ARTECULATE
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Premium
  • Features
    How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

    How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

    Enstack | Small Business | Superapp | SME

    How Enstack’s Superapp is Helping Small Businesses in Southeast Asia to Grow

    Smartryde

    Elevate Your Travel Experience in Asia with SmartRyde’s Prebooked Airport Transfers

    MillenniumIT ESP | Internet of Things | Digital Transformation | Industry 4.0

    How MillenniumIT ESP is Enabling Manufacturers to Embrace Industry 4.0 with Data and IoT

    MAS Holdings Partners With PickMe To Support Official Transportation Requirements

    MAS Holdings Partners With PickMe To Support Official Transportation Requirements

    Fortude-Team

    Fortude at 10&Beyond: How a Unique Culture is Driving its Global Expansion

    Equitably Workplaces | DCLK | Diversity | Inclusion

    Building More Equitable Workplaces: Expert Insights from Diversity Collective Lanka

    How LEARN Empowers Scholars – A Conversation with Prof. Pradeepa Bandaranayake

    How LEARN Empowers Scholars – A Conversation with Prof. Pradeepa Bandaranayake

    Breaking Down Barriers: How Zetl is Making Finance More Accessible to Business Across Asia

    Breaking Down Barriers: How Zetl is Making Finance More Accessible to Business Across Asia

    Unlocking the Power of Data: How Zone24x7 is Driving Business Growth Across Industries

    Unlocking the Power of Data: How Zone24x7 is Driving Business Growth Across Industries

  • Startups
  • Events
  • Hotpicks
  • Community
    Unlock The Secrets of Startup Funding with Founders Institute Sri Lanka

    Unlock The Secrets of Startup Funding with Founders Institute Sri Lanka

    The RiskSense Story: Building a Cyber Security Product

    The RiskSense Story: Building a Cyber Security Product

    Negotiating to Thrive – Lessons from a Hostage Negotiator

    Negotiating to Thrive – Lessons from a Hostage Negotiator

    First wildlife travel-based management lessons book by Sarath Perera to be launched

    First wildlife travel-based management lessons book by Sarath Perera to be launched

    Hack:bit 2020 is bringing the ideas of students and undergraduates to life

    Hack:bit 2020 is bringing the ideas of students and undergraduates to life

    ESCaPe 2020: University of Peradeniya’s Engineering Students Conference

    ESCaPe 2020: University of Peradeniya’s Engineering Students Conference

    Trending Tags

    • Contributor
    • Billboard
    SUBSCRIBE
    • News
    • Premium
    • Features
      How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

      How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

      Enstack | Small Business | Superapp | SME

      How Enstack’s Superapp is Helping Small Businesses in Southeast Asia to Grow

      Smartryde

      Elevate Your Travel Experience in Asia with SmartRyde’s Prebooked Airport Transfers

      MillenniumIT ESP | Internet of Things | Digital Transformation | Industry 4.0

      How MillenniumIT ESP is Enabling Manufacturers to Embrace Industry 4.0 with Data and IoT

      MAS Holdings Partners With PickMe To Support Official Transportation Requirements

      MAS Holdings Partners With PickMe To Support Official Transportation Requirements

      Fortude-Team

      Fortude at 10&Beyond: How a Unique Culture is Driving its Global Expansion

      Equitably Workplaces | DCLK | Diversity | Inclusion

      Building More Equitable Workplaces: Expert Insights from Diversity Collective Lanka

      How LEARN Empowers Scholars – A Conversation with Prof. Pradeepa Bandaranayake

      How LEARN Empowers Scholars – A Conversation with Prof. Pradeepa Bandaranayake

      Breaking Down Barriers: How Zetl is Making Finance More Accessible to Business Across Asia

      Breaking Down Barriers: How Zetl is Making Finance More Accessible to Business Across Asia

      Unlocking the Power of Data: How Zone24x7 is Driving Business Growth Across Industries

