Capabilities · Data & analytics

Governed Data Platforms & Analytics

One trusted version of the truth, and half the time from data to decision.

A unified, governed Microsoft lakehouse that turns siloed data and slow reporting into dependable, scalable analytics and AI, with the lineage and controls regulators expect, plus executive dashboards and predictive signals on top.

Microsoft Fabric / OneLakeGoverned & AI-readyPower BI

We engineer software that delivers measurable business outcomes, from two aligned bases in South Africa and Mauritius.

The business case

You can’t trust the AI if you can’t trust the data

Fragmented data and slow, conflicting reports delay decisions and undermine every AI initiative. A governed lakehouse turns that into one trusted, fast, AI-ready foundation.

~50%
Faster from data to decision
A governed lakehouse on Fabric
60 to 80%
of analyst time freed from data prep
Spent on analysis
One truth
Certified KPIs end conflicting reports
AI-ready, with the lineage regulators expect

Why two reports give two answers

  • Data siloed across systems → no single, trusted view
  • Slow, manual reporting → decisions made late
  • Conflicting numbers by report → figures nobody can defend
  • Ungoverned data feeding AI → confident, wrong answers
What it delivers

From ingestion to insight, on one governed platform

The scenarios we deliver, built on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

Ingestion & pipelines

Bring data in, batch and real-time, with Azure Data Factory, from cloud and on-premises sources.

Governed lakehouse

OneLake and the medallion layers, with layer-level governance: one place your estate can trust.

Governance, lineage & AI-readiness

The lineage and controls regulators expect, and data that’s AI-ready.

Semantic models & serving

Direct Lake semantic models and standardised KPIs served through Power BI.

Governed dashboards & KPIs

Executive-ready Power BI with row-level security and consistent, certified KPIs.

Predictive & early-warning

Predictive signals on governed data, so leaders see performance and risk early.

How we engage & deliver

How a capability engagement runs

Every engagement starts value-first and runs the nVisionIT way, Microsoft-first, on your own cloud.

SPRINT 0

Prove the value

A costed roadmap, a working prototype, the target architecture and a measured value baseline, in 2 to 4 weeks.

MILESTONES

Bill as delivered

We deliver and invoice per milestone for work delivered and reviewed; the budget is refined with you each step.

NO LOCK-IN

No-penalty exit

Stop at any milestone boundary, work done is billed, nothing more.

OWNED

Yours, where you choose

Deployed on your premises or in your own cloud, or hosted by us in South Africa or Mauritius. You keep control of your data and your deployment.

Outcomes

What one governed source makes possible

Trusted answers

One governed source for analytics, AI and agents.

Faster decisions

Real-time dashboards and predictive early-warning.

AI-ready by design

Lineage, quality and governance built in.

Architecture

Microsoft Fabric and OneLake

Built on Microsoft Fabric and OneLake, Microsoft’s unified data platform, so your estate stays on a mainstream Microsoft roadmap rather than a niche stack. Microsoft-first, API-first, Zero Trust and Responsible AI, bilingual (English/French), and deployed on your premises, in your own cloud or in an environment we host, to meet your data-residency requirements.

Microsoft Fabric / OneLakeAzure Data FactoryMicrosoft PurviewPower BIDirect LakeResponsible AIBilingual (EN/FR)African data residency
From our Insights

What we have learned doing this work

Data and decisions

What we had to fix before any model could help

The first correction in our AI work had nothing to do with AI. What an organisation knows is usually scattered, undated and contradictory, and a model working from that will answer confidently and wrongly.

Helen Mills
Data and decisions

Retiring a CRM without losing what it knew

An unsupported CRM is expensive to keep and dangerous to switch off, because a decade of customer history lives inside it. The answer we used keeps the history and retires the application.

Werner du Plessis

All insights →

Offshore economics with onshore alignment. Delivered from Centurion and Ebene, in English and French, with working hours that overlap yours.

Put one trusted number in front of the board

Book a briefing and we will propose a Sprint 0 sized to your estate, with the success measures agreed before any build starts.