Modernization of systems to support digital transformation and business growth

The impetus for this $100B Financial Services Company's enterprise architecture journey was similar to that of many financial institutions: a need for increased governance. The Company used enterprise architecture to enforce policies, standards, and procedures to ensure compliance and reduce risk.

Transforming banking platforms into digital businesses while managing risk

The financial crisis of 2018 was a clarion call to the banking industry that the assessment and measurement of risk had failed to keep pace with the increasing complexity of financial products.

Successfully drive the digital transformation of public services

Established in 1981, ARIA (www.ariaspa.it) is an IT service organization managed and coordinated by the Lombardy Regional Government, which has for many years been committed to a plan to digitize all activities and services provided. ARIA deals with projects such as:

Achieve digital transformation and consumer-centric business processes using enterprise architecture.

A $69B managed healthcare company decided to create a new consumer-centric health plan. A recent Consumer Business unit would own the new business platform, provide new products to the market, base itself on a different engagement model, and apply digital-first principles and new business processes across the board.

Undergoing business transformation while dealing with technology discontinuity

This Fortune 50 Insurance Company launched a business transformation initiative to ensure all its efforts were unified and directed toward achieving corporate growth goals and improved performance. The transformation initiative focused first on the IT infrastructure and resources since IT would be the driving force behind implementing change throughout the Company.

The Company's specific IT challenges included:

Modernize and align IT to business strategies to realize transformation.

A $2.5B transportation holding company and one of the top 10 largest railroads in the US and Mexico had the vision to become the fastest-growing, best-performing, most customer-focused transportation provider in North America. To realize this, the Company needed to enhance coordination, simplify integration, build a consistent infrastructure, and create greater efficiencies in developing technology solutions that align with the business strategies with IT.

Determine how to take advantage of emerging technologies with an existing footprint

A precious minerals and mining company headquartered in Canada works with diversified natural resources and is engaged in mining and mineral development, including steelmaking coal, copper, zinc, and energy.

Disparate sources, data, and information were holding back Transformation

A mid-market financial services lender ("Company") with revenues of $115M decided to take on a modernization initiative that involved providing customers with a "one-stop shop" online portal for services and payment options. The Company was just beginning its enterprise architecture initiatives looking to evolve from Microsoft Office and Visio static artifacts to a more centralized dynamic repository that could help manage and store their information and data.

The Single European Sky ATM Research Project (SESAR) is the technology pillar of the EU's Single European Sky initiative to standardize air traffic management (ATM) across the region. SESAR aims to develop advanced technology to boost operational efficiency, lower costs, and reduce the environmental impact per flight.

Capitalize on knowledge of Information Systems to drive business transformation.

Bordeaux Métropole (formerly the Urban Community of Bordeaux) is a Public Establishment for Intermunicipal Cooperation (EPCI), which brings together 28 municipalities spread over both banks of the Garonne, covering nearly 750,000 constituents. The 2014 law governing the creation of metropolitan areas in France aimed to pool shared services (Finance, HR, IS, etc.) under the responsibility of local authorities.