The document presents a guide on transforming organizations into data-driven entities amid the 4th industrial revolution, highlighting the importance of data as a critical asset. It discusses the key components of a data-driven transformation journey, including data ingestion, quality, and analytics platforms, and outlines practical steps for implementation using open-source tools. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for organizations to adapt to the growing data landscape to gain actionable insights and maintain competitiveness.

1. How to Transform Into a
Data-Driven Organization
from data to actionable, enterprise-transforming insights!
W E B I N A R
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2. E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
Warren Cruz
Data Solutions Architect
Exist Software Labs
Jonas Lim
VP for Tech Services
Exist Software Labs

3. Make the most of our time together
2. Ask Questions 3. Review Later1. Take Notes
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4. Data is the new OIL; Data is the new GOLD.
How is your organization holding up in the 4th Industrial Revolution?
"The worldwide data is expected to grow at 61% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) to 175 zettabytes
(a zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes) by 2025, with as much of the data residing in the cloud as in data
centers as per IDC. That’s a lot of data coming into our universe." (Yogesh Gupta, CIO)
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5. What is Data-Driven Transformation and
Can Your Organization Afford to Stay the Same?
The 4 Key Value-Drivers of Data-Driven Transformation
Where Are You Now? Your Organization’s Data Maturity Level
The Key Components of a Data-Driven Transformational Journey
Putting It All Together: An Open-Source Data-Driven
Transformation Starter Pack
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6. What is Data-Driven Transformation and
Can Your Organization Afford to Stay the Same?
What does it mean to
be data-driven?
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When and how does data
become transformational?
So what is a Data-Driven
Organization?

7. Understand and
respond to the
customer better
DATA turned into INSIGHT helps you....
What are the 4 Key Value-Drivers of
Data-Driven Transformation?
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Reimagine and
improve business
processes
Identify new
Opportunities
for revenue
Balance risk
and reward

8. “Where’s the Data?”
No digitized data
consolidation yet
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Where Are You Now? Your Organization’s
Data Maturity Level
Challenge: To gain insights from all kinds of data---from structured to semi-structured to unstructured data!
“Why Did It
Happen?”
Dashboards / Scorecards
& Statistical Analysis
“What Happened?”
Data Ingestion, Operational
Reporting, & Ad-Hoc
Reporting
“What’s Likely to
Happen Next?”
Forecasting & Predictive
Analysis
“What’s the Best
Possible Thing That
Could Happen?”
Optimization
VALUETOORGANIZATION
STRUCTURED DATA SEMI-STRUCTURED DATA UNSTRUCTURED DATA
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9. Data
Source
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The Key Components of a Data-Driven
Transformational Journey
Data
Ingestion
Data
Quality
Data Hub /
Warehouse
Data
Consumer

10. Structured Data
Data Source
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Semi-Structured Data Unstructured Data

11. Data Ingestion
Data Integration
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ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) Batch Streaming
CRM
LOB
ERP
Data Warehouse

12. E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
Data Ingestion
Licensed and Cloud Service
ETL BatchPros
● Support
● Features
Cons
● $$$$
Streaming
Cloud Service
Azure Data
Factory
AWS
Glue
Cloud Service

13. E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
Data Ingest
Open Source
Pros
● $$$
● Might be enough for
your need
Cons
● Support
● Features
ETL Batch
Streaming

14. Data Quality
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ACCURATE, COMPLETE,
CONSISTENT, TIMELY,
UNIQUE, and VALID data
Quality data ensures
quality insights
No DQ without
Data Integration
Can be comprehensive
or minimalist

15. E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
Data Quality
Licensed and Cloud Services
Pros
● Support
● Features
Cons
● $$$
Cloud Service
Azure Data
Factory

16. Data Preparator
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Data Quality
Open Source
Pros
● $$$
● Might be enough for
your need
Cons
● Support
● Features

