DISCOVERY LIMITED
118 losing sight of core beliefs , Discovery makes decisions unique to the needs of each country it operates in . The business balances fully owned subsidiaries , as it has in the UK , with equity investments , such as those with Ping An Health in China , and partnerships with insurers and other financial services companies across the rest of the world . “ Our global Vitality One platform allows us to give each market their own configurable Vitality environment ,” Fatti comments , “ so they can focus on their market-specific differentiators .” The company values innovation by the partner markets , encouraging individual growth while being aware of integration potential . Everything goes through a curation and validation process , for example . Client insight is embedded into the early stages of projects , too . “ If you think about the shared-value model , it ’ s fundamentally about engaging clients . If we can ’ t do that in an effective way , the model breaks down ,” explains Fatti .
To expand effectively , Discovery leans on technology , relying on reusable platform components . “ We use a modern model-driven architecture ,
which means we are able to easily configure and reconfigure how the platform works and how it supports the specific needs of each market . So , it is based on configuration rather than coding ,” Fatti states . Discovery is primarily a Javabased company that relies heavily on technologies provided by established vendors such as Oracle , Microsoft and IBM . As Discovery expands internationally , this architecture is being augmented with open source and cloud technologies to enable rapid delivery of new business capabilities
FEBRUARY 2020