Take a ‘strategy-first’ approach to data management

‘Data lakes’ can remove silos as you navigate your digital journey.

Raj Rathi

While traditional data warehouses will remain an important tool for addressing business issues and unearthing insights, data democratization is becoming increasingly important.

Data management technology should allow users across the organization to access data and garner insights, no matter where data is ingested in a traditional data warehouse, says Raj Rathi, director of analytics for AdventEdge Analytics, a CUNA Strategic Services alliance provider.

He addressed the co-located CUNA Technology and CUNA Operations & Member Experience Council Conferences Thursday in Chicago.

“We should keep all the data in its raw format and decide how to use it later,” Rathi says.

He cites four “V’s” driving this shift:

 

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