Data AffectIT Consulting · Data Governance

Data Affect — IT Consulting, Data Governance

Empowering your data.

We help organizations turn data into a foundation for informed decisions and effective AI.

Our services →The Symbol Grounding Framework
Practice
Solutions architecture, data warehousing, systems integration, security & privacy management
Research
Symbol Grounding Framework (SGF) — business terminology, structured knowledge, knowledge graphs, explicit rules for AI
Office
Ashburn, Virginia
Schematic: scattered data is connected and protected, structured into knowledge with defined terms and relationships, and resolved into clear meaning for informed decisions, traceable to its sources.
FIG. 1From data to meaning.
§1What we do

Connecting and protecting your information, while making it more useful across your business.

Our services span solutions architecture, data warehousing, systems integration, security, and privacy management.

  1. 1.1Solutions architectureConnect
  2. 1.2Data warehousingConnect
  3. 1.3Systems integrationConnect
  4. 1.4SecurityProtect
  5. 1.5Privacy managementProtect

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§2Research & development

The Symbol Grounding Framework

Our Symbol Grounding Framework (SGF) builds on research and development we began in 2024. Through consulting and focused pilots, we help organizations:

01

Define

business terminology

02

Transform

documents into structured knowledge

03

Prototype

knowledge graphs

04

Explore

explicit rules for AI workflows

“Our focus is on connecting information to clear meaning and traceable sources.”— Symbol Grounding Framework

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§3Research preview

Recova · Research preview

Records management and data privacy, governed as one decision.

Recova is our research into an enterprise records management and data privacy governance platform: a version-controlled information-governance architecture that integrates the records lifecycle, privacy obligations, policy evaluation, workflow execution, provenance, and auditability.

When a deletion request meets a retention schedule or a legal hold, Recova is designed to evaluate the competing requirements together and reach a controlled, explainable outcome.

  • Retain
  • Delete
  • Preserve
  • Restrict
  • Anonymize
  • Defer
  • Escalate

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§4How we engage

We bring these capabilities together around your goals.

Whether you are modernizing your data infrastructure or exploring a new AI application, each engagement emphasizes:

i.

Practical outcomes

ii.

Measurable progress

iii.

A clear understanding of what comes next

Next steps

Modernizing your data infrastructure, or exploring a new AI application?

Each engagement emphasizes practical outcomes, measurable progress, and a clear understanding of what comes next.

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