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Data Delivery & Transformation

Helping organizations unlock the value of their data and build a competitive advantage by making distinctive, lasting improvements in technology, processes, and capabilities

Data—combined with analytics—is a uniquely valuable asset for any company. When harnessed correctly through better yield management, operational optimization, customer insights, personalization, and forecasting, it can yield 15 to 20 percent growth in revenue. Data also presents a substantial near-term cost reduction opportunity through automation, data storage reduction, and lowered reporting costs.

In addition, new offerings from cloud providers, in-memory computing, data cleansing via machine learning, external data set availability, and new methods of data management are making it easier and quicker than ever for companies to capture this value.

We help clients leverage data to solve real business challenges. Our approach works to establish value-based governance, instill a results-driven product approach to data projects, and build the capabilities and culture necessary to become a data-driven organization.

What we do

We partner with clients to help them:

  • design an effective data strategy and understand the core value of data to an organization
  • ensure returns for data investments
  • identify the right architecture, technology decisions, and investments required to ensure the ability to support future data capabilities
  • apply proper governance in an agile way to ensure the right balance of data access and data security
  • create a world-class data organization and culture, and train employees to use data as a tool in everyday decision making

Featured insights

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Harnessing the power of external data

– Few organizations take full advantage of data generated outside their walls. A well-structured plan for using external data can provide a competitive edge.
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Breaking through data-architecture gridlock to scale AI

– Large-scale data modernization and rapidly evolving data technologies can tie up AI transformations. Five steps give organizations... a way to break through the gridlock.
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Four ways to accelerate the creation of data ecosystems

– Public and private organizations rapidly set up data ecosystems to help fight COVID-19. Even in the absence of a crisis, companies... can fast-track ecosystem development.
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Reducing data costs without jeopardizing growth

– Organizations are leaning on data insights more than ever to cope with the pandemic’s fallout. But with most companies in... resiliency mode, how can they ramp up data efforts while managing data costs?
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Designing data governance that delivers value

– Follow these principles to shift from a data-governance model of loosely followed guidelines to one that makes the most of digital... and analytics.
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How to build a data architecture to drive innovation—today and tomorrow

– Yesterday’s data architecture can’t meet today’s need for speed, flexibility, and innovation. The key to a successful... upgrade—and significant potential rewards—is agility.
Interview

Managing data as an asset: An interview with the CEO of Informatica

– Anil Chakravarthy draws on his experience leading a data-management business to discuss new technical and organizational approaches... that help companies create value with data.

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