Our Business Intelligence as a Service (BIaaS) team started out life when we described the back-end infrastructure and BI solutions we had put in for our own purposes: cloud, hybrid and on-premises servers, data models, automated data extract, transformation and load processes to clients and had clients tell us “we want that capability as a service”.
Solving complex problems in highly regulated environments
Capabilities
Data migration
Migrating from legacy to new environments, mapping, extracting, cleaning and transforming data with careful audit and QA processes
Engineering
Data warehouse, ETL and Data Model development including Tabular, Kimball, Star Schema, Snowflake, Data Vault 2.0, Dimensional modelling
Full Stack
Business Analysis, Testing, Project Management, Environment management and deployment
Cloud Analytics
Strategic MI/BI Data Platforms built on Azure using Data Factory, Event Hub, Spark, PolyBase and other components within the Cortana Analytics suite
Intuitive Visualisation
Reporting and Visualisation solutions including data acquisition, managed refresh and alerting using Tableau Desktop/Server, Power BI, Qlikview/Qliksense, Business Objects, SAP Hana and D3.js
We have worked with clients across the UK, including Healthcare, Education, Police and Defence.
Scoping of work packages typically occurs using an agile development approach with rapid turnaround of deliverables over several iterations.
A significant part of this service involves working alongside client resources in a collaborative mentorship role, so that knowledge transfer occurs seamlessly and in an ongoing fashion. These engagements predominantly involve working on client site with the Microsoft BI stack (SQL Server SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), but also Tableau, Qlikview, and increasingly involve building this capability in the cloud (Azure, Power BI, or bespoke web development using Ruby on Rails, .NET, HTML5, Java and AngularJS) depending on client requirements.
Sectors for BIaaS
BIaaS for Healthcare
We embed teams of BI experts within NHS organisations to analyse your issues, design solutions and deliver long-term, managed-services. Our team have extensive healthcare experience and understand the challenges around data governance, information security and interoperability. We will work with your team and technology, building your analytics capabilities and the service you can offer to your patients.
BIaas for Lifescience
The building blocks for and AI and Datascience solutions must include robust data management and data integration environments. Our Biaas capability helps our clients, putting in place the digital infrastructure and reporting they need for operational excellence using secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure as appropriate.
- Full end to end solution development including Business Analysis, Testing, Project Management, Environment setup and deployment
- Reporting and Visualisation solutions including data acquisition, managed refresh and alerting, and integration and consolidation of legacy data sources
- Data Migration / ETL / Integration including staging, cleansing, Data profiling, Data quality and fuzzy matching
BIaaS for Defence
We provide Business Intelligence services for the UK Defence sector including Data Warehousing and ETL, Data Visualisation and Dashboarding, Master Data Management and Data Quality Services. These projects typically involve the Microsoft Stack (Power BI, SQL Server, Azure) but can also include other product sets such as Tableau and D3.js. We have in-depth knowledge of the data sets, working practices and Information Governance requirements that pertain to the defence market.
BIaaS for Government
Our BIaaS offer to local government is to provide capability and capacity shaped to your requirements. Whether the need is to undertake a legacy data migration or setting up a central data, intelligence and performance hub to own and manage your core data we can put place a high performing team of specialist data engineers and analysts to maximise efficiency and effective responses to council staff and the public alike. Our teams integrate with you, delivering in partnership and preparing you for transition.