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Getting AI Ready

Adopting AI can seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. The secret to successfully implementing AI is putting the right foundations in place.

Find out how

What we do

Getting AI Ready

Adopting AI can seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. The secret to successfully implementing AI is putting the right foundations in place.

Find out how

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What we do

AI and data science

Stay one step ahead by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence

Fuelling the AI engine

Without quality data available in large quantities, the value you can extract from artificial intelligence and data science will be limited. You’ll need data that’s accurate, clean, up-to-date, and accessible.

With the right data foundations in place, your business will be perfectly placed to harness the full potential of AI, and keep itself at the forefront of innovation. That means greater efficiency, productivity, and profitability.

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Driving you forward

Each AI use case is different. It depends on your business, its customers, and its purpose. By working with an expert partner, you’ll be able to deliver meaningful AI and data science solutions in three simple steps.

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Understand its impact

Map out your AI journey, including who is involved, how your business will change, and the requirements for responsible adoption.

Accelerate its value

Begin benefitting from automated development, data processing, and application deployment.

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Get expert support

Receive insight and guidance across the entire AI and data science lifecycle to continually adopt, optimise, and innovate

Your AI roadmap

We’ll work with you to plot out your AI journey, and create a carefully considered plan for success.

1. Ideation

Workshops with your technical stakeholders will help to identify promising use cases, determine user personas and pain points, and assess data availability and responsible use.

2. Proof of value

Solutions are designed, developed and implemented to meet your unique requirements while keeping your data safe, secure and accessible across the Microsoft cloud.

3. Value prioritisation

Use cases are evaluated for their required effort, potential impact, and time to value to ensure our work is making a difference when, and where, it matters most.

4. Productisation

After a successful proof of value, solutions are put into product as teams consider cost optimisation, user feedback, security, error logging and accuracy.

5. Operate and optimise

Successful AI implementations require ongoing attention and support, so our experts stay on hand to assist with considerations like data governance, performance monitoring, and security.

Work with a Microsoft Expert

Data & AI Innovation Workshop

Identify data and AI opportunities, highlight challenges, and configure use cases to build an innovation action plan

Data Platform managed service

Build and manage a modern data platform on Azure to ensure long-term data quality, security, and compliance

Why Cloud Direct?

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We’re Azure Experts

As one of the first Azure Expert MSPs, we’ve got a long track record of meeting Microsoft’s highest standards and delivering our services to the correct quality and scale.

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Microsoft recognises us as an expert partner for Data & AI

We’ve been thoroughly vetted by Microsoft. They say we’re experts in Data & AI Azure and we’ve got the solution designation to prove it.

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We maximise funding opportunities 

We’ve secured more funding for our customers than any other Microsoft partner in the UK. We accelerate project timelines while reducing your financial risk.

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We're a Microsoft Partner of the Year for Solution Assessments 

We know a thing or two about Microsoft’s Solution Assessments. Working alongside Microsoft, we show you the art of the possible and provide a detailed roadmap to achieving it.