Tietoevry identified a major challenge prevalent in both Norway and the broader Nordics: data is often hard to find, and its quality is difficult to evaluate. This hindered efficient data usage across organizations, as access barriers and uncertainty about data provenance and reliability slowed workflows and complicated decision-making.

To address these problems, Tietoevry developed a new data strategy focused on transparency and usability. They chose the Actian Data Intelligence Platform, leveraging its technology to implement a comprehensive data catalog. This platform serves as a unified hub for finding, understanding, and managing data assets.

• Centralized Data Catalog: The Actian platform allows all users to easily discover, access, and evaluate the quality of data, breaking down silos and streamlining workflows.
• Clear Data Quality Assessment: The catalog makes it easier for users to understand the context and quality of the data they’re accessing.
• Efficient Information Sharing: With enhanced visibility and accessibility, Tietoevry’s clients can make better-informed decisions faster.
• Stronger Market Position: Tietoevry’s innovative approach with Actian strengthens its leadership in the Norwegian data services market, supporting digital growth for its customers.

BPCE, France’s second-largest banking group, struggled to manage data effectively in a highly regulated environment due to an increasingly complex technology stack that created silos and hindered collaboration across teams. Existing tools made it difficult for staff to find, understand, and use data, while regulatory authorities demanded greater transparency, including the ability to catalog, visualize, and track data flows and lineage across intricate IT systems.

BPCE enhances data governance by standardizing data definitions and creating a shared business glossary, leveraging the Actian Data Intelligence Platform. With Actian, BPCE enabled automated metadata management and offered an intuitive search interface, making data easily accessible to business users.

• BPCE unified metadata, breaking down silos between business and IT.
• Automated data management improved regulatory compliance and efficiency.
• Common business glossary and collaborative governance boosted data literacy and trust.
• Automation reduced manual work and supported broader business use cases.
• The approach laid the groundwork for a scalable enterprise data marketplace.

ACC faced several challenges as it grew rapidly in the battery manufacturing sector. The company struggled to manage increasing data complexity and volume, lacked clear data ownership and access controls, and needed to comply with strict industry regulations. Different teams and plants used inconsistent terminology, creating communication barriers and data silos. Additionally, ACC needed a solution that would be easy to use and adopt.

ACC selected the Actian Data Intelligence Platform for its data catalog because the platform’s knowledge graph-driven search simplifies data discovery for all employees. Rather than navigating complex tables, users can quickly locate relevant data using a Google-like search bar, making the platform both accessible and efficient across the organization.

• Centralized Data Discovery and Access: All employees can easily find data, understand its context, and request access, with clear ownership to streamline management and compliance.
• Clear Data Ownership: The catalog assigns data owners, so employees can quickly identify who is responsible and resolve issues efficiently.
• Standardized Business Glossary: Unified terminology across teams and plants improves communication and efficiency.
• Greater Efficiency and Collaboration: The catalog reduces time spent searching for data or contacts, centralizes knowledge, and supports faster, better decision-making.

Sanoma’s data was siloed across departments, lacked clear ownership, and had inconsistent definitions, resulting in reduced collaboration and limited access. The complex IT environment created integration and documentation issues.

Sanoma implemented the Actian Data Intelligence Platform, automating metadata integration across all systems. The platform fostered data transparency, easy access, and adoption for all employees.

Implementing the Actian Data Intelligence Platform allowed Sanoma to:

• Break down data silos for better collaboration and accountability.
• Enhance transparency to enable users to easily find and trust data.
• Empower more employees to use data in their work.
• Align departments with shared definitions and concepts.
• Enable innovation with a unified, reliable data foundation.

Sanoma now informs and serves nearly all of Finland through efficient, data-driven operations.

The challenge proved to be the company’s data heritage. While its data heritage was available, it was scattered across various locations, such as Excel files and Wiki pages. Implementing a data catalog was naturally one of the key solutions that was identified to address these challenges.

By leveraging the Actian Data Intelligence Platform, and more specifically its data catalog, SNCF Connect made significant progress in its data capabilities. This platform and data catalog address the organization’s most pressing data challenges while enabling deeper technical integration.

With the platform and data catalog in place, SNCF Connect is better positioned to boost business efficiency and enhance its understanding of data for operational teams and data users. As a result, SNCF Connect is now a more data-driven organization.

Generali generates large volumes of sensitive and personal data from its global customer base, making regulatory compliance a critical priority. In 2016, the company started on its data-driven journey to gain a competitive advantage—with an ambition to become a truly innovation-led, digitally-enabled, and agile organization for both customers and employees.