      Unlocking the Power of Data: How Zone24x7 is Driving Business Growth Across Industries

    • Startups
    • Events
    • Hotpicks
    • Community
      Unlock The Secrets of Startup Funding with Founders Institute Sri Lanka

      Unlock The Secrets of Startup Funding with Founders Institute Sri Lanka

      The RiskSense Story: Building a Cyber Security Product

      The RiskSense Story: Building a Cyber Security Product

      Negotiating to Thrive – Lessons from a Hostage Negotiator

      Negotiating to Thrive – Lessons from a Hostage Negotiator

      First wildlife travel-based management lessons book by Sarath Perera to be launched

      First wildlife travel-based management lessons book by Sarath Perera to be launched

      Hack:bit 2020 is bringing the ideas of students and undergraduates to life

      Hack:bit 2020 is bringing the ideas of students and undergraduates to life

      ESCaPe 2020: University of Peradeniya’s Engineering Students Conference

      ESCaPe 2020: University of Peradeniya’s Engineering Students Conference

      Trending Tags

      • Contributor
      • Billboard
      No Result
      View All Result
      ARTECULATE
      No Result
      View All Result

      Building A Better Future With Our Data: The Intelligent Data Governance Service Architecture

      Dr. Prasanna Lokuge Dr. Prasanna Lokuge
      November 22, 2020
      · 9 mins read
      Building A Better Future With Our Data: The Intelligent Data Governance Service Architecture

      Dr. Prasanna Lokuge - Director / CEO of Enterprise Business Intelligence Pvt Ltd (A company of the Just In Time Group)

      Share on Facebook Share on LinkedinShare on Whatsapp

      Across the world, citizens are continuously demanding for 2 things. The implementation of good governance and transparency systems to ensure sustainable development. Data is primarily recognized as the ‘heart ‘of digital government initiatives across the globe. In most of the e-government initiatives, secure storage, organization, and maintenance of data across the government is challenging and complex. 

      You may also like

      How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

      How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

      May 31, 2023
      Enstack | Small Business | Superapp | SME

      How Enstack’s Superapp is Helping Small Businesses in Southeast Asia to Grow

      May 24, 2023
      Smartryde

      Elevate Your Travel Experience in Asia with SmartRyde’s Prebooked Airport Transfers

      May 17, 2023
      MillenniumIT ESP | Internet of Things | Digital Transformation | Industry 4.0

      How MillenniumIT ESP is Enabling Manufacturers to Embrace Industry 4.0 with Data and IoT

      May 15, 2023

      As per the IDC & Seagate Data Age 2025 report, its estimated the global data sphere will grow from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to 175 zettabytes in 2025. Furthermore, IoT devices alone are expected to create over 90 zettabytes in 2025. As the world is rapidly moving forward with data-centric e-government initiatives, Sri Lanka is no exception. We have to get ready to manage big data sets with evolving technological trends such as 5G networks, highly data-centric applications with AI, machine learning, augmented & virtual reality, robotic process automation, blockchain, edge computing in order to move forward in par with world trends. 

      Data | Big Data
      As technology advances, Sri Lanka must be ready to manage the big data sets that emerge with it to move forward in par with the rest of the world.

      With the introduction of the Intelligent Data Governance Service Architecture, there are 2 key objectives. The first is to support & emphasize the importance of understanding Sri Lanka’s Data Ecosystem. The second is to implement a National Data Strategy for Sri Lanka to build a sustainable data economy to upstream the economic and social benefits of all Sri Lankans. In this article, the author endeavours to briefly discuss the primary factors and components that could be used to implement an intelligent data governance service architecture for sustainable economic development in Sri Lanka.

      Why Data Governance

      The ICTA’s 2024 vision for ‘A digitally transformed Sri Lanka,’ offers a blueprint for the way forward. The ICTA’s vision proposes technology clusters will generate a huge amount of zettabytes of data. This data could be derived from government sectors institutes and other private sectors during the next few years. The data thus obtained may be generated from several sources. 

