Overview
Our client is a funding appropriator operating in the media sector. Its aim is to promote Te Reo language and culture to New Zealand audiences. The organisation needs to ensure that its funding decisions will be of high impact, transparent and efficient.
This agency had a definitive data strategy tied to its organisational objectives, but lacked a number of key capabilities in order to execute it. Data was dispersed among various sources and the impact of funding was often based on anecdotal evidence rather than empirically measured. Critically, there was no data platform or data engineering foundations to support the analysis required by reporting analysts and data scientists.
Our managed service solution allows this agency to focus on analysis and modelling, with the assurance that their data technology platform and ingestion pipelines are fully managed on their behalf.
Our managed service is comprehensive including:
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A foundational Data platform including storage, warehouse, ingestion and machine learning components
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The introduction and upkeep of a refined data layer which allows agency staff to develop insights quicker
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Ensuring ongoing maintenance of existing and adding new data sources as business needs evolve
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Assist the client with security certification and accreditation as well as initial Privacy Impact Assessments
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Co-designing a continuous improvement roadmap for data capabilities, which this year included the first Machine Learning capabilities at the organisation using our secure managed service.
We continue to work in a partnership model with this agency where we are an extension of the organisation’s data team.
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Our relationship with this organisation continues to blossom.​
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We have established a solid funding impact model which is a foundational asset for the agency.
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Our initial data platform was available for business use within six weeks of starting. This included all necessary technical governance including assurances and controls related to information security and data privacy.
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Insights emanating from the platform are now standard inputs for informing funding decisions.
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We have had zero platform outages or periods of unavailability since inception.