Data modernization is a complicated journey that requires an exhaustive understanding of the modern data landscape coupled with scrupulous technical expertise. With an experienced and specialized tech partner onboard as a strategic navigator, a business can continue to focus on its core functionalities even as its processes are overhauled and revamped.

Here’s a quick preview of the essential advantages a strategic partner such as Parallel Minds can bring to a data modernization journey:

Needs Assessment and Tailored Roadmap: In-depth consultation enables a tech partner to undertake a detailed assessment of a business’s present data environment. With a fresh understanding of existing gaps and expected needs, the next step is developing a tailored roadmap that defines the choice of tech stacks and an estimate of time and resources. Throughout the process, the tech partner prioritizes essential business needs to deliver maximum efficiency as quickly as possible.

Tech Selection and Implementation: While vendors are known to market their own products, tech partners recommend and deploy products that are perfect fits. They even run proof-of-concept tests to justify the viability of the chosen tech stack. Their expertise in integrating new data solutions with existing legacy processes ensures minimal disruptions.

Data Migration and Quality Analysis: Data migration is smooth with minimal hiccups, and essential parameters like security and data integrity are always at the forefront. Tech partner teams develop a robust metadata framework, thus providing context and ensuring seamless discoverability, all the while cleaning and enriching existing data for effective analysis.

Modern Architectural Build: A data architecture build provided by a tech partner is future-proof and is designed to meet demands arising from business and market evolutions. They are flexible and cloud-centric, while accommodating the need for different providers and combinations. Throughout the architecture, data silos and designs strictly adhere to governance, compliance, security, and quality requirements.

Analytics and Insights for User Empowerment: The deployment of the right analytics and visualization solutions enables business teams to screen insights and conduct analysis runs without the need for continuous support. Customized dashboards and reports that are easy to generate improve the decision-making abilities of stakeholders across the organization. Tech partners also add to the mix Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) learning modules that provide advanced analytical modeling programs and recommendations.

Ongoing Support and Maintenance: Despite the goal of granting independence to business teams, tech partners keep working from the sidelines, monitoring and optimizing the data infrastructure, and conducting training and upskilling programs. More importantly, tech teams consistently sync the data architecture with the latest solutions and trends, ensuring that the business always has an updated data strategy.