Data Services

Modern data services on AWS for organisations whose data sits in pieces.

A central data platform built above your source systems, anchored on Mindset, People, Process, and Technology. Funded Data Strategy Diagnostic as the low-friction entry; AWS-native delivery from there.

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Build above the systems, not between them

A modern business runs on a stack of systems that each hold part of the same answer. CRM, billing, operations, finance, each effective on its own. Stitched together, they make it hard to give your leadership team a single number for anything that matters.

We build central data platforms on AWS that become the single source of truth for your business. Your source systems keep doing what they do best, the integration debt stops growing, reporting cycles compress, and analytics, AI, and customer-facing data services become possible because the underlying data is finally trustworthy.

Where the cost actually lives

Your decisions get made on the loudest signal rather than the cleanest one. The number in your deck is the one someone could produce in time for the meeting, not necessarily the one that best describes the business. Your skilled analysts and engineers spend their days reconciling sources rather than producing insight. Anything that runs on top of clean, real-time data, predictive maintenance, AI-driven decisioning, ESG and compliance reporting, depends on the readiness of the data layer underneath. Data work tends not to feel urgent until the opportunity it's blocking becomes urgent.

A platform, not a parallel reporting layer

A modern data platform is a commercial asset that sits underneath everything your business does with data. The aim isn't a tidier set of reports next to your operational systems; it's a unified layer your business actually runs on, built so it can carry the AI and analytics work that comes next.

How we approach it

Funded Data Strategy Diagnostic

A single Funded morning with your leadership team, run by senior D55 consultants, anchored on Mindset, People, Process, and Technology. Funded directly by D55, no charge to you, no commitment beyond the morning. Our standard entry point when your strategic plan is still being shaped.

Modern data platform on AWS

AWS-native delivery using Redshift, Athena, Glue, Kinesis, and SageMaker where your workload calls for them. Event-driven pipelines on AWS Step Functions and Lambda for real-time integration. Architecture pattern: build above your source systems, not between them.

Capability transfer alongside delivery

We work as an extension of your in-house team, with knowledge transfer built into the delivery rather than bolted on at the end. The aim is to leave your in-house team able to own the platform and continue its evolution after the engagement.

What changes for your business

A single source of truth on AWS your business actually runs on. Real-time operational visibility, replacing batch overnight reporting where your business has moved faster than the reporting cycle. Reporting cycles that compress from days to hours, with the same question answered the same way regardless of which team produced the number. A foundation for AI, advanced analytics, predictive work, and customer-facing data services, available because the underlying data is now trustworthy. An internal team that finishes the engagement equipped to own and evolve the platform.

Where we've done this

Bryt Energy. A fragmented SaaS estate consolidated into a central data platform on AWS, with intelligent data pipelines on AWS Step Functions and Lambda feeding a single data lake.

Amber Energy. A real-time, event-driven bridge between Salesforce and the payments stack via AWS EventBridge and Lambda, replacing a manual integration and ending the data silo between CRM and payments.

Janes. A monolithic Windows-server data ingestion platform rebuilt as a serverless architecture on AWS Lambda, Step Functions, and EventBridge. Processing time fell by 99.9 per cent (twelve hours to under two minutes), 35 times more data sources.

Lloyd's List Intelligence. An intelligent ingestion platform for high-stakes maritime intelligence data, with analyst-configurable processing rules and an automated source-weighting mechanism that produces a full audit trail of every decision taken on conflicting inputs.

Questions we get asked

How long does the diagnostic take?

One morning with your leadership team. The Diagnostic is Funded directly by D55, with no charge to you and no commitment beyond the morning itself.

Can AWS fund the diagnostic?

No. The Funded Data Strategy Diagnostic is Funded directly by D55, not by AWS. AWS funding programmes such as the Migration Acceleration Program can apply to downstream migration or modernisation work where eligible, but the morning itself is on us.

Do you require us to replace our existing systems?

No. Our architecture pattern is to build above your source systems, not between them or instead of them. Your CRM, billing platform, operational system, and finance stack keep doing what they do best.

How is this different from buying a data warehouse vendor?

A vendor sells you a tool. We build a platform fitted to your business and the decisions your leadership team is trying to make. The Data Strategy Diagnostic comes before any technology choice for that reason; the right technology is much easier to choose once the strategic question is settled.

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A short intro call, twenty to thirty minutes, to understand which door fits your situation.

Jonathan Rothwell, CEO, D55
solutions@d55.co.uk · +44 161 399 0257

Let's explore the possible together.