Business intelligence development services

Business intelligence development services

About Itransition

15+ years of experience in business intelligence services

IT consulting and software engineering services since 1998

Hands-on experience in creating custom, platform-based, and embedded BI solutions

Expertise in delivering self-service BI solutions on top of Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, and Qlik

Strategic partnerships with Microsoft and AWS

Business intelligence software solutions we develop

For key business areas

Itransition delivers full-scale BI solutions that help track and analyze the performance of the entire organization. Our BI developers create role-based dashboards and intuitive reports that enable managers to monitor and evaluate business performance and conduct profitability analysis, supporting strategic business decisions.

Our BI team develops solutions that help streamline daily business workflows by automating real-time data gathering and management. Such operational BI systems allow for the prompt analytical processing of collected data and embedding of data analytics insights into corporate systems, assisting project managers and other personnel in making agile responses to changing conditions.

Customer BI

Our BI developers build business intelligence solutions that streamline customer-related analytics activities, including customer segmentation, customer engagement assessment, and customer satisfaction and retention analysis. Our business intelligence software also helps to monitor and forecast customer behavior, which is paramount for improving customer relationship management and optimizing marketing strategies.

Itransition equips financial departments with advanced BI tools for financial performance tracking and data analysis. Our solutions help to handle tasks such as profitability and cost analysis, budgeting and planning, and financial risks forecasting.

Human resources

Our team empowers HR specialists with business intelligence tools to optimize workforce management through employee productivity and satisfaction analysis, employee churn prediction, and strategic workforce planning and scheduling.

Itransition's BI solutions help marketing and sales teams identify high-value customers, optimize marketing campaigns, and develop customer-centered marketing strategies by analyzing customer engagement, loyalty, buying trends, and behavior.

For various industries

  • Developing financial strategies
  • Analyzing and optimizing costs and profitability
  • Managing incoming and outgoing cash flows
  • Assessing financial health
  • Managing financial risks and regulatory compliance
  • Optimizing product assortment
  • Evaluating promotional activities
  • Developing store and inventory strategies
  • Optimizing product pricing
  • Monitoring and optimizing supply chains
  • Sales tracking and forecasting
  • Optimizing production processes
  • Inventory monitoring and procurement planning
  • Monitoring and evaluating supplier performance
  • Financial forecasting
  • Predicting maintenance needs
  • Demand and pricing forecasting
  • Monitoring and evaluating caregiver performance
  • Optimizing staff scheduling
  • Analyzing patient feedback
  • Personalizing care and predicting patient needs
  • Detecting healthcare insurance fraud
  • Analyzing patient demographics

Education & eLearning

  • Analyzing students’ performance
  • Developing educational strategies
  • Evaluating teachers’ workload and performance
  • Developing strategies for improving students’ retention
  • Expenses and revenue monitoring
  • Workforce planning and scheduling

Telecommunications, media & entertainment

  • Analyzing customer dynamics
  • Evaluating customer profitability
  • Assessing customer lifetime value
  • Predicting and analyzing customer churn
  • Developing personalized services and subscription plans
  • Evaluating marketing and product success

Real estate

  • Analyzing property value
  • Evaluating property profitability factors
  • Analyzing property sales data
  • Monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of marketing campaigns
  • Analyzing existing property management practices
  • Analyzing rent trends and property price dynamics

Logistics & transportation

  • Optimizing fleet operations
  • Optimizing distribution schedules and route planning
  • Evaluating service providers’ performance
  • Anticipating vehicle maintenance needs
  • Monitoring and analyzing fuel consumption
  • Optimizing operational costs

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Our featured BI projects

BI platform for a fashion retailer

50%

cut in infrastructure costs

Itransition developed a centralized BI platform for data gathering and business analysis, which helped the client personalize customer experiences and increase the visitors-to-buyers conversion rate by 8%.

Power BI implementation and training

2x

faster market project delivery

Itransition developed a BI solution to facilitate business analytics and reporting and conducted employee training, which allowed the client to automate and improve their data processing and presentation.

Pharmaceutical data analytics suite for a US multinational

10x

faster data processing

Itransition redeveloped a BI platform’s functionality and migrated it to the cloud, which helped the client streamline reporting, increase user adoption, and reduce infrastructure costs.

Benchmark dashboards for ad campaign optimization

7x

reduction in spending

Itransition developed BI software for ad campaign forecasting and ad impressions monitoring that helped the client make accurate forecasts and gauge the effectiveness of campaigns and advertising strategies.

BI platform for a fashion retailer

50%

cut in infrastructure costs

Itransition developed a centralized BI platform for data gathering and business analysis, which helped the client personalize customer experiences and increase the visitors-to-buyers conversion rate by 8%.

