Modulant Launches Contextia Product Suite.

Methodology and Technology Designed to Ensure Business Information Integrity

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Modulant, a leading provider of technologies and services to ensure transparency to how, where and when data is used within the enterprise, announced today the launch of the Contextia Product

"Organizations need to establish Business Information Integrity Programs (BIIP) to reduce the maintenance and upgrade costs of their IT resources. Contextia provides the methodologies, technologies and products necessary to be successful," says Peter Everitt, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Modulant. "We believe that by establishing a BIIP, organizations can begin to manage the use of their business information within in a single repository which is easy to maintain and they can reuse the information for many different business objectives. This control allows for the business information integrity that leads to more efficient IT processes and reduces the total IT support costs."

By using the Contextia Product Suite, to capture the use of the business information within the context of the business, an organization can create Business Maps of its IT information resources. Much like a geographical map, a Business Map is a mechanism for sharing knowledge. The maps include symbols and tailored "directions" so that information can be interpreted correctly, within the context of the business challenge at hand, and not get "lost" within the enterprise. With Contextia, organizations can stop re-establishing domain knowledge each time they have a new business challenge. Logistics, financial, manufacturing, process control, or any other industry segment can see and access accurate and usable information about their business in one holding area.

Additional key components of the Contextia Product Suite are:

* Domain Knowledge Manager (DKM): The DKM provides the capability to discover, capture and manage domain knowledge represented by the Business Map. This allows an organization to know exactly how data is used within the company within the context of the business challenge they are solving.