      The different technology and education clusters as per the ICTA’s 2024 vision (Image credits: ICTA vision 2024)

      These sources can range from online portals, IoT based systems, government eservices, interacting with online chatbots, personal data, business data, various sensor-based Apps with the many smart Sri Lanka initiatives underway. These encompass many sphere including health, education, law & order, tourism, transportation, ports & shipping, logistics, finance from government and private sectors organizations. Particularly, government data collected from key public enterprises will play a pivotal role in improving e-governance, empowering citizens, creating economic opportunities, and solving societal issues. 

      But this can only be possible if the data ecosystem, demand for data, and a strategy for managing data are properly addressed by the relevant authorities. Globally, surveys have revealed the number of countries with Open Government Data (OGD) portals have increased from 46 countries in 2014 (24%) to 153 in 2020 (80%). There are enormous benefits with the release of Government data for the development of people-centric applications for the public. 

      The number of Open Governemt Data portals has increased in recent years. This paves the way for the development of people-centric applications for the public

      “If the Government could execute a proper plan to collect, manage, store, use, share, the zettabytes of data that will be generated during the next few years with the smart Sri Lanka initiatives, they could do wonders and could be a good source of income generation avenue to boost the economy in Sri Lanka.”

      Challenges in managing zettabytes of data 

      As our society begins generating vast sums of data, we must start considering how to manage and put it to effective use for the betterment of all.

      Are we really ready to accept, properly manage, and capitalize the huge data sets that will be generated in future? What is the strategy and proposed data governance architecture to deal with huge data sets? In Sri Lanka, with the proposed digital transforming initiatives, such as, from smart cities, smart health, smart tourism, smart education, smart government, smart agriculture etc., an enormous amount of digital datasets will be generated from all sorts of government and private sector entities.  

      The following are some of the challenges government may face in managing all this data:

      • Who owns the data? 
      • Government strategy assigning data stewards and their roles? 
      • What is the strategy for sharing data among public and private partners? 
      • Who can access the data? 
      • How would we eliminate the data redundancies among many government and private institutes? 
      • Where and how would we store data? 
      • How to assure privacy and confidentiality of data?
      • What is the mechanism or policies defined that government organizations, industries, researchers, citizens or any others could extract data ( adhering to data protection & confidentially rules) for various business operations, analytics etc and at a justifiable cost?

      Understanding data governance

      Data governance is a crucial part of utilizing big data for any business use case

      Data governance aligns people, processes and technology to manage and protect data assets. The sharing, privacy, availability, integrity, data quality, and accountability of data could be assured by implementing data governance. It would further enable the government to effectively capitalize on the data, which could be collected from various sources as mentioned above for economic development of the country. Data governance assigns data owners and data stewards to supervise and manage the manipulation of huge data sets. 

      Intelligent Data Governance Service Architecture (IDGSA)

      The intelligence data governance service architecture offers a fully integrated intelligent data platform. It allows governments to manage & capitalize on robust data governance capabilities. All the while, ensure high data quality, privacy, data cataloging, intelligent scaling of data, leveraging the power of AI and machine learning for management of data stewardship capabilities, scalability and agility. 

      In order to efficiently handle the challenge of managing zettabytes of data, Sri Lanka needs a more intelligent robust model. One with long-term planning to be implemented without any delays. The proposed IDGSA model, which is a layered architecture, described below will outline how to manage & capitalize on data assets, and its impact on the economic development of Sri Lanka. 

      Layer 1: Data Source Layer

      This layer extracts data from various sources, it may be belonging to various Government departments, public data and private organizations or any other sources. Data sources may be extracted from IoT devices, sensors, databases, chatbots, AI applications, GIS/GPS data, SMS data, satellite data, social media, data from wearable’s, CCTV, QR-codes etc. All of this data will be in different formats. 

