Companies can build a data and digital platform that delivers three to five times the value in half the time and at half the cost. Our digital platform consultants help clients enable new digital services and upgrade their core IT.
A digital transformation is a journey—and a prerequisite to modernizing IT. But that doesn’t mean you need to revamp your entire IT architecture to generate meaningful value. There’s a smarter way.
To implement a digital platform, first you must understand what a digital platform is. The characteristics of digital platforms include:
It has only recently become feasible to build the digital platform and smart business layers separately from the existing core, thanks to multiple advances in SaaS, PaaS, cloud computing, low code platforms, and the open-source community.
We bring unique capabilities and deep expertise to data and digital platform strategy and development. Our data and digital platform consultants—including IT architects, data integration and migration experts, and technology and cloud specialists—work with clients on:
We have helped many of our clients build and realize the benefits of digital platforms as part of their digital transformations. Examples include:
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BCG’s proprietary digital maturity assessments enable companies to benchmark against peers and develop a rock-solid data and digital platform strategy.
BCG’s Digital Acceleration Index enables companies to conduct a quick, objective, outside-in assessment of their current digital maturity compared with peers.
BCG’s data capability maturity survey assesses seven data capabilities to help companies design better digital strategies and compete more effectively as data-driven organizations.
BCG’s rapid assessment of data and digital platform architecture offers a high-impact, two-week exercise to identify technology gaps that must be addressed to achieve data and digital platform excellence.
BCG’s data governance maturity assessment informs actions and priorities to further mature data governance capabilities.
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Red Hat’s Seherish Mughal sees trust in data as a key challenge. Data needs to be validated, secure, and anonymized for businesses.
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Data is a key competitive advantage, says BCG’s Alessandro Spotorno. That means companies must ensure their AI strategy is built on a solid data foundation.
Our data and digital platform consultants and industry experts help clients create the foundation for a successful digital transformation. Here are some of our experts on the topic.
BCG Platinion Managing Director
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