Your Guide to a Successful Data Platform

The Data Platform Challenge

Oakland knows a thing or two about creating successful data platforms. Having built many different variations for our numerous clients, we now have a solid framework for efficiently creating or enhancing your data capabilities.

What’s the secret to launching a data platform that drives values across the business?

Data platforms have witnessed a sharp rise in demand over recent years, particularly in organisations that have adopted a cloud-based digital strategy.

Despite the positives, many data platforms fail due to a lack of best-practice fundamentals.

Oakland has successfully launched data platform initiatives for some of the largest organisations and complex data landscapes in the UK.

We’ve learned what it takes to deliver a data platform that delivers lasting change instead of an expensive pipe dream.

This guide shares our experiences and models of success.

Since embarking on this data journey, actionable insights have been delivered; together with improved ‘in-year’ forecasting, targeted assurance activity, and process compliance.  Improved data quality has helped unlock reporting and facilitate more advanced analytics.

Murray Leach, Network Rail