Since deploying the Actian Data Intelligence Platform and its data catalog, Generali has made the solution a one-stop shop for all its data needs. The company encourages as many people as possible to use the platform to help them better understand their data assets.

Deploying the platform and its data catalog empowered Generali to achieve streamlined regulatory compliance, scalable management of large datasets, and enhanced collaboration across teams, making data assets more accessible and actionable. This transformation has fostered greater data accountability and engagement throughout the organization.

GEMA faced the challenge of matching reported music usage to their database, dealing with large data volumes for fair distribution. In 2021, they began addressing issues like data silos and growing complexity. Martin Zürn, Head of Data Engineering, noted that data was siloed and difficult to combine, prompting the need for a decentralized solution to improve data access across the organization.

To tackle the challenges of data silos and growing complexity, GEMA implemented a decentralized data management solution. By building a data lake and integrating key systems, they enabled business units to work independently with data, reducing reliance on a central team. This shift allowed GEMA to scale its data operations while ensuring fair and efficient distribution of music usage data.

As a result of their data decentralization efforts, GEMA successfully streamlined data access and management across the organization. With over 100 data products in production within the first year, they improved reporting efficiency and enabled advanced machine learning use cases. The transparency provided by Actian’s metadata catalog played a crucial role in enhancing data-driven decision-making.

Gewobag realized the critical need to digitize its operations, focusing on managing energy production and distribution data as part of its Smart Energy program. Similarly, Gewobag recognized the importance of adopting robust data management practices to anticipate future needs, such as those driven by the increasing number of apartments being built and managed.

Realizing the significant benefits of a modern data catalog, Gewobag conducted an in-depth study of solutions on the market. The company ultimately chose the Actian Data Intelligence Platform and data catalog.

By implementing the Actian Data Intelligence Platform, Gewobag is now equipped to efficiently manage data at scale. The platform meets current and future needs by enabling:

• Faster, more informed, confident decision-making.
• Predictive insights into energy efficiency and business processes.
• Enhanced tenant satisfaction through sustainable initiatives.

To maintain its position as an industry leader, Lufthansa Cargo established a bold goal—to become a fully data-driven organization by 2025. To achieve this, the company needed to integrate data from multiple sources in real-time, bringing it together into a single platform.

Implementing a data catalog was deemed essential to optimize the data landscape, ensure seamless connectivity, and harmonize both the IT and business teams. After evaluating potential data solutions, Lufthansa Cargo selected the Actian Data Intelligence Platform and its data catalog for their ability to modernize the data ecosystem.

Lufthansa Cargo’s implementation of the Actian Data Intelligence Platform and its data catalog delivered sustainable and transformative results.

Autostrade per l’Italia faced various challenges due to the prevalence of manual traffic management, safety, and maintenance processes. These inefficient processes led to operational risks that could have been reduced by standardizing processes between Autostrade per l’Italia and its subsidiaries.

After thoroughly evaluating various options for a metadata solution, Autostrade per l’Italia chose the Actian Data Intelligence Platform and its data catalog to solve its data challenges.

Autostrade per l’Italia implemented a functional data catalog within six months, enabling a high level of automation, around 90%. Over 200 business users adopted the data catalog, marking a significant milestone in the organization’s digital transformation journey.

KNMP aggregates and analyzes data from public pharmacies across the Netherlands, consolidating vast data sources to ensure accuracy and quality. They generate comprehensive reports for public pharmacies and the Ministry of Health, requiring a robust solution for efficient, fast, and reliable data management and analysis.

KNMP adopted Actian Vector, a high-performance analytics database to tackle complex data management. This solution enabled a nationwide data warehouse for prescription data, supporting real-time transactions and rapid analysis. KNMP established a cohesive reporting system, integrating their preferred BI tool, ensuring efficient data exploration and smooth operations.

• Robust Data Analysis: KNMP leverages Actian Vector and its BI tool for insights into prescription trends, medication usage, and pharmaceutical developments, providing comprehensive reports to public pharmacies and the Ministry of Health.
• Efficient Data Aggregation: Actian Vector streamlines the aggregation of prescription data from pharmacies nationwide, enabling rapid data ingestion, processing, and timely analysis.
• Stability and Low Maintenance: Actian Vector’s reliability and low maintenance free up KNMP’s IT resources, allowing focus on advancing the pharmacy profession.