ASG-Business Glossary(TM) Standardizes Vocabulary to Enhance Business Reporting Accuracy and to Accelerate Data Governance and Compliance

TAMPA, FL--(Marketwire - April 7, 2009) - Enterprise Data World -- ASG Software Solutions, the originator of ASG's Business Service Portfolio™ (BSP™) and a worldwide leader in business solutions for global enterprises, today announced its new ASG-Business Glossary™. The software extends the traditional function of business glossaries -- standardizing terminology shared among IT and business employees -- by also providing contextual links to related assets, an integrated workflow approval process, and an audit trail supporting governance, risk, and compliance initiatives.

One of the biggest barriers to maximally leveraging and exploiting an organization's information assets is understanding the underlying data. Terminology varies widely from team to team. For example, to a sales manager, the term "revenue" may be a commission-based number, while to a financial manager, the same term may refer to cash inflow.

ASG-Business Glossary enables terms across domains to be defined and linked to most any context to help clarify its meaning and usage (e.g., relationship to other terms, links to its logical and physical implementation in databases, data warehouse, reports, cubes, applications, etc.). These governed definitions and relationships enable both business and IT users to confidently and efficiently understand data in ways not previously available. With this centralized terminology and context, organizations can be confident that their analytic reports reflect the actual health of their enterprise across lines of business.

The solution functions across multiple, related glossaries and individual repositories, making it easy for teams to work together to improve information-sharing and facilitate appropriate data use. In addition, the ASG-Business Glossary incorporates workflow to support online change submissions, notifications, and approvals, which allows terms to be managed according to internal governance processes and compliance requirements.

ASG-Business Glossary is part of a class of software from ASG called "MetaApps" by which uniquely rich context is brought to targeted application areas to improve the quality and speed of decision making.

"We built ASG-Business Glossary in collaboration with a Special Interest Group (SIG) of new and existing customers needing a solution that would provide them with richer definitional context and governance process than was otherwise available," said Scott McCurdy, Senior Vice President of Business Solutions at ASG. "The organizations we are working with understand that without a solid foundation for data understanding, efforts to leverage and exploit data (e.g., data warehouses, decision processes, etc.) will fail to realize their potential."

McCurdy added that ASG-Business Glossary will continue to be refined through ongoing collaboration with its SIG customer group, which includes leaders in healthcare, financial services, online marketplaces, and more.

ASG is exhibiting at Enterprise Data World in Tampa, Fla., at Booth # 102.

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ASG provides software solutions to more than 85 percent of the world's largest companies. Through its comprehensive Business Service Management (BSM) solution, Business Service Portfolio™, ASG is an established BSM provider with a strong heritage in information management, applications management, infrastructure and operations management, and service and support technologies. ASG enables clients to reduce costs, improve business-service delivery, and reduce risks. Founded in 1986, ASG is a privately held company based in Naples, Florida, USA, with more than 90 offices worldwide.