ABN AMRO Verzekeringen Advances its Data Strategy with the Denodo Platform and Microsoft Azure
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Europe
Country
- Netherlands
Product
- Denodo Platform
- Microsoft Azure
Tech Stack
- Data Virtualization
- Cloud Computing
- Data Warehouse
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Digital Expertise
- Customer Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
- Sales & Marketing
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Supply Chain Visibility
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
ABN AMRO Verzekeringen is a joint venture of NN Group (51%) and ABN AMRO Bank (49%). The company focuses on the Dutch private and business insurance market. ABN AMRO Verzekeringen serves more than one million customers through the distribution network of ABN AMRO Bank. The company thinks in terms of opportunities, but also sees the risks. With proper insurance, ABN AMRO Verzekeringen customers increase the chances of a worry-free future. The company has a growing need to become data-driven to better substantiate its decisions and to meet the reporting requirements of various stakeholders and regulators.
The Challenge
ABN AMRO Verzekeringen, a joint venture of NN Group and ABN AMRO Bank, was struggling with its classic data warehouse architecture. The company had a growing need to become data-driven, but the existing data warehouse was increasingly unable to meet this demand. The company had to report to various stakeholders, including internal business units and the two organizations of the joint venture, as well as various regulators. The demand for reliable, frequent, and up-to-date data had significantly increased within the organization. The existing data warehouse made it difficult to combine information from different source systems and create up-to-date reports. The business units only received monthly updates on the progress of campaigns or the quality of services. The final push for change came at the end of 2018 when it became clear that support for the tooling and database of the current data warehouse would no longer be provided in the foreseeable future.
The Solution
ABN AMRO Verzekeringen decided to implement a logical data warehouse, based on the Denodo Platform, and the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. With the logical data warehouse, data is offered to the data users from one central location, without the data actually having to be physically present at that location. The data virtualization capabilities of the Denodo Platform allow data to be accessed virtually and not duplicated. The size, location, and technology of the source systems matter much less. New data sources can be unlocked much faster and easier. The Data Catalog of the Denodo Platform creates an easily accessible data portal. Employees can now find data and datasets much easier and also gain more insight into definitions of data and metadata, authentications, and the origin of data. The company can monitor the information that employees consult and arrange authentications per user, to ensure that sensitive information does not end up in the wrong hands.
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