Data Analytics Consulting Services
Data Discovery and Inventory
Unlock the hidden potential of your data assets with our comprehensive discovery and inventory service. Click to learn how we can help you organize, secure, and leverage your data for strategic advantage.
Unlock the Power of Your Data Assets
Our Data Discovery and Inventory service is your gateway to understanding and managing your data assets across private and public clouds, on-premises systems, and hybrid environments. Using advanced tools and methodologies, we provide a detailed inventory of your data, highlighting its location, ownership, and sensitivity. This essential step ensures your data is organized, secure, and ready for effective management and utilization. We tackle critical questions such as data classification, access permissions, integration with other data sets, and compliance with regulations like PIPEDA. By equipping your organization with key information, we empower you to make informed decisions and gain a competitive edge.
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Why Accurate Data Matters
Effective data-driven decisions rely on accurate and relevant data, offering new insights that help shape and adapt your organization's vision, direction, and operations. Before deploying any data analytics solution, it's crucial to establish the current state of your data. Understanding use cases, security requirements, and existing data integrations for each asset is a critical first step.
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Key Questions We Address:
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Identification and documentation of available data sets/sources
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Medium-term and long-term plans for datasets (e.g., merge, archive, shutdown, enhance)
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Business requirements and usage associated with datasets
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Business risks satisfied by integrity checks and data backups
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Nature of your current data sets (locations, applications, systems, formats, encryption)
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Access to the data sets (permissions, owners, security, governance)
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Data collection method (collection mechanisms/applications)
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Integration with other data sets or applications
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Current data usage (reports, dashboards)
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Data currency (how often does the data change)
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Data classification (what data is confidential or regulated)
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PIPEDA implications (is there a requirement for deletion if requested by customer)
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User population (How large is the user set? What application is used?)
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Our Expertise
Data Perceptions works with clients to complete a thorough inventory of data assets, including the data architecture and sources for each asset.
Data Strategy Planning
Transform your data into actionable insights that drive business growth. Discover how our tailored data strategy planning can give you a competitive edge.
Transform Your Data into Strategic Insights
Our Data Strategy Planning service is designed to align your data initiatives with your business goals, whether your data resides in private or public clouds, on-premises, or in hybrid environments. We develop tailored strategies that optimize the use of data to drive decision-making, enhance customer experiences, and unlock new revenue streams. By leveraging data analytics, we help you uncover insights that provide a competitive edge in your sector.
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Creating Value Through Data
Developing a data strategy is a critical step in creating a data analytics solution. We help you leverage data sets that create value for your organization, enable data-driven decisions, and promote business transformation.
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Key Questions We Address:
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How can this be accomplished?
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Who needs the information and how frequently?
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What is the best way to present the information?
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Are there opportunities to better inform the organization through improved access to data?
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Is there data duplication that can be addressed?
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Can some data strategy requirements be achieved by modifying the scope of existing or planned projects?
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Is there an opportunity to define a master data management strategy?
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Our Expertise
Data Perceptions guides your team through the process of answering these questions and developing an actionable data strategy.
Data Management Planning
Ensure your data is managed efficiently and securely throughout its lifecycle. Learn more about our robust data management planning services that support compliance and best practices.
Ensure Efficient Data Management
Effective Data Management Planning ensures that your data is managed efficiently throughout its lifecycle, whether stored in private or public clouds, on-premises, or in hybrid data repositories. We help you create robust data management plans that address data collection, storage, sharing, and preservation. This service supports compliance with regulatory requirements and promotes best practices in data management, ensuring your data remains accessible, interoperable, and reusable.
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Building a Strong Foundation
Every data strategy needs a corresponding data management plan that addresses data classification, data governance, and data security.
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Our Expertise
Data Perceptions assists in developing:
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Frameworks for the evaluation and classification of data
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Data governance policies and processes
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Data security policies and implementation plans
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Deployment strategies (CD/CI) for development, staging, testing, and production
Data Analytics Pilot Deployment
Test and validate your data analytics initiatives with our pilot deployment service. Click to see how we can help you uncover valuable insights and optimize your data architecture.
Test and Validate Your Data Analytics Initiatives
Data Analytics Pilot Deployments enable organizations to test and validate their data analytics initiatives on a small scale before full-scale implementation, regardless of whether the data is in private or public clouds, on-premises, or in hybrid environments. We guide you through the deployment of pilot projects, ensuring they are aligned with your business objectives and technical requirements. By piloting data analytics projects, you can uncover valuable insights that inform strategic decisions and provide a competitive edge.
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Accelerate Your Data Analytics Journey
There is often an iterative process with data analytics between strategy and pilots. With cloud-based data repositories (data lakes), transformation and ingestion platforms (ETL), and data analytics platforms, this iterative process is accelerated. Data analytics pilots are great for testing theories, validating assumptions, and exploring options.
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Our Expertise
Data Perceptions has experience leading data analytics pilots using platforms such as:
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Microsoft PowerBI
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Tableau
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Metabase (open source)
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Microsoft Azure Synapse (ETL/ELT and Data/Delta Lake)
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Microsoft Azure DataBricks
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Typical Iterative Pilots Follow an Agile Sprint-Based Approach:
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Engaging key business and technology stakeholders to identify desired future state of data analysis, report development, and information use cases
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Development of a data model design and roadmap
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Iterative development and testing of data analytics dashboards and reports with users
Artificial Intelligence Tools Selection
Choose the right AI tools to drive innovation and achieve your business goals. Find out how our expert evaluation can help you select the most effective AI solutions.
Choose the Right AI Tools for Success
Finding the right Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to meet your organization's specific needs is critical to success. Our AI Tools Selection service evaluates various tools and platforms, considering factors such as scalability, ease of integration, and alignment with your business goals. This ensures you select the most effective tools to drive innovation and achieve your AI objectives. The right tools can help you extract actionable insights from your data, enabling strategic decisions that give you a competitive edge.
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Enhance Your Data Analytics with AI
Numerous organizations are exploring the integration of machine learning (ML) and AI to enhance their data analytics solutions with automation. Data Perceptions supports your ML and AI strategy to streamline and improve operations. We consider key criteria such as functionality, accuracy, bias mitigation, legal considerations, cost, ease of use, and ethical implications. By leveraging cutting-edge AI tools, you can transform your data into powerful insights that drive your business forward.
Artificial Intelligence Readiness Assessment
Prepare for successful AI adoption with our comprehensive readiness assessment. Discover how we can help you develop a realistic AI strategy and gain a competitive edge.
Prepare for AI Adoption with Confidence
Our Artificial Intelligence Readiness Assessment service evaluates your organization's preparedness to adopt and implement AI technologies, whether your data resides in private or public clouds, on-premises, or in hybrid environments. We assess your data infrastructure, talent, and processes to identify strengths and areas for improvement. This comprehensive assessment helps you develop a realistic AI strategy, avoid common pitfalls, and ensure successful AI integration.
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Unlock the Potential of AI
By preparing for AI adoption, you can leverage advanced analytics to make informed decisions and gain a competitive edge in your sector. Our assessment covers critical dimensions such as data foundations, technology infrastructure, organizational capabilities, governance frameworks, and strategic alignment. We provide a detailed readiness score, a customized implementation roadmap, and actionable recommendations to address identified gaps and mitigate potential risks. With our expertise, you can transform ambitious AI aspirations into successful, value-generating implementations.