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Modernizing public services through citizen-first innovation

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…s Try Databricks Customer Stories / Central Provident Fund Board CUSTOMER STORY Modernizing public services through citizen-first innovation 300+ Users trained on Azure Databricks The Central Provident Fund (CPF) is a co…

Description

Singapore's Central Provident Fund Board built a Unified Data Platform on Azure Databricks to replace a limited on-premises data warehouse, training over 300 users on Databricks Notebooks and Databricks Assistant for collaborative analytics and machine learning, deployed on Singapore's Government Commercial Cloud 2.0 for public services supporting more than 4 million members.

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…er leveraging data to serve CPF members To modernize their data infrastructure, CPFB built a Unified Data Platform (UDP) to make data more accessible, secure and usable across the organization. The goal was to improve how teams worked with data to increase user competency,…
…ters to pass on knowledge and build confidence across various CPFB departments. More than 300 users were trained on Azure Databricks, and training efforts continued beyond implementation, with experienced data analysts partnering with business users on more advanced data science projects. “This shift allowed us to leverage data more efficiently, propose better polici…
UDP was deployed on Singapore's Government Commercial Cloud 2.0 (GCC 2.0), providing a secure foundation for the modern platform.
…ent Fund (CPF) is a cornerstone of Singapore’s national social security system, supporting more than 4 million members with home ownership, healthcare financing and lifelong income. The CPF Board (CPFB) also administers key government-managed programs, includi…

Company

Central Provident Fund Board

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…rity and Trust Ready to get started? Get a Demo Login Contact Us Try Databricks Customer Stories / Central Provident Fund Board CUSTOMER STORY Modernizing public services through citizen-first innovation 300…

Country

Singapore

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…ervices through citizen-first innovation 300+ Users trained on Azure Databricks The Central Provident Fund (CPF) is a cornerstone of Singapore’s national social security system, supporting more than 4 million members with home ownership, healthcare financi…

Industry

Government & Public Sector

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…fine-tuned and deployed securely on a single platform. Share this post Details Industry : Public Sector Use Case : Data Science , Data Engineering , Governance and Security Cloud : Az…

Problem

As data demands grew, CPFB's on-premises data warehouse limited performance and scalability: users had to download data to local machines through multiple layers of approval, and analysis was often performed with limited computing power on desktops or laptops, creating security concerns and forcing requests for additional laptops.

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…efficiently, slowing analytics workflows and decision-making. More granularly, users had to download data from the warehouse to their local machines, and access required navigating multiple layers of approval. Once data was obtained, analysis was often performed using limited computing power on desktops or laptops, creating challenges in both performance and scalability. “Any time we needed to do extensive analysis, not only did we have to deal with…
…both performance and scalability. “Any time we needed to do extensive analysis, not only did we have to deal with managing large datasets stored in individual devices, which presented a security concern, but often we had to request additional laptops beyond the devices we had on hand,” Benedict Ho, Senior Deputy Director in the DSA Department at CPFB, shared. Th…

Solution

CPFB built a Unified Data Platform (UDP) on Azure Databricks, training more than 300 users through a train-the-trainer model, adopting Databricks Notebooks for collaborative analytics and Databricks Assistant as an AI-powered coding companion, deployed on Singapore's Government Commercial Cloud 2.0 with Microsoft Purview used to establish governance policies.

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…er leveraging data to serve CPF members To modernize their data infrastructure, CPFB built a Unified Data Platform (UDP) to make data more accessible, secure and usable across the organization. The goal was to improve how teams worked with data to increase user competency,…
…ters to pass on knowledge and build confidence across various CPFB departments. More than 300 users were trained on Azure Databricks, and training efforts continued beyond implementation, with experienced data analysts partnering with business users on more advanced data science projects. “This shift allowed us to leverage data more efficiently, propose better polici…
…give teams access to advanced analytics capabilities in a familiar environment. Collaboration also improved significantly with the adoption of Databricks Notebooks. Teams no longer had to send scripts back and forth over email or manage version…
…move faster and focus more on analysis, rather than on administrative overhead. Databricks Assistant also gave users an AI-powered coding companion to accelerate development and problem-solving across technical and nontechnical teams. Data that comes into UDP from various source systems in CPFB goes through an ex…
UDP was deployed on Singapore's Government Commercial Cloud 2.0 (GCC 2.0), providing a secure foundation for the modern platform.
…ial Cloud 2.0 (GCC 2.0), providing a secure foundation for the modern platform. CPFB also used Microsoft Purview to establish governance policies and a shared data dictionary to guide secure data usage across departments. “We were one of the first government agencies to onboard with Azure GCC 2.0,” B…

