DISTINCTIVES: VDDW Distinctives   >   Topological Efficiency

  • A typical large enterprise has a slew of systems that constitute an information supply chain taking raw operational data through various stages of refinement until it becomes information on the user’s desktop (or PDA or cell phone, etc.). Each system is one node in a complicated network of systems, all of which typically feed into and out of each other in some form or fashion. Each node in that network is an additional point of maintenance, processing burden, potential failure / corruption, and support cost, not just in terms of the function of that system itself, but also the integration between it and other nodes in the topology.
  • Topological Efficiency refers to the extent to which a solution streamlines and simplifies this network of systems (thereby reducing maintenance costs, storage costs, points of failure, and processing time) or further clutters it.
  • How Topological Efficiency relates to the other sectors of comparison

    Topological Efficiency is highly dependent on the degree of integration and scalability of the solution. Topological Efficiency, in turn, is an important, though not the main contributor, to overall value derived. While the business gains immense value from the key initiatives the VDDW enables, the IT division benefits from a streamlined system landscape, and the overall organization therefore benefits in terms of lower IT costs and increased accessibility.


  • Why the VDDW rates well for Topological Efficiency

    1. VDDW Streamlines the Information Supply Chain. It is a single solution that hybridizes the roles of enterprise data warehouse, profitability analysis / performance measurement, expense allocation, and OLAP, using an enterprise dimension bus architecture. In so doing, it pulls together what are often separate high maintenance systems into one using an intuitive and proven design approach.

    2. It diminishes the need and/or complexity of integrating into additional performance-related point solutions, possibly eliminating them entirely.