[WHY INCEPT]

We Build Trust in Data

We believe data governance only matters when people can trust their data, use it confidently, and make better decisions with it.
That is why we help organizations turn complex governance technologies into practical, sustainable programs that deliver measurable value.

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Trusted by Industry Leaders

Helping enterprises across pharmaceutical, government, financial services, energy, education, and manufacturing
turn governed data into meaningful business outcomes.

[OUR WHY]

Make Data Governance Work, Not Just Exist

Too many governance programs become collections of tools, policies, and technical requirements that never become part of how the business works.
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We believe governance should make trusted data easier to find, understand, access, and use. It should help people work with confidence, prepare organizations for AI, and create lasting value across the enterprise.

Trust Starts with Data You Can

Find

Understand

Access

Use

[HOW WE MAKE IT WORK]

Bring your Data Governance Ecosystem together

Modern data governance depends on more than one platform. We connect governance, catalog, data quality, master data management, cloud, AI, and business applications into one practical operating model.

Unified Metadata & Catalog

Bring metadata from across your technology ecosystem into a single, governed view of your data assets.

Governed Data for AI

Apply quality and governance controls so AI applications operate on clean, verified, and policy-compliant data.

Multi-Cloud, Not Lock-In

Govern data across cloud platforms, warehouses, business applications, and governance technologies without limiting your future choices.

End-to-End Data Lineage

Create traceability from source through transformation to consumption, across platforms and business processes.

Informatica
IDMC

Data Management

Salesforce

Data 360 &
Agentforce

Trusted Data for Agentic AI

Quality → Data 360 → Governed Agents

[WHY INCEPT]

The Partner with depth across your Data Ecosystem

We believe successful governance requires more than technology expertise. It requires people who understand how platforms, data, processes, and business teams must work together.
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For more than a decade, we have helped organizations close that gap with deep implementation experience, practical accelerators, and hands-on enablement.

Data Governance Platforms

Deep implementation expertise across catalog, governance, data quality, lineage, privacy, and master data management.

Business Applications & Data Clouds

Connecting governed data with the platforms and applications your teams use every day.

Production Accelerators

Proprietary tools and frameworks that reduce implementation time, improve consistency, and lower delivery risk.

Training Academy

Helping your teams build the skills needed to sustain governance across platforms, roles, and business functions.

Incept.

[THE PROOF]

Stakeholder Feedback

"Our partners at Incept Data Solutions have been a critical component of the program because it is singularly focused on operationalizing Data Governance. What is unique about Incept is that they are both System Integrators and also Data Governance strategists. Because of this unique combination of capabilities, Incept was able to help us enhance our Data Governance strategy with their expertise as a core element. The new, next-generation data strategy has helped to accelerate adoption and increase ROI."

Dr. Justin S. Magruder PhD

- Chief Data Officer, SAIC

"In 2025, BeOne selected Informatica’s CDGC, CDMP, and CDQ as our enterprise data governance platform and partnered with Incept to lead the implementation. Their ability to connect governance strategy with hands-on platform configuration ensured strong alignment with our federated operating model. Beyond technical delivery, they supported steward enablement and data literacy, helping embed governance into day-to-day operations. This partnership significantly accelerated our maturity and positioned us for scalable, AI-ready governance."

Brian Dilbone

- Director, Enterprise Data & Analytics Governance

[WHAT WE BUILD]

Agents that take the data work off your team.

The data work still gets done by hand: someone profiles the tables, writes the quality rules, traces the lineage, finds the sensitive columns, and keeps the catalog current. Nine of our agents already do that work in production, inside your own environment, with a steward approving every change.

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55 platforms we run on

GovernIQ™

Runs the day-to-day work of your catalog whenever you ask in plain language.

23 tools in production, catalog search through glossary publish

See the technical layer

Your catalogYour data quality toolAny connected source

Incept GovernIQ™

Data Governance · Function: Governance Agent

Search the catalog

Locate the asset and its connection before anything is touched.

Create a profiling task

Configured against the live connection, not a copy.

Run and retrieve

Statistics computed directly from source where the platform supports it.

Recommend rules

Completeness, validity, consistency and uniqueness rules tailored to what the profile found.

Author the rules

Rule definitions written natively into your data quality tool.

Generate the execution job

The job that runs the rules at scale.

Governance engineLineage reporterBusiness glossaryQuality monitoringData onboardingNatural-language operation

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Onboard360™

One command takes a new dataset from unknown to governed.

7-step orchestration live, with per-step status and timing

See the technical layer

DatabricksSnowflakeMicrosoft AzureAWSInformatica

Incept Onboard360™

Data Governance · Function: Data Onboarding

Catalog search

Check whether the asset is already known.

Profiling

Compute the statistics everything downstream depends on.

Classification

Identify sensitivity before the data is exposed to anyone.

