Central data platform for mapping use cases from the business departments
Introduction of Databricks platform at public utilities
Starting point
- Many use cases from the business departments cannot be mapped with the IT systems.
- Historically grown SAP-centric environment.
- Limited analytical functions within SAP.
- Difficult access to SAP data outside the SAP environment.
- Heterogeneous siloed landscape.
- Lack of integration of marketing and IoT data.
- ML/AI functions are not available
Approach
- Capture of use cases
- Evaluation of the importance of use cases along the IT strategy and expected benefits
- Derivation of required analytics functionalities
- Evaluation of market providers for data platforms
- Establishment of Databricks for initial use cases
- Expansion of Databricks into an overarching data platform
- Integration of ML/AI and streaming into the platform
- Gradual expansion of additional use cases
Features/Project outcome
- Unified data platform
- Governance support through the Unity Catalog
- Decommissioning of siloed solutions
- Mapping of new business department use cases
- Integration of ML/AI
- Integration of IoT data
Customer benefits
- The IT department has a platform to map all use cases from the business departments
- Onboarding of existing use cases enables the decommissioning of silos.
- New use cases, for which the technical foundation was previously lacking, can now be mapped.
- Strengthening the reputation of IT across all business departments.
- Creating a central foundation for GenAI use cases

Lars Ritter | Senior Manager