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Searching for new ways to generate value and improve execution, organizations of all shapes and sizes are racing to embrace data-driven approaches that are enabled by advances in analytics. A perfect storm of events that started in the mid-2000s has morphed into a disruptive force in the economy at an accelerating pace. Data-driven analytics has...

The data-driven enterprise is the cornerstone of modern business, and good data governance is a key enabler. In recent years, we’ve seen startups leverage data to catapult themselves ahead of legacy competitors. Companies such as Airbnb, Netflix and Uber have become household names. Although the service each offers differs vastly, all three identify as ‘technology’...

Fostering business and IT alignment has become more important than ever. Gone are the days when IT was a fringe department, resigned to providing support. But after so long on the sidelines, many businesses still struggle to bring IT into the fold, ensuring its alignment with the wider business. But this should be a priority...

It’s important we recognize the benefits of data governance (DG) beyond General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. Data governance is mandatory for GDPR, so the incentive in implementing it before the May 2018 deadline is clear. However, the timeline’s pressures could also be viewed as somewhat of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, introducing...