Power BI implementation and training

2x

faster market project delivery

Itransition developed a BI solution to facilitate business analytics and reporting and conducted employee training, which allowed the client to automate and improve their data processing and presentation.

Pharmaceutical data analytics suite for a US multinational

10x

faster data processing

Itransition redeveloped a BI platform’s functionality and migrated it to the cloud, which helped the client streamline reporting, increase user adoption, and reduce infrastructure costs.

Benchmark dashboards for ad campaign optimization

7x

reduction in spending

Itransition developed BI software for ad campaign forecasting and ad impressions monitoring that helped the client make accurate forecasts and gauge the effectiveness of campaigns and advertising strategies.

BI platform for a fashion retailer

50%

cut in infrastructure costs

Itransition developed a centralized BI platform for data gathering and business analysis, which helped the client personalize customer experiences and increase the visitors-to-buyers conversion rate by 8%.

Power BI implementation and training

2x

faster market project delivery

Itransition developed a BI solution to facilitate business analytics and reporting and conducted employee training, which allowed the client to automate and improve their data processing and presentation.

Pharmaceutical data analytics suite for a US multinational

10x

faster data processing

Itransition redeveloped a BI platform’s functionality and migrated it to the cloud, which helped the client streamline reporting, increase user adoption, and reduce infrastructure costs.

Benchmark dashboards for ad campaign optimization

7x

reduction in spending

Itransition developed BI software for ad campaign forecasting and ad impressions monitoring that helped the client make accurate forecasts and gauge the effectiveness of campaigns and advertising strategies.

Our customers say

Itransition’s team provided us with full-cycle development services, including technology consulting, UX/UI design, development, and QA. The solution Itransition delivered helped us further raise the bar in the level of services we provide to our clients and allowed us to significantly increase their satisfaction and bolster our competitiveness on the market. While working on the project, Itransition’s team has proven to be responsible and experienced professionals, often acting as a valuable technology consultant, and demonstrated a highly creative, autonomous, and proactive approach.

Doug Yasso

Vice President, Data Design Consulting

We engaged Itransition to develop a Power BI report for presenting detailed data to our end clients about ongoing clinical studies and site performance. Itransition showcased deep expertise in redesigning our data-presenting approaches and leveraging the best Power BI design practices to maximize report value. We found collaboration with Itransition straightforward and effortless as the team showcased a high degree of personal accountability and creativity, from the start positioning themselves as Power BI consultants and going beyond our expectations. The team's professionalism, expertise, and attention to detail were impressive and resulted in an excellent product, and we would recommend Itransition to anyone looking for true Power BI experts.

Dr. Syed Shah

Executive Vice President, Clinical & Strategic Operations, Transformative Pharmaceutical Solutions

Our BI software development process

1

Discovery & conceptualization

Gathering insights on business objectives, expectations, potential risks, and issues
Assessing the analytic and technological landscape
Conducting an initial review of data sources
Evaluating data security and regulatory compliance practices
Outlining functional and non-functional requirements

2

Architecture design

Comprehensive audit of data sources
Conceptual and logical data modeling
Establishing policies for data integration and quality control
Configuring ETL/ELT processes
Designing data storage solutions and data models for OLAP cubes
Designing dashboards for various user roles
Establishing data protection practices
Developing data governance standards and policies

3

Deployment environment & technology selection

Selecting the most suitable deployment environment (cloud, on-premises, or hybrid)
Drawing up an optimal tech stack for each component of the BI solution

4

Project implementation planning

Outlining the scope for BI system development and testing
Planning the distribution of resources
Outlining an implementation strategy
Formulating an approach to risk management
Calculating BI development project costs and BI solution TCO

5

Components development & delivery

Building custom data connectors
Setting up ETL/ELT processes
Integrating historical data from various sources
Implementing rules for data quality management
Developing a data warehouse environment
Creating reports and dashboards
Implementing data security, including row-level security, access control policy, and network monitoring

6

Quality assurance & end-user training

Functional testing
Performance testing
Usability testing
Compatibility testing
Organizing training sessions and providing support documentation to end users

7

Solution deployment

Moving the developed BI solution to the live environment
Monitoring the solution’s operational efficiency and troubleshooting
Integrating new data sources
Configuring additional dashboards

BI services we offer

We provide BI advisory support to companies that want to implement a new business intelligence solution or enhance an existing one. Within the scope of our consulting services, our experts help companies choose the right BI implementation approach, design BI solution architecture, select an appropriate tech stack, establish comprehensive data governance policies, and address other BI challenges.

Our BI developers implement end-to-end business intelligence solutions tailored to our clients' business requirements and operational challenges. Our BI experts can build both custom and platform-based BI solutions, following best practices.

Optimization

Our optimization services focus on auditing and enhancing the existing BI solution to ensure its alignment with a client’s evolving BI requirements. We upgrade business intelligence solutions by incorporating new data sources, adding complementary data storage options, expanding data analytics capabilities, and reviewing and redesigning BI dashboards.

