Gas; integration of information within a Refinery, life cycle management if all information for a Production site program and from Defense; Fusion centers, integration and management of Performance Based Logistics (PBL) information both from customer and contractor.

One notion that's getting clearer by time, is that it's quite useless to carry on with business as usual when you have gained new and better ways to understand and handle your information. Your business processes will evolve, and you will be able to perform your services better and deliver better products.

It is exciting times. The drop in finances, have lead to that companies and government authorities are looking into new ways of improving their business. But, even if the basic problem is related to how you manage your information, then most of the time people just buys another lukewarm technical solution, that will be obsolete the same day you implement it.

Here's where the White Paper makes sense. It describes how you can gain awareness on your information assets and find new ways to make more use of them in your enterprise, and best of all, use the information to find solutions to problems in your enterprise. When we are doing "Prestudies", we usually find a number of "low hanging fruits", that will help the customer to gain some quick benefits.

If you would like to have a copy of the White Paper, then just send me an email.