Distributed architectures with more fragmented data sets beget the need for a dynamic data integration platform that is flexible and scalable to bridge existing enterprise infrastructure to newer apps developed for cloud and mobility.  Data quality and master data management (MDM) are vital components of data integration to ensure consistency and reliability for upstream analytics. 

But in order to succeed, firms need to first establish and commit to an ongoing data governance program…

Despite heavy investment in data management and monitoring platforms, the financial services industry still lacks real-time operational intelligence to enable better business decision-making and prevent systems and service failures and catastrophic trading errors.  These outages expose institutions to undue risk and compliance violations that can cost organizations millions of dollars in financial losses and regulatory fines.  They also undermine investor confidence and damage firm…