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Platform & Data Engineering

Take a peek behind the scenes at the inner workings of Oakland as we talk through some of our landmark projects. From data strategy and governance to platform engineering, data analytics and artificial intelligence, you can find out how we have helped people with their data across various industries.

Case Study Helping a Leading Provider of IT Infrastructure Unlock Sales Growth with a 150% ROI

Helping a Leading Provider of IT Infrastructure Unlock Sales Growth with a 150% ROI

Our client, a leading provider of IT solutions and services to businesses and the public sector, has grown to be one of the largest IT services firms in the UK, with an ambitious vision for the future. In the past, growth was delivered through hiring in more sales staff to drive engagement with potential customers;…
Case Study A UK Public Service Broadcaster

A UK Public Service Broadcaster

Siloed Data Typically in these situations, an organisation might build a centralised data store in the form of a data warehouse, data lake, or core data analytics platform. But these solutions can soon morph into silos – largely driven by the data capabilities being built and having lost sight of the true challenge of what…
Case Study Driving growth for Elvie with a data platform

Driving growth for Elvie with a data platform

“We just thought that Oakland’s presentation was one of the most organised. We liked the comprehensive plans that we saw.” The Goal Elvie asked for Oakland’s help to build a data analytics platform that would extract, store, and prepare data for reporting and insights. Historically, Elvie had struggled to report on various KPIs across the…
Case Study Creating a data platform for tech start-up Income Analytics

Creating a data platform for tech start-up Income Analytics

What was the purpose of the application? Income Analytics knew that if the commercial real estate sector could gain access to standardised market data and income risk reporting, the industry would be better served, more transparent and attract more investment. Although the sector frequently used credit scores and ratings, the problem was it did not…
Case Study Building a Data and Analytics Platform for Acuity Robotics

Building a Data and Analytics Platform for Acuity Robotics

The Outcome
Case Study Yorkshire Water Bio-Waste Modelling

Yorkshire Water Bio-Waste Modelling

The Outcome
Case Study Business intelligence reporting and intelligent forecasting for Network Rail

Business intelligence reporting and intelligent forecasting for Network Rail

Sweeping change creates an opportunity for improvement Rail projects need to be delivered faster, at less cost and with greater value to the taxpayer than ever before. The government has challenged the rail industry to discover new ways of working to cut the time and cost of delivering critical infrastructure projects. This demand for greater…
Case Study Executing a Data Strategy for Yorkshire Water

Executing a Data Strategy for Yorkshire Water

Mapping out the Data Strategy Oakland started by helping Yorkshire Water with an early series of data strategy workshops. The goal of these workshops was to review the current business and operational objectives that Yorkshire Water was keen to address, then map these aspirations against possible directions for exploiting their data in the future. Working…
Case Study Creating a data platform for a major UK media organisation

Creating a data platform for a major UK media organisation

Subscriber growing pains The media company had struggled to increase its subscriber base within its digital products group and was losing out on advertising revenue to competing products and formats. This demand for growth and competitive advantage created urgency and an aggressive timeline for the business to develop and deploy new capabilities. Central to the…