      Layer 2: AI based Data Harmonization Layer 

      This layer defines the policies, standards, strategies, frameworks, and AI based automated processes defining how these zettabytes of data is stored in an effective manner.Data coming from various sources in different formats from several Government, private institutes and public need to be understood. Then rules must be enforced with automated processes on how this data can be used and shared among parties for a number of reasons. These can range from business purposes, developing citizen-centric e-services, policy making, and in general improve the living standards of all citizens. 

      Hence, in this layer, it is required to clearly define the roles, polices and AI based processes to manage data stewardships and ownership of data. These should encompass the means of collecting and sharing of data among various sectors in Sri Lanka. Additionally, defining  the means of eliminating redundancies, processes for managing data security, data retention, classification of data, accountability, authentication, privacy of data, data normalization. 

      All of which, require a standardized set of rules, policies, and the use of AI & machine learning for automating processes utilize to eliminate data inefficiencies to manage dynamic relationship of data among various data clusters, data synchronization, collaboration data links between various sectors of government & private institutes. 

      The adoption of AI and machine learning embedded automated processes in this layer will leverage the power of intelligent systems to efficiently manage the data stewards’ effort and time defining data integrity, interoperability and sharing of data among many data clusters. Further, Layer 2, it assures that data structures are properly aligned with the Government’s national data strategy. 

      Layer 3: AI based Data Service Layer

      With the previous layer, data is now stored in a proper manner with the support of AI and machine learning capabilities. In Layer 03, it is required to investigate how these valuable data assets could be processed and shared for well being of humans and society in general. Hence, Layer 3, that is, AI based Data Service Layer provides the much-needed intelligence tools. Offering the means to process and manipulate big data sets for public institutes, private parties, general public, researchers and others for use of any busines purposes. 

      In Layer 3, the means are offered for private software development companies, government entities, entrepreneurs, researchers, and others to develop and deploy state of the art intelligent tools and other automated tools. Enabling us to process big data sets to produce on-demand requests of various users, where the potential users may be government or private parties.

      The required policy framework for deploying AI tools for processing data, data security, confidentiality, accessibility and availability of data has to be clearly defined in the government’s national data strategy. A strategy for pricing the use of AI & other automated tools deployed for intelligent processing of big data by various authorized parties in Layer-3 also can be setup to encourage the software development community in the country.

      Layer 4: User App Layer

      This Layer is denoted as the ‘Plug & Play’ Layer in the proposed IDGS architecture. Users can use their mobile, web and other interfaces to access the data from a diverse range of sectors agriculture, health, ports & shipping, education, finance etc. The data from both the government and private sector can be linked through this layer (L4). Afterwards, services can be requested of the various tools in L3 for obtaining required information from the proposed IDGS architecture. Alternatively, they can be used to extract raw data from the data stores. 

      In this context, governments can decide a subscription-based pricing model for accessing and processing various types of data in line with the national data strategy. This would ensure confidentiality, privacy, availability and authenticity of various valuable data available under government custody. Towards this, the relevant authorities must setup and manage the data storage and communication channels required for implementing the IDGS architecture. 

      Harnessing the power of big data for a better future

      Through the use of the IGDS architecture, farmers can utilize the services of AI tools and access the data needed for a better harvest for a reasonable service fee. The same benefit applies across society.

      The implementation of IDGS architecture helps to promote improved data management strategies across the country. It also encourages the deployment and adoption of AI based set of tools, processes, policies, standards in managing data across almost all the sectors in a country.

      For example, farmers starting on a new project can request a multidimensional data related to crops, demands, IoT based sensor data on similar projects, etc. They can also request the services of AI tools for analyzing the future demand, analytics, prediction, trends, risks, financial modeling etc. All of these would be accessible by paying a reasonable service fee for the use of data and tools proposed in the IDGS architecture. 

      Governments can also seriously make some effort to strategies on how to motorize on the big data assets available with the introduction of proposed IDGS architecture. In doing so, benefiting all relevant parties. Further, the proposed IDGS architecture encourages all citizens to actively participate, contribute in building and use of the valuable data asset centered around in many sectors. In doing so, deepening the citizens engagement and encouraging active participation with the government for improved services for all citizens and or the betterment and prosperity of our country. 