DQ rules

Recommend and author rules from the profiling evidence.

Catalog registration

Glossary

Create or link the business terms that make it findable.

Marketplace publish

Optionally publish as a data product, ready to be ordered.

Per-step reportingNon-fatal failuresRepeatablePlatform-agnostic

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DataIQ™

Profiles any table, drafts the metadata, writes the rules, and proves each one.

45 rules executing · 1,622 records scanned · 3–5× throughput at ~$0.03/rule

See the technical layer

DatabricksSnowflake

Incept DataIQ™

Data Quality · Function: DQ Agent

Profile

Every column profiled and flagged with evidence: nulls, distributions, patterns, date ranges, duplicates.

Metadata

Business descriptions and domain terms drafted automatically, at table and column level.

Rules

DQ rules with ready-to-run SQL and the evidence behind each.

Approve

A steward reviews, edits the SQL, and approves or rejects.

Execute

Approved rules run on schedule.

Plain-English rulesEvidence-based recommendationsException managementOne catalog of recordGovernance and cost controlMicrosoft 365 and Copilot integration

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PulseDQ™

Watches quality scores over time and tells you what is drifting, and what to do.

4 tools in production, trend detection against score history

See the technical layer

Your quality scorecardUnity CatalogInformatica

Incept PulseDQ™

Data Quality · Function: DQ Monitor

Read the scorecard

Current quality scores for any registered asset.

Compare against history

Detect degradation and drift relative to previous runs.

Summarize

Turn raw failures into a structured picture of what broke and where.

Recommend

A specific next action, not just a red number.

Configure monitoring

Trend, not snapshotDegradation detectionRemediation recommendationsCatalog-agnostic

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DescribeAI™

Writes the descriptions nobody ever writes, for every table and every column.

AI-written, steward-approved, no authoring backlog

See the technical layer

Unity CatalogMicrosoft PurviewDataHubInformatica

Incept DescribeAI™

Metadata Management · Function: AI business & technical descriptions

Read the context

Column names, types, sample values, table context and neighboring columns.

Draft

Technical and business descriptions at both table and column level.

Steward review

Approve, edit or reject.

Publish

Approved descriptions land in the catalog and the glossary.

Table and column levelApprove, edit or rejectNo authoring backlogYour catalog

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TermForge™

Builds and defends the business glossary: terms, domains, and the collisions between them.

5 tools in production, scanning the live glossary for collisions

See the technical layer

Your catalogYour business glossary

Incept TermForge™

Metadata Management · Function: Glossary Manager

Suggest terms

Proposed from a technical asset’s columns and context.

Create

Business terms added to your catalog with their definitions.

Build the taxonomy

Domain, subdomain and term, created and linked as one operation.

Detect issues

The live glossary scanned for duplicates, orphans and definition gaps.

Proposal from evidenceThree-level structureCollision detectionOrphan and gap detection

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LineageIQ™

Traces where data came from and what breaks if you change it.

3 tools in production, tracing into Snowflake, Databricks and Microsoft Fabric

See the technical layer

DatabricksSnowflakeMicrosoft FabricInformaticaDataHubMicrosoft Purview

Incept LineageIQ™

Data Architecture & Integration · Function: Lineage Reporter

Trace upstream

Walk back through every transformation to the systems of record.

Trace downstream

Find every consumer, report and copy that depends on the asset.

Rank by severity

Impact reports ordered by consequence, not alphabetically.

Resolve the root source

Identify the true origin behind a derived asset.

Both directionsSeverity-ranked impactRoot source discoveryStitched across platforms

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MigrateIQ™

Converts integration estates to a new stack, with every manual review item flagged.

11 component mappings covered, 4 generated artifact types per path

See the technical layer

MuleSoft AnypointdbtApache AirflowDatabricksInformatica

Incept MigrateIQ™

Data Architecture & Integration · Function: AI Migration Services

Extract

Mappings, tasks, chained jobs, processes and connections read out of the source platform.

Convert

Each component mapped to its target equivalent: flows, transformations, scheduled workflows, SQL models, workflow steps.

Generate

Build-ready output: project structure, dependencies, configuration, deployment descriptors.

Validate and flag

A coverage report names what converted cleanly and what needs manual review.

To MuleSoftTo dbt + AirflowCoverage reportingKnown considerations

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ClassifyIQ™

Finds sensitive data and weighs four layers of evidence before anything is tagged.

40+ PII patterns · dual registration to your platform and governance catalogs · audit trail per tag

See the technical layer

Databricks Unity CatalogMicrosoft PurviewInformatica

Incept ClassifyIQ™

Data Privacy & Compliance · Function: AI Data Classification

Discovery and sampling

Catalog API enumerates the estate.

Pattern and statistical analysis

40+ PII patterns: Social Security number, credit card number with checksum validation, email, phone, postal code, IP address, international bank account number.

