DIGITAL DATA AND THE CHALLENGE OF TIME

In today’s digital age most of our records, research, manufacturing, teaching and communication are captured in digital form.

The management of digital materials over time is complex and difficult, with many hidden risks. The Digital Archiving Consultancy (DAC) is an independent company which specializes in helping companies, institutions, and government bodies in mastering these challenges, at strategic, policy, organisational and technical levels.

Giving your information a future

We advise on the archiving, long-term storage, preservation and curation of digital information, to overcome the risks, costs, inefficiencies and lost opportunities caused by time and obsolescence.

We provide training, seminars and workshops on digital archiving and preservation. (Contact us here.)

Unique depth of experience

The DAC brings decades of experience helping blue-chip institutions address management of data, over time. We have specialist expertise in digital archiving, digital preservation, e-science, e-infrastructures and all aspects of long-term data management, in particular in scientific and technical environments.

The Digital Archiving Consultancy addresses the data retention needs of highly regulated businesses, such as pharmaceuticals, which is subject to the FDA's 21CFR Part 11 regulation.

Please contact us if you would like to learn more about some of the issues facing organisations in the context of time. We would be delighted to provide help on the management of data over time, for example, electronic records retention, archiving, data curation, continuing data quality.