Ever wanted to know how one of the world’s leading service providers is dealing with data management, and in particular large amounts of private data?
Established in 1811, today Achmea is the largest insurance provider in the Netherlands. It has brands serving around 10 million people with health, life and non-life insurances.
We talk to Tom Hardeman, Domain Architect for SAP BI about the upcoming Datavard project at Achmea. Hear how Achmea will overcome the challenge of ensuring large amounts of private data can be securely archived in their future data lake and create greater flexibility for self-service reporting on their SAP BW data.
He shares his thoughts on the following topics:
- The challenges in deciding how to manage SAP BW data in the future (archiving, synchronization, etc.)
- How the creation of a data lake will affect the analytics of the entire business
- Why Achmea chose to partner with Datavard for their next big project
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Fourth in the series, we talk to Tom Hardeman. Tom is an experienced Domain Architect in the area of SAP BI, BO and HANA and acting as guardian of domain architecture, advisor and sparring partner, with a strong background in the financial world. In strong collaboration with the Enterprise Architect, he is developing the roadmap and long-term vision on the respective domain. Tom participates in SAP BI projects in order to test the standards and guidelines. He also validates the blueprint and principles and indicates which techniques or methods will be used in the best way.
Datavard’s series of interviews with industry experts and thought leaders aim to inform you about best practices when it comes to data management and data strategies. These short, complimentary, webcasts take examples from industry and offer you insights from real projects. The opportunity to learn from first-hand experience and put your specific questions to the experts helps you plan for what is coming next as we continue to look at how the world of data management is evolving.
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Barrett Conway
Executive Account Director EMEA, Datavard
Tom Hardeman
Domain Architect for SAP BI at Achmea
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