The nation's largest companies including Wyeth, Pfizer, JPMorgan Chase, DHL and Honeywell select Alliance for three key reasons:

1. The Alliance master data team has broader experience, deeper skills and a more substantial track-record than any other company in the area of master data management.

2. We have a flexible engagement model that allows Alliance to design and deploy the right solution for your company rather than attempt to fit your need to a predefined offering.

3. We build long term partnerships with our clients based on trust, visibility and a willingness to do whatever it takes to be successful.

The Team
• We have experience across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, distribution, high tech and financial services.
• We have worked with companies from 5 continents and with data spanning over 200 countries.
• Our practice leaders introduced the first pure play master data software to the market in 2001 with Delos Technology (now Siperian) 
• Alliance launched the first master data ASP solution MDX in 2004
• We have successfully setup offshore data stewarding operations at our Alliance India facility in Hyderabad. The Alliance data stewarding services have helped our clients drive down the cost of routine data management while dramatically increasing data quality.

Flexible Engagement Model
Alliance is a true solution company. We recognize that each of our clients are different and have unique needs and priorities. We approach each engagement with an open mind and armed with assets and experience to support the most appropriate path.

Our Jump Start and Governance work is strictly technology agnostic.  Our assessments have led to successful outcomes based around package solutions, custom solutions and the MDX leased solution.  We measure our business at the master data level not the solution level so that our integrity is never compromised.

We work with clients across a maturity and needs continuum, as illustrated below:

The technology landscape as it relates to master data management is in a state of flux and consolidation. The market comprises first generation products rushed to market by Oracle and SAP, consolidation plays like IBM (Ascential and DWL) to niche players such as Siebel (customer) or FullTilt (product). It is difficult to predict the eventual technology mix that will prevail or who eventually acquires specialist providers such as Siperian. The recent acquisition of Siebel by Oracle is indicative of the risks of making technology choices in an early stage market.

Companies just beginning their master data strategy may have unclear long term requirements and speculative business case metrics. Companies at this early stage may be uncomfortable committing to a technology provider and investing the significant upfront fees. For these organizations Alliance provide a hosted or leased master data solution that minimizes upfront investment and quickly establishes a technology agnostic master data solution.

At the other end of the spectrum, many organizations, particularly in financial services, have invested in central customer databases over several years. These companies typically have advanced needs that extend beyond the capabilities of today’s packaged solutions. For these companies Alliance draw against our extensive library of business process models, data models, code components and interface designs to extend and augment the customer’s internal solution.

For organizations that have a defined technology strategy, for example a long term commitment to SAP, Oracle or IBM, a packaged implementation may be appropriate. Alliance have experience implementing packaged solutions from software vendors such as Ascential (now IBM) and Siperian.

Long Term Partnerships
The Alliance philosophy is partnering for success. We enjoy several multi year relationships with clients such as Wyeth, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson and DHL. The greatest testament to Alliance is that more than 90% of our customers give us repeat business year on year.

Our clients say it best:

"Alliance has become a key strategic partner for us, delivering high quality programs on time and within budget.  They clearly understand our company's goals and add value to every initiative they work on with us.  They are an outstanding organization."   Director, IS Sales & Healthcare Systems 

"Congratulations to all.  This is a great example of our teams aligning behind a common purpose - Reducing the costs of acquiring and retaining business.   Thank you for your discipline, planning and commitment to operational excellence and efficiency."   VP, Business Planning and Analysis

“…As I’ve stated before, Alliance has proven to me multiple times that as an organization, you are a director’s dream of the No Worry Factor.”  Director, R&D Systems

"I have trusted Alliance with my Sales & Marketing Data Warehouse, and they have consistently delivered…."   Director, IS Decision Support

“… They execute well and add tremendous strategic value to our projects and to our business.  Previous consulting engagements with others prove that these skills are not a certainty.”  Executive Director, IT