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Data Platform Check Navigator

What is the Data Platform Check Navigator?

The Modern Data Platform Check Navigator is designed to help you optimise your data platform. Using this Navigator, we will evaluate the current health of your platform, identify any challenges and problems and make recommendations to help resolve them. This Navigator focuses on specific data platform services such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Warehouse and Logic Apps. As part of this service, we will review 3 key areas which include: architecture, security & governance and efficiencies.

This Navigator is ideal for organisations that are already in the cloud and consuming data services but are facing problems and challenges, particularly month on month cost increases, security or governance concerns or efficiency challenges.

What will this Navigator enable you to do?

01
Increase Operational Efficiency

We’ll highlight any opportunities to maximise your operational efficiency and reduce your operational burden.

02
Validate/address data platform governance
03
Validate best practice
OUTCOMES + BENEFITS

What are the outcomes and benefits of using an ANS Navigator?

By the end of this engagement, you’ll have an outside view on the current health of your data platform and insights on how to make improvements, modernise the platform and improve efficiencies from a resource and cost perspective.

LEVERAGING AN ANS NAVIGATOR SERVICE WILL ENABLE YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM:

Rapid time to value

IT TYPICALLY TAKES 4-6 WEEKS TO COMPLETE THIS NAVIGATOR, AND USUALLY DOESN’T REQUIRE MORE THAN 10 HOURS OF YOUR TIME SPREAD OVER THOSE WEEKS

Board ready outputs

WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH BOARD READY OUTPUTS, A STRATEGY DOCUMENT, BUSINESS BASE AND PRESENTATION

A Defined operating model

OPTIMISING YOUR DYNAMICS ENVIRONMENT IS JUST THE BEGINNING. WE’LL WORK WITH YOU TO ESTABLISH YOUR NEEDS MOVING FORWARDS, BE THAT TRAINING, SUPPORT OR BUILDING OUT CAPABILITY

Insights & recommendations

WE WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE HEALTH OF YOUR CURRENT DYNAMICS ENVIRONMENT

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Compatible Services

This Navigator can be delivered as a stand-alone service to help you solve a particular business challenge, or it can be combined with compatible services as part of your wider digital roadmap. In this instance, compatible services include our Cloud Check Navigator, Connectivity Check Navigator & Business Process Navigator

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