DATASHEET | DECEMBER 2020

erwin® DI Connect for Evolve

AT A GLANCE
We all know the business benefits of a real-world enterprise architecture: faster and more informed decision-making,managing end-to-end business processes for knowledge management, and governing the IT estate in the age of digitaltransformation. Organizations have masses of data scattered across the a variety of data stores, making enterprisearchitecture difficult to keep current and relevant. Companies spend years and thousands of man hours trying to maintaintheir architectures.
Now identifying impacts and gaps in your enterprise architecture through automation is easier with erwin DI Connect forEvolve. Powered by the erwin Data Intelligence Suite (erwin DI), erwin DI Connect for Evolve systemically harvests dataassets via smart data connectors for a wide range of data sources, both data at rest and data in motion. The harvested
metadata integrates with enterprise architecture providing an accurate picture of the processes, applications and data
within an organization.

KEY BENEFITS/RESULTS•Automatically collect complete and accurate metadata from your enterprise application ecosystem.

•Objectively identify interfaces between applications from data in motion, such as ETL.

•Automatically highlight potential process flows based on data movement.

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Seamlessly integrate this metadata to any enterprise architecture framework.

•Determine real-world data stores.

•Intelligently update information at scheduled intervals.

•Link directly to the data level and drill down into the details for mappings, source to target transformations and more.

WHY DO ORGANIZATIONS NEED ERWIN DI CONNECT FOR EVOLVE?
Every EA use case can benefit from erwin DI Connect for Evolve. With erwin DI, you can automatically harvest, transform andfeed metadata from a wide array of data sources, operational processes, business applications and data models into a central
catalog. With erwin DI Connect for Evolve, you’ll enable your enterprise architects to spend more time delivering strategic
value by automatically updating your EA repository.
Following are some common use cases that erwin DI Connect for Evolve supports.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
A pharmaceutical company wants to take a data-driven approach to improving the efficiency of the drug development
process, while ensuring compliance for privacy, confidentiality, security and consent. With erwin DI Connect for Evolve, it can:•Document processes to show how data is collected and consent obtained•

Identify process improvements, based on what data is required, which applications support those processes, and theapplications likely to hold additionally needed data•

Harvest data and auto document end-to-end lineage, as well as determine sensitive data elements•

Check and resolve data quality issues•

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FRAUD PREVENTION
As part of its fraud prevention program, a large bank wants to minimize losses and meet compliance standards regarding
money laundering. With erwin DI Connect for Evolve, it can:•Map end-to-end processes, verifying ownership and updating process models as required•

Model underlying IT and set business policies and security guidelines to prevent money laundering•

Harvest data and auto-document end-to-end lineage across applications and processes•

Identify and resolve data quality issues•

Apply algorithms to define and identify anomalies linked to potential fraud and then alert analysts and architects in realtime using data visualization techniques•

Update and highlight processes regarding how the bank should handle anomalies when detected

INCREASING CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE
A global retail chain wants to better understand and increase customer lifetime value to maximize profits. With erwin erwin DIConnect for Evolve, it can:•Analyze the customer journeys, including buyer behaviors/activities and services used•

Identify the applications that support the most common customer journeys and determine where improvements can bemade•Harvest data for those applications and auto-document end-to-end lineage•

Identify and resolve data quality issues•

Conduct customer lifetime value predictive analysis•

Maximize insights for continuous business improvements

CLOUD TRANSFORMATION AND MODERNIZATION
A large utility company wants to migrate from a legacy, on-premise database to a new, cloud-based data warehouse. Witherwin DI Connect for Evolve, it can:•Document the business processes, applications and current data infrastructure•Map the journey of the data through business applications and processes•

Model the target architecture for the company, including the new SaaS systems•

Auto document new transformations and uses of data•

Generate scripts to transform existing data to the new database type, saving thousands of man-hours

For more information, please visit www.erwin.com.
erwin provides enterprise modeling and data intelligence software enabling customers to discover, understand, govern and socialize their data to
mitigate risks and realize results. The erwin EDGE platform creates an “enterprise data governance experience” for IT and business collaboration indriving meaningful insights, agile innovation, risk management and business transformation. Integrated data modeling, data governance, enterprisearchitecture and business process modeling capabilities ensure information flows to the right people to guide smart decisions.

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