      Tags: AIBig dataSponsored
      ShareShareSend
      Previous Post

      Facebook Research Finds Sri Lankan SMEs Embracing Tech Amidst the Pandemic

      Next Post

      LankaClear’s Digital Blueprint for a Cashless Sri Lanka

      Dr. Prasanna Lokuge

      Dr. Prasanna Lokuge

      Dr. Prasanna Lokuge has over 25 years of working experience handling large scale complex IT projects with a proven track record of both in Government and private sector organizations both in Sri Lanka and abroad. He has experience in working with large scale complex ICT projects in France, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, China, Vietnam, Middle East, and Sri Lanka. In 2018, he was awarded the CIO of the Year by the Computer Society of Sri Lanka. He also served as the President of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka in 2008.

      Recommended Stories

      How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia
      Features

      How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

      May 31, 2023
      Enstack | Small Business | Superapp | SME
      Features

      How Enstack’s Superapp is Helping Small Businesses in Southeast Asia to Grow

      May 24, 2023
      Smartryde
      Features

      Elevate Your Travel Experience in Asia with SmartRyde’s Prebooked Airport Transfers

      May 17, 2023
      MillenniumIT ESP | Internet of Things | Digital Transformation | Industry 4.0
      Features

      How MillenniumIT ESP is Enabling Manufacturers to Embrace Industry 4.0 with Data and IoT

      May 15, 2023
      MAS Holdings Partners With PickMe To Support Official Transportation Requirements
      Features

      MAS Holdings Partners With PickMe To Support Official Transportation Requirements

      May 12, 2023
      Fortude-Team
      Features

      Fortude at 10&Beyond: How a Unique Culture is Driving its Global Expansion

      May 10, 2023
      Leave Comment

      Recommended Stories

      How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

      How iMotorbike is Ensuring Peace of Mind in Used Motorcycle Purchases in Southeast Asia

      May 31, 2023
      Enstack | Small Business | Superapp | SME

      How Enstack’s Superapp is Helping Small Businesses in Southeast Asia to Grow

      May 24, 2023
      Smartryde

      Elevate Your Travel Experience in Asia with SmartRyde’s Prebooked Airport Transfers

      May 17, 2023
      MillenniumIT ESP | Internet of Things | Digital Transformation | Industry 4.0

      How MillenniumIT ESP is Enabling Manufacturers to Embrace Industry 4.0 with Data and IoT

      May 15, 2023
      MAS Holdings Partners With PickMe To Support Official Transportation Requirements

      MAS Holdings Partners With PickMe To Support Official Transportation Requirements

      May 12, 2023
      Fortude-Team

      Fortude at 10&Beyond: How a Unique Culture is Driving its Global Expansion

      May 10, 2023

      Popular Stories

      • Coca Cola and Avocado: A Partnership Rewarding Food Experiences

        Coca Cola and Avocado: A Partnership Rewarding Food Experiences

        0 shares
        Share 0 Tweet 0
      • Rhoda: The all-electric Sri Lankan Roadster

        0 shares
        Share 0 Tweet 0
      • Spotify Expands Into Sri Lanka: Exploring What It Has To Offer

        0 shares
        Share 0 Tweet 0
      • Leveraging the Power of AI: How EBI is Building a Digitally Inclusive Sri Lanka

        0 shares
        Share 0 Tweet 0
      • The DirectPay Story: Building a Virtual Bank One Digital Brick at a Time

        0 shares
        Share 0 Tweet 0
      No Result
      View All Result
      • News
      • Premium
      • Features
      • Startups
      • Events
      • Hotpicks
      • Community
      • Contributor
      • Billboard

      © 2020 Arteculate™ All Rights Reserved.

      Are you sure want to unlock this post?
      Unlock left : 0
      Are you sure want to cancel subscription?