Hong Kong is a key global data centre hub with strong support from the local service industries including financial services & insurance, high frequency stock trading and logistics, as well as the regional offices of many global corporations. Our world-class infrastructure and reliable, secure, cost-effective IT services provide a conducive environment for their operations. Moreover, our robust data protection regime provides an effective framework to protect personal information in terms of collection, use and transfer, making it one of the most trusted places for global companies to store, process and manage their data.
In addition, our skilled workforce is a valuable asset in this highly technical field. Our extensive training and development initiatives have helped to nurture a large pool of mobile, agile, multi-lingual ICT professionals. Our immigration policies facilitate the entry of professional expatriates from all over the world. This contributes to Hong Kong’s unique position as a prime location for regional data centres and provides a competitive advantage in attracting global enterprises to set up their regional headquarters here.
A successful data governance program requires a clear vision and business case. The vision describes how you intend to align your people, processes and technologies to deliver a business return on your data governance investment. The business case details the specific roles, people, technologies and processes you need to implement your vision. A good business case is actionable and pragmatic, and should be able to demonstrate concrete benefits that can be measured and attributed to the program.
Once your vision and business case are clear, you need to identify the right people for your data governance team. These are called your data stewards and should be business savvy as well as IT savvy. They are the subject matter experts who translate your data governance framework into how it affects your organization’s business processes, decisions and interactions with customers and partners. They also communicate these decisions to their business peers. You also need a data governance leader, who coordinates tasks for the stewards and drives ongoing audits and metrics to assess data governance program success and ROI.
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