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The only thing that’s constant for most organizations is change. Today there’s an unprecedented, rapid rate of change across all industry sectors, even those that have been historically slow to innovate like healthcare and financial services. In the past, managing ideation to the delivery of innovation was either not done or was relegated within organizational...

Emerging technology has always played an important role in business transformation. In the race to collect and analyze data, provide superior customer experiences, and manage resources, new technologies always interest IT and business leaders. KPMG’s The Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies found that today’s businesses are showing the most interest in emerging technology like the...

Enterprise architect is a common job title within IT organizations at large companies, but the term lacks any standard definition. Ask someone on the business side what their organization’s enterprise architects do, and you’ll likely get a response like, “They work with IT,” which is true, but also pretty vague. What the enterprise architects at...

For decades now, the professional world has put a great deal of energy into discussing the gulf that exists between business and IT teams within organizations. They speak different languages, it’s been said, and work toward different goals. Technology plans don’t seem to account for the reality of the business, and business plans don’t account...

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance shares many of the same requirements in the European Unions’ General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). While the CCPA has been signed into law, organizations have until Jan. 1, 2020, to enact its mandates. Luckily, many organizations have already laid the regulatory groundwork for it because of their efforts to...

Keeping up with new data protection regulations can be difficult, and the latest – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – isn’t the only new data protection regulation organizations should be aware of. California recently passed a law that gives residents the right to control the data companies collect about them. Some suggest the California...

A strong data governance framework is central to successful data governance implementation in any data-driven organization because it ensures that data is properly maintained, protected and maximized. But despite this fact, enterprises often face push back when implementing a new data governance initiative or trying to mature an existing one. Let’s assume you have some...

What is business process modeling (BPM)? A visual representation of what your business does and how it does it. Why is having this picture important? According to Gartner, BPM links business strategy to IT systems development to ensure business value. It also combines process/ workflow, functional, organizational and data/resource views with underlying metrics such as...

With business process modeling (BPM) being a key component of data governance, choosing a BPM tool is part of a dilemma many businesses either have or will soon face. Historically, BPM didn’t necessarily have to be tied to an organization’s data governance initiative. However, data-driven business and the regulations that oversee it are becoming increasingly...

The need for data mapping tools in light of increasing volumes and varieties of data – as well as the velocity at which it must be processed – is growing. It’s not difficult to see why either. Data mapping tools have always been a key asset for any organization looking to leverage data for insights....