Cloud Data Strategy and Infrastructure Enablement

Problem and Context

As part of a broader cloud strategy, a large automotive organization needed to build a central data foundation that would make both data onboarding and data consumption easier while maintaining clear governance and access control. A key challenge was accelerating the migration of numerous legacy systems into a common cloud environment to support a broader digitalization push. The organization also needed a standardized way to prepare, govern, and publish data so that future use cases could rely on consistent, trusted, and reusable information across teams.

1

central data lake established

19

data providers connected to the data lake in 12 months

95%

reduction in time and cost to connect new use cases

Approach and Solution

A centralized data platform was established to create reusable standards, governed access, and a scalable foundation for future analytics use cases. The work combined close collaboration with central IT and project teams to simplify both provider onboarding and consumer access. Legacy and external data sources were connected through a standardized onboarding approach, while clear preparation stages ensured that data moved from raw inputs to trusted business-ready assets. The resulting information products were documented centrally and made available through an approval-based access model that continued to expand over time.

Results and Impact

The initiative created the foundation for a scalable cloud-based data environment that accelerated legacy system integration, improved consistency in data preparation, and made reusable data assets accessible for future business use cases. Standardized onboarding, clear governance stages, and controlled access reduced setup effort for new projects and strengthened data quality across the platform. The solution also supported faster digitalization by enabling broad reuse of governed cloud data assets within a central architecture.

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