What is Data Architecture?
Data Architecture describes how information is created, stored, managed, integrated, protected and used.
Modern organisations often have data spread across many applications and platforms.
This can lead to duplicated information, inconsistent definitions and uncertainty about who owns important data.
Data Architecture helps answer questions such as:
- What information do we have?
- Where is it stored?
- Who owns it?
- Which systems create it?
- Which systems consume it?
- How is it integrated?
- How is it protected?
- How should it be governed?
Good Data Architecture is essential for analytics, reporting, automation, AI and effective decision-making.