GovTech unlocks data insights to improve nationwide services with Databricks
GovTech· SingaporeDelta Lake · Lakeflow Connect · Lakeflow Jobs +1Singapore's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) migrated from an on-premises dashboarding system to the Databricks Data + AI Platform on AWS with Unity Catalog and Delta Lake, cutting dashboard creation time from 90 to 30 days, democratizing data across 50% of corporate divisions in the first year, and saving 8,000 labor hours annually.
Overview
Singapore's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) migrated from an on-premises dashboarding system to the Databricks Data + AI Platform on AWS with Unity Catalog and Delta Lake, cutting dashboard creation time from 90 to 30 days, democratizing data across 50% of corporate divisions in the first year, and saving 8,000 labor hours annually.
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Inspect the highlighted sourceThe challenge
GovTech's decentralized data structure and on-premises dashboarding server meant building a dashboard could take up to three months with costly licenses, while embedded data sources created data silos and the absence of centralized storage hindered data sharing and collaboration.
The solution
GovTech migrated to the Databricks Data + AI Platform on AWS, building a lakehouse in Delta Lake, using a medallion architecture with Tableau integration to create automated end-to-end pipelines, implementing Unity Catalog for data governance and fine-grained access control, and using Databricks Notebooks, Databricks SQL and Databricks Academy training to drive self-service analytics and data literacy.
Reported business value
GovTech reduced the time required for dashboarding from three months to less than 30 days, saved 8,000 labor hours in its first year on Databricks through automated data pipelines and workflows, democratized data across 50% of corporate divisions, and achieved six-figure savings through BI tooling consolidation with Tableau.
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