Before big data turns into actionable insights, it needs to be sourced, labeled, cleansed, verified, and validated. More than anything, this requires managing infrastructure to support huge volumes of data, maintain its integrity and accuracy, and institutionalize a practice that continues to churn insights. With a 30-plus-year legacy driving data-backed business transformations, Persistent has a proven track record of enabling clients to glean real-time insights from raw data.
For our demonstrated capabilities, Google in February 2024 awarded us with its Data Analytics Specialization, positioning us a top-of-the-mind partner for enterprises looking to supercharge their pivot to data-driven businesses with Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) big data products.
This new specialization, coming so quickly after achieving Google’s machine learning specialization, makes us a full-stack Google Cloud data analytics partner. Our team of more than 200 professionals certified in GCP’s big data products, such as BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Dataplex, Pub/Sub, and Looker, have successfully delivered complex data analytics projects for leading global enterprises. We prioritize learning and development initiatives to maintain our market leadership, and for our investments in training data experts, the Everest Group recognized Persistent as a Leader in its Talent Readiness for Next-Generation IT Services PEAK Matrix® 2023.
Our data analytics expertise cuts across industries, including a significant footprint in highly regulated verticals. For instance, we collaborated with New Jersey’s largest hospital chain to beat industry indices on quality care by benchmarking performance on a GCP-powered data analytics platform. We migrated the client’s on-premises data center to BigQuery, onboarded multiple data sources, and created custom Dataflow jobs. We also built a GCP-native data analytics layer to help the client analyze performance based on hundreds of dimensional analyses and aggregation. Our work allowed the client to correlate performance with patient cohorts based on disease and previous treatments. With these insights, the hospital chain was able to identify critical gaps around care demand and physician availability and improve care outcomes with a sustainable boost in top-line numbers.
“Data is a key lever for enterprises looking to defend their competitive edge, diversify their portfolio to cater to business dynamics, or expand into ancillary industries for a larger market share. GCP’s data analytics platform offers a diverse range of services for managing data movement, conducting in-depth data analysis, and facilitating machine learning initiatives. Its data analytics services empower clients to optimize operations, enhance customer experiences and deliver business value to the management. Organizations are utilizing BigQuery and Looker to analyze large datasets and gain valuable insights into customer behavior, leading to targeted marketing campaigns. Additionally, Pub/Sub and Dataflow enable real-time data processing, helping organizations make instant decisions for better customer service and operational efficiency,” says Asheesh Sharma, Associate Vice President, Engineering, Persistent Google Business Unit. “As a Google Cloud Premier Partner, Persistent helps clients with the art of the possible, leveraging our deep knowledge of the GCP ecosystem and our home-grown expertise to deliver data analytics projects successfully. Our continued partnership with Google, backed by a laser focus on nurturing data analytics experts and our purpose-built, industry-aligned accelerators, positions as the trusted partner for enterprises pivoting from data-rich to knowledge-rich businesses.”
Our full-stack data analytics capabilities, spanning data engineering and management, help clients onboard mature solutions without the heavy-lift. We helped a billion-dollar quick service restaurant franchisee modernize its legacy on-premises data analytics system by building a scalable and secure data platform on GCP. We pulled huge volumes of data from various input sources, automating the ingestion process, complex cleansing, and transformation routines before making the data available for analysis. The team also encoded business rules in Looker, such as tallying the car count within the drive-thru check count, stores with no revenue for the day, etc., alerting for possible business rule violations. The platform democratizes data access, creates a business intelligence self-serve reporting mechanism, and provides a single source of truth for factors impacting sales across locations. The data platform reduces operating costs by 60% and enables business users to analyze data and create dashboards on their own. For our end-to-end data analytics expertise, Persistent was recognized as a Leader by ISG in its Analytics Services 2023 Provider Lens™ Study in three quadrants: Data Science Services, Data Engineering Services, and Data Management Services.
We are the only mid-cap IT services provider to be ranked a challenger in Gartner’s 2023 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud & IT Transformation Services. This is a testimony to our leadership in leveraging cloud services to drive differentiated solutions for our clients, helping them anticipate market trends and respond by innovating at speed.
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