Analytics expertise. On-demand.

Our team of consultants includes Microsoft certified analytics experts with decades of combined experience and the ability to deliver robust and scalable data analytics solutions. Whether you are a start-up, small to medium-sized business, or large enterprise, our broad and deep experience in data analytics enables us to deliver your projects on time and within budget.

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We work seamlessly with your in-house teams to deliver solutions on a time and materials basis or to a fixed budget. Regardless of the arrangement, you can rest assured knowing that our ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system helps us deliver delightful experiences and services. Also, our ability to use Azure and Power BI to create refined data and analytics solutions can be seen first-hand in our open projects.

 

Microsoft Power BI

Your company could be sitting on a data gold mine without realising. Our Power BI experts have mastered the art of translating data into clean and compelling data visualisations. We can deliver the insights your business needs to drive impactful decisions.

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Click on the above image to learn more about this Power BI report that we created to summarise pedestrian road safety data.


Our Power BI consulting services include, but are not limited to:

  • Delivering Power BI proofs of concepts
  • Assessing Power BI solutions for best practices (i.e. Power BI audit)
  • Implementing data governance for Power BI with Microsoft Purview
  • Providing guidance on self-service BI and enterprise BI strategies
  • Provisioning and configuring Power BI tenants
  • Moving to Power BI Premium capacity or Premium Per User
  • Migrating Azure Analysis Services solutions to Power BI Premium
  • Designing and implementing Power BI Embedded solutions
  • Integrating Power BI with Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Designing and implementing dimensional models (i.e. Star Schemas)
  • Implementing Power Query transformations in Power BI datasets
  • Implementing Power Query transformations in Power BI dataflows
  • Data modelling in Power Pivot and Power BI Desktop
  • ​Writing complex DAX measures and queries
  • Implementing Power BI artificial intelligence (AI) solutions
  • Creating Power BI Custom Connectors

Dashboards and reports

  • Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service dashboards and reports
  • Power BI dashboards and reports optimised for tablets and mobile phones
  • Power BI dashboards optimised for Apple Watch
  • Power BI Paginated Reports
  • Setting up Power BI alerts and report subscriptions
  • Excel dashboards and reports

Optimising Power Pivot and Power BI data models

  • Performance tuning slow or sub-optimal DAX measures and queries
  • Refactoring models to minimise storage and memory consumption
  • Optimisations for Power BI data visualisations
  • Power BI Q&A optimisations for improved natural language query results

Ready to empower your business with timely insights?

Microsoft Azure Data Services

Data is the lifeblood of every business. Without an effective data strategy, your company cannot keep up with the ever-growing internal and external demands for timely and trusted data. Our Azure data experts can put you on the right track by providing data strategy guidance, designing robust data architectures, and delivering resilient and scalable azure data solutions.

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Our Azure data consulting services include, but are not limited to:

  • Implementing data governance with Microsoft Purview
  • Designing and implementing Azure data storage solutions
  • Designing and implementing Azure data processing solutions
  • Designing Azure data solutions for data security and compliance
  • Designing for high availability, disaster recovery, and global distributions
  • Integrating Power BI with Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Managing access to Azure data services to meet security requirements
  • Optimising Azure data solutions for economies of scale
  • Designing, implementing, and orchestrating Azure Data Factory pipelines
  • Designing, implementing, and orchestrating Azure Synapse pipelines

Non-relational data stores

  • Designing and implementing Azure Databricks solutions
  • Designing and implementing Azure Synapse Spark Pool solutions
  • Designing and implementing Azure Cosmos DB solutions
  • Designing and implementing Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) Gen2 and Azure Blob storage solutions
  • Designing and implementing data distribution and partitions in non-relational Azure data solutions

Relational data stores

  • Designing and implementing Azure Synapse Serverless SQL Pool solutions
  • Designing and implementing Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool solutions
  • Designing and implementing Azure SQL Database solutions
  • Designing and implementing data distribution and partitions in relational Azure data solutions

Ready to make your data an invaluable business asset?

Microsoft SQL Server BI

It may seem like every company has already moved their data and analytics solutions to the cloud, but that is far from reality. Our SQL Server BI experts have honed their skills over many years. This means they can enhance and optimise your existing solutions to maximise your return on investment, or help you migrate to Azure.

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Our SQL Server BI consulting services include, but are not limited to:

  • Assisting in the development of a data strategy and data culture​
  • Delivering SQL Server BI proofs of concept and proofs of value
  • Logical dimensional model designs
  • Implementing complex T-SQL queries
  • Performance tuning slow running T-SQL queries​
  • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)​ ETL/ELT

Dashboards and reporting

  • Designing and building Power BI Report Server dashboards and reports
  • SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) dashboards and reports
  • Excel dashboards and reports
  • Migrating from Power BI Report Server to the Power BI service
  • Migrating from SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to the Power BI service

Analysis Services (Azure or SQL Server)

  • Analysis Services Tabular model development and optimisations
  • Rebuilding Analysis Services Multimensional cubes as Tabular models
  • Implementing complex DAX measures and queries
  • Performance optimising Analysis Services Tabular models
  • Migrating SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular models to Power BI datasets

Ready to maximise the ROI on your SQL Server BI infrastructure?