Aligning Data Architecture With Organisational Structure in the Financial Services Sector

Data architectures and organizational structures have evolved significantly; but not in tandem

For the past 20 years, driven by the decoupling of storage from computers and the advent of storage area networking, data architectures have favored centralized approaches for defining team, systems, data, and ownership boundaries. However, as the technologies used to manage data have evolved, the organizational structures and governance models that surrounded them largely stayed the same.