Talend has a lot in common with our customers. We collect a whole lot of data. We take pride in how we use that data. And we’re always looking for new ways to drive better business outcomes with our data. That is why Talend recently launched the Digital Touchpoint Model (DTM) initiative to create an exceptional, data-driven, “One Talend” support experience for customers, using our own products and innovative best practices.
Today’s enterprise IT organizations are experiencing a massive upheaval due to pressure from employee forces. It’s a familiar story. Just think of the turmoil caused by the dawning of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) era, with employees demanding to use their beloved personal mobile phones for work.
MeDirect Bank is a bank and financial services company based in Malta that provides services ranging from deposit accounts to mutual funds to wealth management. The company has evolved from its regional roots to become the third largest bank in Malta, with customers all over the world. And it’s done so by evolving with its customers’ needs; providing accessible, transparent services wherever customers are — physically or digitally.
At Talend, we tend to describe poorly organized, unhealthy data as “digital landfills.” But we don’t often talk about actual landfills. That’s right, the ones filled with trash. As anyone watching real estate prices will know, land is a finite resource. It’s crazy to think that we’re still dedicating land to storing our garbage, where it will sit releasing pollutants and greenhouse gases for decades to come.
I am so pleased to announce that Talend has acquired Gamma Soft, a change data capture market innovator. This is a significant enhancement in the capabilities Talend can provide its customers and partners. Talend’s company vision is to take the work out of working with data, and we're thrilled to add Gamma Soft’s technology to our offerings to do this. Change data capture (CDC) technology is highly sought after by many companies.
A global leader in pharmaceuticals found themselves faced with a unique spin on a common challenge: Their biopharmaceutical division — responsible for producing vaccines and generating over $1 billion in annual sales — was struggling to turn raw data into trusted insights. Data underlies everything the global pharmaceutical company does, however, without data they can trust, they would be at risk of taking longer to get vaccines to market and incurring higher expenses along the way.
We’re thrilled to announce Talend Data Catalog 8, our most powerful data governance solution yet. Talend Data Catalog 8 builds on our strong foundation of metadata management and data cataloging capabilities to deliver what businesses need most: healthy data. At Talend, healthy data is data that supports business objectives, and is often the missing link between business success and failure.
Businesses and organizations of all types have embraced cloud integration to transform data into business intelligence. The reason for this is simple: more and more business operations are happening in hybrid cloud — or even fully cloud-to-cloud – environments, and without proper tools to manage data in the cloud, data can become siloed, overlooked, or lost altogether.
It’s the ultimate Catch-22. As businesses grow, executives need to keep a close watch on operations — but that growth itself can blur visibility. Multiple teams, data sources, and silos of information can create challenges in determining who is doing what, where inefficiencies exist, and what improvements should be made.
If you’re a data leader at an early-stage or high-growth company, you’re in a unique position to promote data appreciation. Don’t waste your golden window of opportunity. Take this moment to institute best practices, promote good habits, and build the foundation for a data-driven culture. There’s no universal data strategy that would work for all organizations — wouldn’t that be great? — but there are pitfalls that all organizations should watch out for.
