Budgets, roadmaps, action plans... You are probably (like us) busy preparing for 2025. To help, this newsletter contains a range of articles to guide Chief Data Officers in establishing their roadmap, optimizing their platforms, strengthening governance and driving engagement with the wider business.
Good luck in your 2025 planning! 🔥
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Aligning data strategy with business goals: A playbook for Chief Data Officers
According to Wavestone's 2024 Data and AI Leadership Survey, more than half of companies are still struggling to fully leverage their data assets.
The role of the CDO is therefore crucial to overcome silos and provide centralized access to information. What you will learn in this playbook:
âš¡Best practices for optimizing your technology stack: CDOs favor data marketplace platforms to simplify access for all employees, maximize data reuse, and generate value. âš¡Methods for involving business teams: by developing a data-driven culture, CDOs can make data accessible to all, driving operational efficiency, innovation, and better decision-making. âš¡Data governance strategies: rigorous governance guarantees data quality, a vital imperative for creating a single source of truth and ensuring everyone trusts your data marketplace. What to learn more?
5 figures which highlight the 5 major 2025 projects Chief Data Officers should focus on to align their roadmap with wider organizational business objectives.
#1 - Facilitate access to data for business teams. 92% of large companies are already investing to democratize access to data in order to improve decision-making and internal innovation. #2 - Strengthen data governance and quality. This will remain essential to ensure the supply of high-quality data and ensure regulatory compliance. According to Gartner, 80% of CDOs view governance as a key factor in avoiding costly errors and increasing data reliability. #3 - Establish a data culture in the company by overcoming cultural resistance. According to PwC, 69% of companies that have invested in creating a data-driven culture have seen an improvement in the productivity of their teams. #4 - Rationalize the tech stack without losing value. Choosing solutions that integrate well and scale seamlessly will be a priority in reducing technology overheads and associated costs. According to Forrester, companies could save up to 20% of their IT budgets through rationalization. #5 – Demonstrate a tangible return on investment (ROI). Proving the value of data investments will help gain stakeholder buy-in. McKinsey reveals that 43% of companies still struggle to measure the impact of their data initiatives. Building confidence in your data strategy to justify new investments will be key.
Opendatasoft integrates Mistral AI’s LLM models to provide a multi-model AI approach
To give customers choice when it comes to AI, the Opendatasoft data portal solution now includes Mistral AI's generative AI Large Language Model (LLM), alongside our existing deployment of OpenAI's model.
This multi-model approach delivers significant advantages for clients, their users, our R&D teams and future plans. Our blog explains our overall approach to AI, our three-stage model for deploying it, and highlights some of our latest AI innovations.
Be inspired by our resources to create engaging data portals and transform your operations using data.
Accelerating public sector data sharing – best practice from Australia
Learn from some of our Australian customers as they showcase how data is driving exciting use cases across their cities and towns. Read the article
Ebook : How data portals make mobility smarter
How data sharing data at scale is central to the success of current and future transport and mobility ecosystems across the world. Download the ebook
Our next events
Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo
Join us at the Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo in Austin, Texas between December 3-5 on booth #612 or join our discussion on effective data practices for building smart cities, based on our experience working with leading US cities and municipalities.
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