How organizations are reinventing themselves by leveraging data (ANT102)

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Introduction

  • The presenters, Pankaj Rai and Michael Emery from Cox Communications, aim to discuss the evolution of data and analytics ecosystems and how an organization like Cox is leveraging data and analytics to drive new business frontiers.
  • Cox Communications is the largest private telecom company in the US, with over 7 million residential customers and a vast network spanning 260,000 miles.
  • The company has evolved from a traditional cable TV provider to offering broadband, voice, and mobile services, and is now venturing into media and content creation.
  • The key business goals for Cox include increasing revenue, reducing operating costs, meeting customer needs, improving customer satisfaction, and engaging employees.

Challenges and Data Ecosystem Evolution

  • The telecom industry faces challenges such as a subscriber-based model, the need for network reliability, and rapidly changing customer preferences in content consumption and data delivery.
  • These challenges, coupled with the high velocity and volume of data in the telecom industry, require the creation of a data ecosystem that is not just modern but also "smart" - one that can enable data-driven wisdom at the speed of business operations.
  • The key aspects of a smart data ecosystem include:
    1. Left-shifting data quality to ensure clean data at the source
    2. Enabling interoperability through the use of open data formats
    3. Establishing observability and active data governance
    4. Creating data products and marketplaces to enable self-service and rapid decision-making
    5. Fostering a collaborative data culture between IT and business teams

Cox's Data Strategy and Transformation Journey

  • Cox has embarked on a data transformation journey to move from being "data-driven" to "decision-centric," with the goal of providing secure, real-time, and trusted access to data across the organization.
  • The company's data strategy is built on five pillars: data quality, data platform and architecture, Master data management, data governance and privacy, and metadata management.
  • Implementing this strategy requires a shift in the organization's operating model and data culture, where data is treated as an enterprise-wide asset and everyone is accountable for its stewardship.

Putting the Strategy into Practice

  • Cox has built an "Enterprise Data Ecosystem" using cloud-based technologies, with the goal of reducing data "hops" and providing a single source of truth.
  • A key success story is the integration of data from various systems (CRM, billing, marketing, etc.) for the Cox Business unit, which has enabled better visibility and efficiency for the sales team.
  • The next phase of the data ecosystem evolution is to move beyond a modern, data-driven platform to a "smart" platform that can generate data-driven wisdom at the speed of business operations.

Conclusion

  • Cox's data transformation journey is an ongoing process, with significant progress made in building a foundation for a smart data ecosystem.
  • The key focus areas going forward include improving data discoverability and self-service, as well as further strengthening the collaborative data culture within the organization.

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