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Consolidated Disparate Multi‑Cloud Data into a Unified Client Data Ecosystem on Microsoft Fabric

About The Client

A leading North American logistics and expedited ground transportation provider, delivering scheduled, time-definite surface transportation as a cost-effective alternative to air freight.

Challenges

Following a major acquisition, the organization operated across two separate cloud ecosystems — one built on AWS and the other on Microsoft Azure technologies. This resulted in:

  • Dual cloud architectures operating in parallel
    Separate AWS and Azure environments led to duplicated ingestion, transformation, and reporting pipelines.

  • No unified view of business performance
    Data silos prevented consistent reporting across the newly combined organisation.

  • Data quality and ETL gaps impacting reporting accuracy
    Inefficiencies in ETL processes led to issues such as overstated revenue and unreliable business insights.

  • High operational costs across fragmented platforms
    Spend increased across AWS and MS Fabric, which was underutilized and restricted primarily to Power BI without a Data Lakehouse.

  • Limited scalability for future initiatives
    Fragmentation restricted the ability to implement enterprise-wide analytics and AI capabilities.

Solutions

To address these challenges, the organization undertook a full-scale consolidation of its multi-cloud architecture into a single, unified data platform built on Microsoft Fabric.

The approach focused on standardizing data architecture, eliminating duplication, and aligning both legacy environments into one cohesive, enterprise-wide data eco-system.

  • Consolidated multi-cloud environments into Microsoft Fabric
    AWS-based data workloads were rationalized and migrated into a Fabric-centric architecture, aligning both organizations onto a single platform.

  • Standardized architecture using a medallion model
    A Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layering approach was implemented to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability across all data assets.

  • Unified ingestion, transformation & near real-time reporting
    Streamlined pipelines into governed frameworks and leveraged Mirror DB for near real-time data synchronization and reporting.

  • Flexible data model for incremental onboarding
    Designed a consolidated, extensible data model to support gradual onboarding of TMS and other enterprise data sources.

  • Integrated Databricks for advanced analytics
    Existing Databricks capabilities were retained and integrated into the Fabric ecosystem, enabling advanced analytics and future AI/ML use cases.

  • Established a single source of truth
    A centralized data foundation was created to support consistent reporting, cross-functional analytics, and executive decision-making.

Data Architecture

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Outcomes

A unified platform driving efficiency, visibility, and future readiness

The consolidation delivered immediate operational and strategic benefits, transforming how the organization accesses and leverages its data.

  • Cost-Savings: Fully leveraged existing cloud licenses to reduce infrastructure cost by over 30%

  • Near real-time, accurate reporting for decision-making Enabled near real-time reporting with standardized KPIs and measures, improving operational visibility and business decisions.

  • Data Federation: Enabled cross-organizational access without compromising security

  • Enterprise-wide visibility Leadership now has access to a single, consistent view of performance across the combined business.

  • Operational efficiency Simplified data pipelines and reduced duplication improved speed, reliability, and maintainability.

  • Scalable foundation for growth A unified Fabric-based platform enables advanced analytics, self-service reporting, and AI/ML at scale.

  • Post-acquisition integration Successfully aligned two previously independent data ecosystems into one cohesive, enterprise data program.

This transformation brought together previously siloed environments into one cohesive, client-wide program — simplifying the data landscape, reducing redundancy, and enabling consistent, scalable analytics across the combined business.

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