Semantic classification

Column name, 20 sample values, table context and neighboring columns go to the model.

Confidence and review

Layers 1 and 2 agreeing auto-tags.

Direct identifiersQuasi-identifiersFinancialHealthTechnicalDual registration

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[WHAT WE DELIVER]

Full-Stack Data Governance Expertise

We combine strategy, implementation, integration, and enablement to help governance become part of everyday business operations.

Data Governance

Governance platform implementation, metamodel configuration, stewardship workflows, policy management, and modernization.

Data Quality

Rule development, scorecards, deployment, profiling, standardization, and automated monitoring.

Master Data Management

Customer, product, supplier, reference data, and enterprise master data management.

Integration

Cloud and on-premise integration, API design, platform migration, and real-time data architecture.

Data Marketplace

Data product cataloging, governed access, self-service discovery, and consumption management.

Training & Enablement

Role-based training for governance leaders, data owners, stewards, developers, and technical teams.

[OUR APPROACH]

Build Governance that
can move with your Enterprise

Technology will change. Business priorities will evolve. Your governance program should be able to move with them.
We design cloud-native governance capabilities that can scale across platforms, teams, and use cases without losing control, consistency, or trust.

Axon to CDGC. On-prem to cloud-native.

Cloud Migration & Modernization

Move enterprise data governance capabilities to modern cloud platforms with accelerators that compress timelines and reduce risk.
No disruption. No data loss. Faster time to value.

Automated, governed, self-service DQ powered by Informatica CDQ.

Enterprise Data Quality at Scale

Operationalize data quality across the enterprise with reusable rule libraries, automated profiling, scorecards, dashboards, and governed workflows.

[THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROGRAM]

The team behind
the team

We believe sustainable governance is built by people, not platforms alone. Beyond technology, we provide the specialist talent and practical training organizations need to build confidence, strengthen internal capability, and scale their data operations.

Data Governance Specialist Teams

Certified data engineers, architects, governance specialists, and platform consultants
Embedded implementation teams that integrate with your program from day one
Flexible services built around your platforms, priorities, and delivery model

BUILD YOUR DATA GOVERNANCE TEAM

Incept Training Academy

Role-based training for data owners, stewards, developers, analysts, and technical teams
Original curriculum built around practical governance and platform experience
Hands-on learning that helps teams become self-sufficient

EXPLORE THE TRAINING ACADEMY

[WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE INCEPT]

No one delivers Governance like we do

Unmatched Implementation Depth

Our consultants have been the technical backbone behind some of the largest and most complex data governance programs. We bring the implementation depth needed to turn governance strategies into working solutions.

Proven Across Platforms

We bring deep experience across governance, quality, catalog, master data, cloud, and enterprise application ecosystems. Whatever technology you use, we know how to make it deliver value.

Flexible and Cost-Effective

Enterprise-grade expertise without the enterprise price tag. We go beyond the statement of work when the program needs more. That is why clients stay.

Data Governance DNA

Our team is built by experienced data governance practitioners and former platform services leaders. That institutional knowledge shapes every implementation.

[THE RESULTS]

Success Is Governance That Keeps Delivering

2014

Year Founded

More than a decade spent helping enterprises turn governance strategies and technology investments into sustainable operating programs.

100+

Data Governance Engagements

Delivered directly and alongside technology partners across some of the largest governance programs in healthcare, government, financial services, energy, and manufacturing.

195+

Professional Certifications

Deep technical expertise across data governance, data quality, catalog, master data management, integration, cloud, and related technologies.

100%

Client Retention Rate

Every direct client has expanded their engagement. Sanofi, Regeneron, Opella, Teradyne, and others continue to work with us.

[CUSTOMER OUTCOMES]

Proven results
across Industries

Explore how Incept Data Solutions has helped enterprises across pharmaceutical, energy, retail, finance, government, and education modernize their data operations and teams.

Cross-functional governance with role-based access controls and integrated DQ measurement.

CDGC

CDQ

CDI

CAI

Enterprise-wide governance deployed on Informatica IDMC, enabling trusted data assets, and measurable data quality across domains.

CDGC

CDQ

Enterprise-wide data governance framework enabling governed, self-service data access across business units.

CDGC

CDQ

CDMP

Enterprise-wide data governance framework enabling governed, self-service data access across business units.

CDGC

CDQ

CDMP

Enterprise-wide data governance framework enabling governed, self-service data access across business units.

CDGC

CDQ

CDMP

Enterprise-wide data governance framework enabling governed, self-service data access across business units.

CDGC

CDQ

CDMP

[INCEPT INSIGHTS]

Ideas for Making Data Governance Work

Insight

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Insight

21 May 24

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Insight

22 Feb 24

Informatica awards Platinum Delivery Partner Status to Incept

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