In this volatile global business environment, pivoting quickly has become a standard operating procedure, and the pressure for faster decision making is intense. Organizations are looking for ways to reduce costs, increase operational efficiencies, improve employee productivity, and promote customer satisfaction. As leaders look to their data to find answers, it’s become increasingly clear that businesses must grow their capacity to deliver self-service data analytics with right-sized governance—or risk falling behind.

The churn of the past few years hit IT departments particularly hard. In addition to rising expectations, they’ve been left with mounting technical debt, high operational and maintenance costs, and growing security and compliance risks. It could be tempting to launch yet another data migration initiative and lock down security even further.