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About US
Founded in 2006 as Genisys Consulting, the Center for Business Intelligence & Analytics (C-BIA) specialises in improving business decision-making and agility through the smart use of data, both on premise and cloud. We partner with clients to design and build Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI) and advanced Data Analytics applications and platforms in the Healthcare, Education, Research and FMCG sectors. Clients include Wellcome , Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, University of Oxford/Said Business School. We have an exclusive off-shore partnership with the Center for Business Intelligence & Analytics in Pune & Mumbai, India. Together we have completed more than 50 projects since 2010.
Fixed Price
Our rigorous requirement and management disciplines mean we can often offer fixed price projects.
End to END
We help with Strategy, Management & Technology, filling gaps in technology capabilities, reducing costs and accelerating technology adoption and business benefits.
HYBRID ON-SHORE/OFF-SHORE model.
Our hybrid on-shore/off-shore model means we can access scarce talent and take advantage of cost & time differences between the UK & India
TOOLS & PLATFORMS
A full range of Microsoft Azure, AWS and Open Source cloud and on premise skills and tools, including our own advanced data analytics 'white label' platforms.
our services
We help clients identify and extract business value from their data assets
data assets
We help clients get business value from their transactional data assets. We use our DATASPRINT™ workshops to help them launch a pilot data initiative or develop a comprehensive roadmap to becoming a data-driven organisation. We also help to develop the data Governance & Management processes to ensure security & privacy and we support the use of tools such as Alteryx to make data accessible to all users.
Intelligent Applications
We use Microsoft Azure .Net and SQL Server, Oracle and Open Source to build cost-effective and intelligent applications, automate everything and improve decision-making. We employ agile and collaborative development approaches to help users engage and deliver what they need. We can often do this for a fixed price and as an outsourced service.
Business Intelligence
We develop data-rich visual business intelligence applications using Microsoft and Open Source technologies for healthcare, education, retail and other sectors. These applications help inform and ease the decision load and drive better outcomes for clients, their users, customers or patients. Tools include Power BI and Tableau.
advanced data analytics
We help clients identify value and develop actionable insights from their data and adopt AI. We free them from low value data engineering and integration tasks and their reliance on scarce and expensive expertise. We provide AWS, Python, Microsoft Share Point, Azure ML, SAS, MySQL, Pentaho and R resources. We have developed our own ‘Analytics-as-a-Service’ (AaaS) platform and implement it in clients in partnership with domain experts, lowering the entry-point for advanced analytics for our client’s.
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News & Insights on all things Data
From our team, clients, partners & guests
Part 3: a Logic Apps case study
Has there ever been a better time to automate everything? This is the last of a Three-part series of posts on Cloud-based integration in response to the ‘New Normal’ of IT. In the first post, we looked at the business case and benefits of using the latest technology to automate everything, cloud or on-premise. In
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Part 2: cloud-based tools to the rescue!
Has there ever been a better time to automate everything? This is the second of a three-part series of posts on Cloud-based integration in response to the ‘New Normal’ of IT. In the Part One, we looked at the business case and benefits of using the latest technology to automate everything, cloud or on-premise. Below
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Part 1: the remote-working business challenge
Has there ever been a better time to automate everything? This is the first of a Three-part series on Cloud-based integration in response to the ‘New Normal’ of IT. In this post, we look at the business case and benefits of using the latest technology to automate everything, cloud-based or on premise. In the Second,
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IT: What is the New Normal?
Remote Working & IT: Keep Calm and Automate Everything! Remote working poses 4 demands on IT 1. Secure Access to Systems Remote access tools such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN’s) has made this an operational challenge, one of scaling and budget. Users can be equipped with laptops, security, and access software for remote use. But
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C-BIA: Empowering Women in Tech!
Q: How to create a committed team in one of the most competitive of tech cities? A: Recruit talented women returning to work and support their career goals! Our Pune, India office focuses on advanced Data Analytics. It is here we are building our INSIGHT platform. This is a ‘On Demand’ analytics platform for the
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21st Century IT Outsourcing: Saving Money AND Improving Customer Satisfaction!
The impact of COVID 19 on UK Higher Education COVID 19 has increased student numbers, put severe pressure on income and accelerated online teaching across the Higher Education sector. (We took a look at the major challenges and opportunities for IT departments posed by COVID 19 in this post so won’t repeat them here!) One
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An introduction to Data & Machine Learning in Healthcare
Recorded a few years ago at Exponential Medicine 2016 by the founder of AIMed, Dr. Anthony Chang, MD, MBA MPH. It is still a great introduction to the opportunities and challenges of making better use of data and adopting AI and ML in healthcare. We are proud to be a part of the AIMed community
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Spanish Healthcare system leads Europe on Outcomes & Data?
The Spanish edge: Reinventing healthcare around patients Spain is widely regarded as having one of the world’s best healthcare systems. Can a series of experiments in ‘value-based’ care make it even better? Report of a Science|Business Healthy Measures conference, Barcelona 2018. “I’m not sure Spain excels in all areas of science, but in healthcare it
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Notes from the AI Medicine Trenches part 2 – data and apps
This post was written by Brendan DUNPHY, CEO of C-BIA Consulting and first published on AIMed The following are notes penned by an AIMed Europe conference attendee, who listened intently as Dr Anthony Chang and other experts in the field of medical artificial intelligence explained how the emerging paradigm of medical AI would be powered
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Are clinicians ready to let the data do the heavy lifting?
This post was written by Brendan DUNPHY, CEO of C-BIA Consulting and first published on AIMed In much of Healthcare, data is present but stranded, unloved and unused. It does not carry the burden of knowledge and decision-making it often does elsewhere. In some clinical scenarios it is more akin to a waste by product,
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Pilots and radiologists can have careers alongside AI
Al Med by Brendan Dunphy, CEO at C-BIA Consulting Ltd. First published at AIMed in response to OPINION: AI will lead to job losses in NHS radiology. There is nothing new to the discussion of job losses in medicine, especially in radiology, as new technology has been impacting jobs and professions for thousands of years
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Open Data Institute (ODI)
Data is moving from scarce and difficult to abundant and easy The ODI was co-founded in 2012 by the inventor of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Artificial Intelligence expert Sir Nigel Shadbolt. Its role is to advocate for the innovative use of open data to affect positive change across the globe. It is a
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THE TEAM
BI, Analytics & Development expertise
John Abrahams
Brendan Dunphy
Anthony Dent
Phil Sadler
Tim Allard
Abi Oniye
