Data & AI Services
Data & AI Services
Data should tell you what's working and what isn't. But only if you can trust it, find it, and actually use it. When your data isn't siloed or suspect, leaders can make decisions faster and teams stop wasting time hunting for answers. We help you get there, with strategy, governance, platforms and AI your people will use.
How we can help
- Data & AI Strategy
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Most organisations don’t lack ambition in data and AI. They struggle to focus on what matters most, fix what’s missing underneath, and turn trials into something that works.
We help you connect data, people, processes and technology to your goals. Decisions get easier. Work runs smoother. Time and money go where they’ll make the most difference.
We can check how ready you are for AI, put sensible governance, quality standards and controls in place. And map out a clear plan for how data should be used across your organisation – so it’s trusted, compliant, and lowers risk.
- Data Platform
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When reporting lives in Excel and data sits in systems that don’t talk to each other, trusting the numbers is hard. Planning ahead is even harder. And AI? It needs better foundations than that.
We build Lakehouse platforms on Microsoft Fabric and Databricks – one place for all your data, with consistent logic and the governance to keep it trustworthy as you scale. Every team working from the same facts. No silos. No workarounds. No competing versions of the truth. And when you're ready to do more with AI, the foundations are already there.
- AI
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AI can feel like a race you can’t afford to lose. Or a risk you can’t afford to take.
Most organisations are somewhere in between – running pilots that haven't scaled, or waiting for the right moment that never quite arrives. We help you figure out what's worth pursuing, get the foundations right, and move from experimentation to something that actually sticks.
We cover the full picture – strategy, readiness, build, deployment, and supporting your teams once they're live. Not sure where to start? A discovery workshop is usually the best first step.
- Automation & Integration
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When key processes rely on manual steps, spreadsheet workarounds, and systems that don’t join up, you pay for it twice. Things run slow. Risk goes up.
We connect the systems your teams rely on and take the manual steps out of the equation – so work moves faster, data stays clean, and your people aren't stuck doing things a computer should handle. Get it right and you don't just speed things up. You open up possibilities that weren't there before.
Alex Denley, CTO
Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges
“Partnering with Waterstons enabled us to translate ambition into a practical AI strategy that is already enhancing the student and staff experience at HRUC. Waterstons' blend of sector expertise and technical rigour made them a true partner rather than a supplier. I look forward to further advancing digital transformation across the college group and building on this work”.
HRUC’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Vision to 2030 – In Partnership with Waterstons
“Partnering with Waterstons enabled us to translate ambition into a practical AI strategy that is already enhancing the student and staff experience at HRUC. Waterstons blend of sector expertise and technical rigour made them a true partner rather than a supplier”.
Alex Denley Chief Technology Officer, HRUC HRUC
Read case studyCreating order from chaos – Richmond Fellowship’s data revolution
Over time the support we have received from the team has changed and developed, but we know we can rely on Waterstons, that they put us and our business first, not their own revenue.
Adrian Robinson Assistant Director – IT Systems and Information at Richmond Fellowship Richmond Fellowship
Read case studyCreating strategic value from operational change
Navigating a new operating environment with the potential to reach clients online.
Inverarity Morton
Read case studyPetrol, Pies and Power BI: Self Service Reporting at Westmorland Family Services
"The agile approach really worked well for us as we could feedback on report development throughout the process. The reports have given us huge insight. Crucially, our business report went live as the country entered lockdown, but the reports gave us information and confidence from which we could rapidly make decisions."
Jon Lees Head of IT Westmorland Family Services
Read case studyPartners and accreditations
Microsoft Solutions Partner - Data & AI
Databricks