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Data platforms & analytics

Trusted data foundations and analytics your teams can act on.

DATA & AI

Build the data foundation behind better decisions

When reports disagree, pipelines fail or information sits in separate systems, analytics and AI cannot deliver dependable value. We help connect enterprise sources, build governed data platforms and pipelines, and shape Power BI reporting around the decisions your teams need to make.

Start with the reporting decision and the sources behind it. Agree common definitions, data ownership and the controls needed to move from a source record to a usable report.

Explore Data & AI.

What we deliver

From source systems to useful reporting

Agree the platform, pipeline and reporting scope around your decisions. Specify outputs, quality criteria and operating responsibilities before delivery.

01

Platform architecture & readiness

Assess sources, workloads and the platform design needed to support analytics and AI.

  • Source and target architecture
  • Access, capacity and integration needs
  • Readiness gaps and delivery sequence
02

Data pipelines & integration

Connect enterprise sources through defined ingestion and transformation steps.

  • Source-to-target mappings and contracts
  • Transformation and validation rules
  • Refresh, exception and recovery design
03

Data quality & governance

Make definitions and responsibilities explicit before reports are trusted.

  • Ownership and access boundaries
  • Quality checks and reconciliation
  • Lineage and change control scope
04

Power BI & semantic models

Shape common measures and reports around the decisions your teams make.

  • Agreed metric definitions
  • Semantic models and reporting views
  • Reconciled measures and user acceptance
05

Data operations & optimisation

Plan what it takes to keep the agreed data and reporting service useful.

  • Monitoring and refresh ownership
  • Failure handling and recovery testing
  • Performance and cost review
DELIVERY APPROACH

Validate the data before release

Agree decisions and measures, design the flow, validate the build, then release with operating ownership. Acceptance comes before operational use.

Analytics delivery, software and IP

Choose what sits beyond the data foundation

Platform and Power BI delivery establish the foundation. Add model development, reusable prediction/simulation IP or financial analysis software only where the decision calls for it.

Power BI + AI/ML

Reusable IP for AI/ML in Power BI, predictive dashboards and risk-scoring visuals. Use when evaluated model outputs need to appear in reporting.

FinSight

FinSight

Separately available software for conversational analysis and reporting over financial data. Explore it when teams need to ask questions of financial information.

Separate routes, agreed scope

Products are available by licence, subscription or SaaS, with or without services. Accelerators are reusable delivery IP; assess fit, adaptation and implementation responsibilities rather than assume inclusion.

Illustrative engagement pattern

From fragmented sources to trusted reporting

For reports that disagree across systems, agree a source-to-report design and reconciliation evidence. Use this illustrative pattern to identify the outputs, controls and owners your reporting scope needs.

01

Map the source-to-report flow

Identify conflicting definitions and source ownership. Agree the pipeline, platform and semantic-model design, with a data-flow or lineage view to review.

02

Reconcile and control access

Compare source and report totals, review quality exceptions and agree who can access each view. Scope specialist identity and cloud-security work where required.

03

Release with operating ownership

Assign refresh, monitoring and recovery owners. Agree report acceptance and adoption measures; assess reporting quality separately from any wider business outcome.

Start with the data decision that matters

Discuss your source systems, reporting gaps and analytics priorities. Describe the current platform and main constraint; do not upload sensitive data.

BUYER QUESTIONS

Agree foundations, ownership and the next step

Scope the reporting requirements before expanding into AI. Choose a delivery model around the agreed scope and ongoing ownership needed.

Let’s connect

Tell us about your data platform and reporting priorities

What happens next

  1. We route your enquiry to the relevant portfolio specialist.
  2. Where needed, we agree an NDA before you share confidential information.
  3. We clarify your priorities and agree the right next step with you.

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