Enterprise Architecture

Consolidations in Data Governance Tooling Are Emphasizing DG importance for future Data Usages

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While data governance has been a business need for years, it is becoming more visible as a center stage business concern. Driving this shift are new regulations and new requirements addressing consumer data ownership, privacy and business interest data monetization. Two of the most important regulations are GDPR (European General Data Protection Regulation), and BCBS 239 (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision regulation 239). Forrester recognized this change three years ago when described the evolution of data governance from ‘data input quality’ to ‘data usage’ – which we call Data Governance 2.0. Some emerging data governance solution vendors, like Collibra and GDE, moved aggressively to address the new requirements of data governance 2.0. But the larger established vendors – IBM, Informatica, SAS or SAP, were moving more slowly as they prioritized investments in developing a platform supporting Systems of Insight.

Two just announced acquisitions demonstrate that larger established vendors now recognize the need for renewed data governance offerings:

· Informatica purchase of Diaku Axon platform. The acquisition announced on the 22nd February of the Diaku Axon platform adds to Informatica’s current Data Governance execution capabilities (DQ, MDM, security/masking) more business oriented capabilities like vertical knowledge (finance,) and support of regulations such as GDPR and BCBS239.

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Regis College Launches Comprehensive IT Strategy

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WESTON, MA—February 17, 2017— Regis, a leading Catholic university in Greater Boston, has launched a long-term information technology strategy with the help of Systems Flow, Inc., a minority, woman-owned consulting firm based in Rhinebeck, NY, which specializes in IT & business architecture. Systems Flow was asked to develop a technology plan in support of the […]

Systems of Social Systems and the Software Systems They Create

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I’ve mentioned before that the idea of looking at organizations as systems is one that I’ve been focusing on for quite a while now. From a top-down perspective, this makes sense – an organization is a system that works better when it’s component parts (both machine and human) intentionally work together. It also works from […]

The new European data protection regulation– are you prepared?

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The European Union’s new data protection regulation takes effect in 2018 and will have a bigger impact on European organizations than many might yet be aware of. For those approaching the subject from the right angle, the new rules do not just bring obligations, but also a variety of opportunities.

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The new European data protection regulation– are you prepared?

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Update: Join webinar on 24 March. The European Union’s new data protection regulation takes effect in 2018 and will have a bigger impact on European organizations than many might yet be aware of. For those approaching the subject from the right angle, the new rules do not just bring obligations, but also a variety of opportunities.

The micro-services and API economy revive SOA

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continuing from
The path to the virtual cloud Enterprise is paved by the Digital evolution
 
SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) was once declared dead because it was associated to a software design paradigm using the now defunct SOAP protocol.
In…

The Open Group San Francisco Day Two Highlights

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By The Open Group Day two of The Open Group San Francisco event was held Tuesday, January 31 on another sunny, winter day in San Francisco. Tuesday’s welcome address featured Steve Nunn, President & CEO, and Jim Hietala, VP Business … Continue reading →

I’m Starting An Insight Platforms-as-a-service Wave – Who Should Be Included?

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Technology buyers have made it clear to us they want platforms for building data analytics applications. I call these insight platforms, and they were the No. 1 emerging technology of interest for enterprise architects in 2016. Understanding why is easy — insight platforms provide a common toolset and a place to run what you have built. They accelerate both time-to-value and agility, which are crucially important for keeping up with markets and customers. See Tame The Beast: Forrester’s Insight Platform Vendor Landscape and Want To Create Action From Big Data? Look At Enterprise Insight Platform Suites for more information.

Since using more public cloud is the No .1 big data priority, according to our 2016 survey of 3,000+ data and analytics decision makers, Insight Platforms-as-a-Service are next on my Forrester Wave™ agenda. We define Insight Platforms-as-a-service at multitenant platform-as-a-service cloud offerings that include tools for data management, several types of analytics and technology that help firms operationalize insight in other software and processes.

I already know the biggest players – Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM and Oracle – but I’m also looking for other providers who want to give them a run for their money. Who else I should look at? For example, should I include:

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