Enhanced Data Analytics through New Data Warehouse Architecture
Enhanced Data Analytics through New Data Warehouse Architecture
OVERVIEW
The Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) was established in 1981 and comprises a staff of approximately 105 in 3 organizational teams – Investments, Operations, and Institutional Relations.
The agency manages investments for retirement plans including public employees, teachers, school employees, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and judges. They also oversee investments for various other important public funds that support Washington’s industrial insurance program, colleges and universities, and developmental disability programs.
The WSIB relied on a legacy data warehouse (ANOVA) that no longer met agency needs.
- It required a high degree of staff maintenance, was inflexible for reporting, and was expensive.
- It also relied on on-premises hardware which was reaching end-of-life and required replacement.
- It also had increased downtime and unsupported outages.
SOLUTION PROVIDED BY PEOPLE TECH GROUP
People Tech helped client build a flexible, cloud-based, reporting solution which was tailored for agency needs. The new system lay a solid data foundation to grow the agency’s use of data and analytics.
People Tech proposed the following solution:
- Built benchmark application for investment key stakeholders.
- Replaced high-cost ANOVA license with inhouse well reliable solution.
- Generated recommendations to WSIB customers, including discount offers that took advantage of Azure utilization valleys.
- Cloud enabled solution.
BENEFITS
- The data analytics and reporting solution had greater reliability, availability, and capacity to accommodate agency’s specific needs and data growth. It also reduced the cost of ownership.