17. The heart of a
Modern Data
Analytics Platform
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Data Hub / Warehouse
More than a
central data
repository
Governed data
access for all
business users
Massively Parallel
Processing
Advanced Analytics
(AI/ML)

18. E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
Data Hub / Warehouse
Licensed and Cloud Service
Pros
● Support
● Features
● Critical Component
Cons
● $$$
Cloud Service
EXADATA Parallel Data Warehouse

19. E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
Data Hub / Warehouse
Open Source
Pros
● $$$
● Might be enough for
your need
Cons
● Support
● Features

20. What is Business Intelligence?
● Traditional BI
● Agile (Self-Service) BI
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Data Consumer
Applications
● Smart Apps

21. Business Intelligence
License
● Tableau, PowerBI, Pentaho, TIBCO Spotfire
Open source
● Pentaho
Application
Smart applications, custom applications
Machine learning and data processing components
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Data Consumer
What are the different data consumers?

22. Putting It All Together: An Open Source Modern
Data Analytic Platform in the Cloud
Identify your data source
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23. Download the Talend Open Studio for Data Integration and Talend Open
Studio for Data Quality from the following location:
https://www.talend.com/products/talend-open-studio/
The installation guide can be found here:
https://help.talend.com/reader/i2E~KbXvDgp6fxD072VUmg/Inlarig
4UvzOOasUF3HQjg
Putting It All Together: An Open Source Modern
Data Analytic Platform in the Cloud
Setup your ETL
E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
4-cores 8gb

24. Putting It All Together: An Open Source Modern
Data Analytic Platform in the Cloud
Setup your Datahub
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You can download the installer from this location:
https://network.pivotal.io/products/pivotal-gpdb#/releases
The installation guide can be found here:
https://gpdb.docs.pivotal.io/6-7/install_guide/install_guide.html
8-cores
16gb
Master Host
8-cores
24gb
Segment Host x2

25. Putting It All Together: An Open Source Modern
Data Analytic Platform in the Cloud
Connect your BI tools / Apps
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You can download the installer here:
https://community.jaspersoft.com/download
The installation guide can be found here:
https://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jasperreports-se
rver/resources

26. Putting It All Together: An Open Source Modern
Data Analytic Platform in the Cloud
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27. Q & A
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28. Secondly, you can either provision a Linux bare-metal machine or a cloud
compute instance to function as your ETL Server. A 4-core, 8GB RAM machine
should suffice.
Download the Talend Open Studio for Data Integration and Talend Open
Studio for Data Quality from the following location:
https://www.talend.com/products/talend-open-studio/
The installation guide can be found here:
https://help.talend.com/reader/i2E~KbXvDgp6fxD072VUmg/Inlarig
4UvzOOasUF3HQjg
Putting It All Together: An Open Source Modern
Data Analytic Platform in the Cloud
Setup your ETL
E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C

29. Putting It All Together: An Open Source Modern
Data Analytic Platform in the Cloud
Setup your Datahub
E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
Thirdly, you can also provision 3 instances of either Linux bare-metal machines or cloud
compute instances to act as your Data Hub. We will be using Greenplum as our Data
Hub platform which will consist of 1 Master Host and 2 Segment Hosts. The Master
Segment can have 8 cores, with 16GB RAM, while each of the Segment Hosts can have
8 cores, with 24GB RAM.
You can download the installer from this location:
https://network.pivotal.io/products/pivotal-gpdb#/releases
The installation guide can be found here:
https://gpdb.docs.pivotal.io/6-7/install_guide/install_guide.html

30. Putting It All Together: An Open Source Modern
Data Analytic Platform in the Cloud
Connect your BI tools / Apps
E X I S T S O F T W A R E L A B S I N C
Lastly, you can make use of Jaspersoft Reports as your BI tool.
You can download the installer here:
https://community.jaspersoft.com/download
The installation guide can be found here:
https://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jasperreports-serve
r/resources