Support

Itransition provides basic and advanced support for our clients' BI solutions to ensure the steady performance of business intelligence software and prevent costly disruptions and downtime.

Essential components of our BI solutions

Data integration

We consolidate information from different sources utilizing various methods, such as ETL/ELT, change data capture, and data virtualization. Our approach ensures a unified view of corporate data regardless of its type, facilitating data analysis and reporting.

Data storage

Our BI developers build data warehouses and other data storage options, including data marts, data lakes, lakehouses, and operational data stores, to support effective data management.

We implement a data analytics component in our BI solutions, facilitating the discovery of trends and patterns within large datasets and turning raw data into actionable insights. This analytics component generates descriptive, diagnostic, prescriptive, and predictive insights, enabling our clients to address business challenges more effectively.

Our team implements data visualization tools that enable companies to transform complex data into an easily perceivable format. We also create custom reports and dashboards with charts, graphs, and interactive visuals, providing a comprehensive view of key metrics and performance indicators.

Data quality

To maintain data accuracy, consistency, and reliability throughout its lifecycle, we implement comprehensive data quality management policies and practices, as well as set up continuous data validation and monitoring processes.

Data governance

We implement a robust data governance framework and security measures, defining data ownership and access controls to ensure its integrity and safety across all BI workflows.

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Why develop a custom BI solution

Functional alignment
Meet your specific data management and data analytics needs with a unique feature set and avoid paying for the functionality irrelevant to your business.

Rich customization capabilities
Leverage broad customization capabilities of bespoke BI solutions to adapt functionalities, interfaces, and analytics to your evolving business needs, ensuring your BI system grows with your company.

Seamless integration
Get access to advanced integration capabilities, ensuring complete interoperability with existing systems and databases and enhancing data consistency and accessibility across your organization.

Custom security & governance
Equip a custom BI solution with security measures and governance policies tailored to your data's sensitivity and compliance requirements.

License-free
Avoid the ongoing costs and limitations of proprietary licenses, reduce the total cost of ownership, and have greater control over your technological environment.

Custom BI solution benefits

Technologies we use

Data integration & quality management

  • Azure Data Factory Azure Stream Analytics Azure Functions Azure Event Grid Azure Event Hubs Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
  • AWS Glue AWS Data Exchange Amazon MWAA Oracle Data Integrator Databricks Apache NiFi
  • Talend Informatica PowerCenter MuleSoft Anypoint Platform IBM InfoSphere Information Server SnapLogic
  • Syncsort Striim Pentaho Fivetran Matillion

Data storage

  • Azure Blob Storage Azure Data Lake Storage Azure SQL Database Azure Synapse Analytics Azure SQL Database elastic pools Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Azure Cosmos DB Amazon S3 Amazon Redshift Amazon Aurora Amazon RDS Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon ElastiCache Google BigQuery Google Cloud Storage Microsoft SQL Server PostgreSQL
  • MySQL Oracle IBM Cloud Object Storage SAP HANA Cloud Teradata

Data analytics

  • Azure Synapse Analytics Azure Analysis Services
  • Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon Athena Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
  • Google BigQuery

Data visualization

  • Microsoft Power BI Tableau Qlik Sense QlikView
  • Amazon QuickSight Looker Apache Superset
  • Metabase Redash Datawrapper
  • Infogram Excel Python

Data security management

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) Azure Firewall
  • Azure Key Vault Azure VPN Gateway
  • Amazon Cognito AWS KMS
  • AWS Secrets Manager

BI development FAQs

What is BI development?

BI development is the process of designing, implementing, and managing business intelligence tools and software that assist in collecting, integrating, analyzing, and transforming raw business data into meaningful insights for strategic decision-making.

What does a BI developer do?

The role of a BI developer is to design, develop, and maintain BI solution components, including data models, data transformation and storage, as well as reports and dashboards, to support a company’s analytics and reporting needs. BI developers work closely with business analysts, data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers to ensure that the collected data supports effective data analysis.

What skills are required for a BI developer?

A proficient BI developer possesses a blend of technical and soft skills:

  • Solid expertise in data analysis, database development, SQL queries, data integration and transformation
  • Ability to work with scripting and programming languages such as SQL, Python, R, JavaScript, and others
  • Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and data modeling
  • Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Familiarity with data science and machine learning concepts
  • Understanding of the project management lifecycle
  • Ability to create, maintain, and update technical documentation
  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

How much does it cost to build a BI solution?

The cost of a BI solution depends on multiple factors, such as the specifics of the data to be analyzed, data analysis complexity, data visualization and reporting needs, data security and compliance requirements, and software costs. To get a ballpark estimate, get in touch with our experts.
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