Where feasible we like to start planning pre-engagement mobilisation to understand current working practices, methodologies and the skills and experiences of the client team that we will be working with.The key features of our planning approach include: This approach flows through into how we work with an emphasis on co-creation and partnering. Typically, we take an agile approach and co-design work plans with our client and 3rd party teams, as required. Our planning approach is tailored to the specific needs of each client this includes establishing a comprehensive view of your desired outcomes understanding your current and target-state architecture designs and your preferred ways of working (whether waterfall or agile). Secure data access to prevent data loss data breaches.Management, transparency/predictable Microsoft Azure utilisation costs.PII data storage and GDPR compliant platform architecture.Multiple Datalake storage formats CSV, JSON, Parquet, AVRO, ORC.Master data management – MDM – for data consistency.Data governance for cloud architecture data management.Microsoft Azure warehouse design for Business Intelligence – BI.Solution components best fitted to data requirements.Alignment of cloud architecture with strategic requirements.Realtime and near real time data visualisation.Security access controls and private networking.Cost optimisation through Azure automation and automatic scaling.Personally Identifiable Information - data handling for GDPR compliance.Datalake for structured, semi-structured /unstructured Data Lake storage.Master Data Management – MDM - architecture and data strategy.Data Governance including data catalogue, data lineage, data quality.Data warehousing design on lakehouse, data mesh, lambda.Tool selection for alignment of platform to architectural strategy.Architecture blueprint and architectural strategy delivery.Data architectures for streaming and batch data ingestion.Architectures include lakehouse, data mesh and lambda architectures. Cloud datalake architectures use Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Datalake, Azure Purview for data governance and PowerBI for real time and batch visualisation. Slalom architect modern cloud data platforms on Microsoft Azure to make data available to everyone in your organisation.

Azure lakehouse architecture