Data Architecture

Data Architecture

Data solutions don’t have to be complex to build or difficult to maintain. We design and implement multi-cloud, on-site, and hybrid architectures that deliver the right components for every data scenario, with automated pipelines that scale on demand.

Most organisations face the same structural problems: data spread across systems that were never designed to connect, architectures that resist change, and infrastructure that costs more to maintain than it returns in value. These are the challenges we are built to solve.
Challenge 1

Disconnected by design

Challenge 2

Growth without guardrails

Two of today’s primary objectives for organisations are breaking down fragmented data environments that increase costs and complexity, and building scalable architectures that can adapt to evolving business needs. Link Consulting helps organisations implement multi-cloud, on-site, and hybrid data architectures with automated pipelines, integrating systems and streamlining operations to ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability across the enterprise.

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DIFFERENTIATING VALUE

Depth that speaks for itself

Link's AMA (AI-Powered Modernization Approach) uses AI to extract business requirements directly from usage patterns, documentation, and legacy code, grounding every transformation in what the business actually needs, not inherited assumptions.

Full Traceability: A direct link between requirements and code, simplifying maintenance and auditing.

System Cleaning: Systematic elimination of dead code for leaner, optimized applications.

Automated Testing: Test cases generated from requirements discovery, reducing manual QA effort.

OPEX reduction for integration platform transformations
 
OPEX reduction for integration platform transformations
Faster onboarding of new partners
 
Faster onboarding of new partners
Larger workloads handled post-modernization
 
Larger workloads handled post-modernization
Dedicated SAP consultants
 
Dedicated SAP consultants
HOW WE CAN HELP

Coherent data foundation

We apply architectural rigour and engineering discipline across three interconnected areas to deliver a data platform your organisation can depend on.
Multi-Cloud, On-Site & Hybrid Architecture Design

Multi-Cloud, On-Site & Hybrid Architecture Design

We design and implement architecture across multi-cloud, on-site, or hybrid environments, selecting the most appropriate components for each data scenario, ensuring flexibility without creating vendor dependency.
Data Ingestion for Every Scenario

Data Ingestion for Every Scenario

Whether your data arrives in real-time streams or scheduled batch loads, structured or semi-structured, our architecture accommodates all ingestion patterns, from Big Data environments to document and relational databases.
Scalable Infrastructure via Automated Pipelines

Scalable Infrastructure via Automated Pipelines

We build automated deployment pipelines that enable teams to release new code and scale infrastructure, up, out, and down, as business demand evolves, maintaining performance and controlling operational cost.
Real Data with real impact

CGD adopts the BIAN framework and implements the SAP LeanIX Enterprise Architecture solution with Link Consulting

Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), Portugal’s largest bank, faced the challenge of managing a complex legacy landscape with over 700 applications. This fragmented environment increased…

INSIGHTS & RESOURCES

Perspectives from our data architecture practice

Excellence that others have noticed too

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Our work across complex data environments has been recognised by clients, partners, and industry bodies. These acknowledgements reflect not what we say about ourselves, but what the market has verified.
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