Plainsight
Data & analytics

Data foundations, built one use case at a time.

Data is the layer everything sits on. AI, analytics, automation, decision-making. Without trusted data flowing to the right place, nothing on top of it holds up. We don't do multi-year platform rebuilds. We pick one real business question, build the data path end-to-end, ship something trustworthy, and grow the platform from there.

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Sound familiar?

These are the things we hear in almost every first conversation about data.

What we build

Foundation matters. Big-bang foundation projects don't. We build the data path for one use case end-to-end, then grow from there.

Data Platforms

The foundation everything else runs on. Architected for growth, engineered for reliability. Not just pipelines, but a platform your team can actually trust and maintain.

AzureDatabricksFabricdbt

Data Engineering

Reliable pipelines, clean transformations, well-tested logic. We build the invisible infrastructure that makes analytics and AI possible. If the data is wrong, nothing downstream can be right.

PipelinesData qualityOrchestration

Dashboards & Analytics

We don't just build dashboards. We create analytics environments where the right information reaches the right people at the right time. Trusted numbers, not questioned charts.

Power BISemantic modelsSelf-service

How we build, end-to-end

Five steps. Same every time. Not because we like process, but because skipping steps is how data projects become the data projects everyone has a story about.

Not a wish list of datasets. One business question, with a person who cares about the answer. If we can't name the decision the data will change, we don't start.

Big picture

What a complete data platform looks like, end to end

From source systems through governance to value back in the business. We don't build it all at once. One use case at a time, growing the platform around it.

Data owner

1. Source systems
& data assets

Structured, unstructured, and streaming inputs.

Structured

  • Databases
  • ERP / CRM
  • APIs
  • Finance systems
  • Operational apps

Unstructured

  • Files
  • PDFs
  • Images
  • Emails
  • Recordings

Streaming

  • IoT signals
  • Transactions
  • Clickstream
  • Events
  • Message queues
raw data + assets
ingest
Platform

2. Centralized data platform

Ingest, govern, transform, and model data in one foundation.

BronzeLanding & staging

Raw, source-aligned, reloadable

SilverCleansed & integrated ADS

Quality rules, joins, harmonization

GoldBusiness-ready products

Dimensional models, semantic layer, trusted outputs

OrchestrateGovernanceLineageSecurityReusable logic
AzureDatabricksFabricdbtPower BI
One governed foundation for analytics, AI, and reporting.
transform
& orchestrate
Business users
& ecosystem

3. Reporting & activation

Business users, partners, suppliers, and customers consume trusted outputs.

Reporting
  • Executive dashboards
  • Sales reporting
  • Customer 360
  • Supplier performance
  • Forecasting
  • Operational alerts
  • Partner portals
  • AI copilots
  • Embedded analytics
  • Self-service datasets
self-service insights
activate
Platform sponsor

4. Value returned

The platform turns data into measurable business value.

Access revenueApplied discountsGrowth fundsCo-created marketsOperational savingsPerformance uplift

Faster decisions

Better margins

Higher trust

Reusable data products

PRODUCTS & ACCELERATORS

Tools we built for data work

Each one started as a pattern we kept repeating with clients. Use them directly, or hand them to us to deliver.

Free accelerator

Fabric Rollout Planner

Eight questions in, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, a compliance justification doc, and an interactive rollout explorer out. Average time to output: 5 minutes.

Free accelerator

Databricks Rollout Planner

Eight questions in, Terraform for workspaces and Unity Catalog, CI/CD pipelines, a compliance justification doc, and an interactive rollout explorer out. Average time to output: 5 minutes.

AI accelerator

AI-Driven Migration

Move SSIS, Azure Data Factory, and Synapse pipelines onto Microsoft Fabric or Databricks. AI agents scan your estate, design the target, and generate deployable assets, with an expert signing off at every gate.

Product

Workbook Connect

Your master data, easily managed with Excel. A lightweight add-in connecting to Azure SQL, SQL Server, and Microsoft Fabric, with validation rules and data-quality checks built in.

What you walk away with

Practical outcomes. Not a system only we can maintain.

Your

Data Foundation

Foundation

The infrastructure your team can actually trust and maintain.

  • Data platforms that scale

    Databricks, Fabric, or Azure-native. Designed for your data volume, your team's maturity, and your roadmap.

  • Reliable pipelines

    Data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration. Tested, monitored, and built so your team can maintain them.

CONTEXT LAYER

The next advantage: a context layer on top of your data

Getting the data right no longer stops at a clean table. AI needs context: the meaning, the relationships, the metadata that let it answer correctly. We build that layer on top of the data, so the AI and the software above it can be trusted. Most tools are only starting to do this. It is where the next advantage sits.

A data solution should remain explainable. If only one person understands the logic, it remains fragile.

Everything connects.

Strategy gives direction. Building creates value. Specialists protect it.

Direction

Strategy

From business questions to a data, AI and software direction your organisation can follow.

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Value

Build

Data and analytics, AI, and custom software. Built with adoption and ownership from day one.

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Continuity

Experts

Specialists who think like teammates. Keep your engine running and your team growing.

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Ready to start building?

Tell us what you need. We'll figure out the fastest way to get there.

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