One definition. One owner. One auditable chain of trust.
Data strategy, governance and platforms, including data sovereignty and dependency management
Data governance has become a strategic issue with direct regulatory and operational consequences. Regulations increasingly require traceability from published figures back to their source. At the same time, data sovereignty has become a growing concern, as extraterritorial laws, concentration among a small number of hyperscale providers and third-party dependency requirements force organizations to understand where data is processed, under whose jurisdiction it sits and what happens if access is disrupted.
We build governance into the data flows themselves, establishing ownership, quality standards and lineage that make information trustworthy, auditable and defensible. We help leaders make architecture decisions based not only on performance and cost, but also on resilience, reversibility, and legal exposure.
Where we work
Data Strategy & Operating Model
The domains that matter, who owns them and how data work is funded and prioritized against business outcomes
Governance, Catalogue & Lineage
Glossary, ownership, flows, catalogue and end-to-end lineage, with automated capture and enrichment where possible, tracing every published figure back to its source and calculation
Data Quality & Master Data
Quality controls and master data management focused where errors create operational disruption, regulatory exposure or revenue leakage
AI-ready Data Platform & Architecture
Data platforms and architectures designed for scale, balancing performance, domain ownership, governance and cost while supporting advanced analytics and AI across the enterprise
Sovereignty & Third-Party Dependency
Data sovereignty, cloud concentration and third-party dependency assessed together, with clear strategies for portability, resilience and long-term control
Integration & API
Data and application flows designed for interoperability, with governance, quality and security embedded at every interface
Integration management office, readiness toolbox and synergy tracking across functions and geographies for a global logistics acquirer.
Platform-centric, finance-centric, tool-centric and integrated options assessed on alignment, scalability, cost, time to value and reuse of existing assets, so the choice was made once and defensibly.
Why Talan?
Wiring governance into the flows
Every benefit is linked to a named owner and a specific budget line, creating clear accountability for delivery
Implementing power behind the design
300 governance consultants, 700 platform specialists and 1000 integration engineers bring the target model to life
Qualifying sovereignty with numbers
Jurisdiction, concentration and exit costs are quantified alongside performance and price
Building to absorb the next regulation
Frameworks include a defined approach for onboarding new regulatory domains and expanding scope over time
Recommending platforms independently
We work across the major catalog, platform and integration vendors and set out the trade-offs between cost, performance, resilience and sovereignty