Data Lake

    Data Lake Deployment: one place for data that lives in a dozen systems.

    Every team has their own spreadsheets, their own systems, their own version of the truth. A data lake brings it all together, so the whole business is working from the same picture.

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    What Is a Data Lake?

    Think of it as a single, reliable view of everything your business knows

    CRM
    Finance
    HR
    Operations
    DataLake
    Dashboards
    Reports
    Decisions

    One place for all your data

    Instead of pulling numbers from five different systems, everything lives in one layer your whole business can access.

    Ask questions across the whole business

    When sales, finance, and operations data sit side by side, you can spot patterns no single system would show you.

    No more chasing spreadsheets

    Data flows in automatically and stays current, so no one needs to manually export, copy, or reconcile anything.

    How We Build It

    From understanding your data to handing you a system your team can actually use

    1

    Understand

    We start by listening to understand your business, what data you have, where it lives, and how your teams actually use it.

    2

    Design

    We define the structure, what goes in, how it's organised, and who gets access to what.

    3

    Build

    We connect your systems, clean and normalise incoming data, and get everything operational.

    4

    Handover

    We make sure your team can use it confidently, with documentation, training, and ongoing support.

    What Changes

    The difference a data lake makes to how your business operates

    Without a Data Lake

    • Staff spending hours pulling data from different systems
    • No single source of truth, so everyone has their own version
    • Decisions based on whoever has the latest spreadsheet
    • Data quality issues that are costly to address by the time they surface

    With Building 8

    • All business data in one place, accessible to anyone who needs it
    • Reports and dashboards built on trusted, consistent data
    • Time freed from manual data gathering and reconciliation
    • A foundation ready for AI and automation when the time comes
    Where We Have Done It

    Platforms we have built, and what changed

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    Retail & E-commerce
    Data EngineeringData Governance & SecurityData Analytics & BI

    Data Lake & BI Governance Uplift

    Pipelines that stopped breaking, and an internal team able to run them.

    A wholesale retailer's AWS data lake was feeding Tableau processes that failed often enough that people had stopped trusting the output. We repaired the pipelines, established data and dashboard governance so the estate stays trustworthy as it grows, and trained the internal team to run it themselves.

    Confidential client

    Enterprise Banking Data Warehousing illustration
    Financial Services & Insurance
    Data EngineeringData Analytics & BI

    Enterprise Banking Data Warehousing

    More than 50 developers shipping safely into shared warehouse environments.

    At a major Australian bank a large developer group was releasing into the same warehouse environments and standing on each other's work. We ran the enterprise data warehousing behind it: warehouse and reporting development, release management across environments, batch automation and performance tuning.

    Confidential client

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    Media & Entertainment
    Data Analytics & BIData Engineering

    Gaming Business Intelligence Platform

    An operator with no analytics capability left running its own platform.

    An online gaming operator was making its decisions with no analytics capability at all. We built one from scratch - warehouse, ETL, OLAP cubes and drill-down reporting - then documented it and trained the team so the platform outlived the engagement.

    Confidential client

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    What you are committing to

    • Phased engagements

      We structure work in phases, so you can assess progress and value at each stage rather than at the end.

    • No long term lock-ins

      You are not signing up to an open ended retainer to start working with us.

    • No hidden costs

      Pricing is shaped by the scope and complexity of the work, and we are clear about what you are committing to before you commit to it.

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    Ready to bring your data together?

    Tell us what's getting in the way and we'll tell you honestly whether we can help.

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