For notable data integration and optimisation enabling enhanced analytics, the award for Best Data and Analytics Infrastructure Initiative goes to OCBC and Cloudera.

The bank re-platformed its legacy data warehouse into a real-time, analytics-ready infrastructure using a hybrid open-source stack and data mesh principles. Supporting hundreds of users, the system improved data provisioning times by up to 80% and enabled strong annual cost avoidance. It features federated governance, data virtualisation and automated provisioning workflows. Integrated MarTech tools enhanced campaign execution, while FEAT-aligned governance and DataOps monitoring advanced regulatory reporting, and resilience across the Hong Kong business.