Business value

Report generation became faster and more automated, with simple reports generated in minutes and complex ones scheduled to run overnight, and machine learning models can now be developed, trained, fine-tuned and deployed securely on a single platform.

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…us to help users but also for them to solve problems themselves,” Jared noted. Report generation became faster and more automated, with simple reports generated in minutes and complex ones scheduled to run overnight. Finally, machine learning models were developed, trained, fine-tuned and deployed securely on a single platform. Share this post Details Industry : Public Sector Use Case : Data Science , Data…

Onboarding approach

CPFB used a train-the-trainer model: early adopters passed on knowledge across departments, more than 300 users were trained on Azure Databricks, and training continued beyond implementation with experienced data analysts partnering with business users on more advanced data science projects.

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…would be critical to success. Internal users were involved from the start, and a train-the-trainer model was put in place, which allowed early adopters to pass on knowledge and build confidence across various CPFB departments. More than 300 users were trained on Azure Databricks, and training efforts continued beyond implementation, with experienced data analysts partnering with business users on more advanced data science projects. “This shift allowed us to leverage data more efficiently, propose better polici…

Headline outcome

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…ard CUSTOMER STORY Modernizing public services through citizen-first innovation 300+ Users trained on Azure Databricks The Central Provident Fund (CPF) is a cornerstone of Singapore’s national socia…

Use case type

Analytics augmentation

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…er leveraging data to serve CPF members To modernize their data infrastructure, CPFB built a Unified Data Platform (UDP) to make data more accessible, secure and usable across the organization. The goal was to improve how teams worked with data to increase user competency,…

AI capabilities

Machine Learning, Generative AI

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…orts generated in minutes and complex ones scheduled to run overnight. Finally, machine learning models were developed, trained, fine-tuned and deployed securely on a single platform. Share this post Details Industry : Public Sector Use Case : Data Science , Dat…
…ely with Microsoft and Databricks to future-proof UDP, enable Unity Catalog and explore the latest generative AI features in Azure Databricks.” Expanding possibilities with new capabilities These new tools also helped use…

Technology

Azure Databricks, Databricks Notebooks, Databricks Assistant, Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Jobs, Unity Catalog, Power BI, Microsoft Purview

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…sights across policy formulation, operations and service delivery — a goal they achieved with Azure Databricks. Growing demands on data management The CPFB began their digital journey more t…
…s in a familiar environment. Collaboration also improved significantly with the adoption of Databricks Notebooks. Teams no longer had to send scripts back and forth over email or manage versio…
…move faster and focus more on analysis, rather than on administrative overhead. Databricks Assistant also gave users an AI-powered coding companion to accelerate development and problem-solving across technical and nontechnical…
…Case : Data Science , Data Engineering , Governance and Security Cloud : Azure Product : Databricks SQL , Lakeflow Jobs , Unity Catalog Ready to get started? Try Databricks for free Learn more about our product Talk…
…it notebooks, troubleshoot in real time and work from a single source of truth. Users could build dashboards in Power BI without saving or sending flat files. These changes helped teams move faster and focus more on analysis, rather than…
…ial Cloud 2.0 (GCC 2.0), providing a secure foundation for the modern platform. CPFB also used Microsoft Purview to establish governance policies and a shared data dictionary to guide secure data usage across departments. “We…

Deployment model

Cloud

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…lic Sector Use Case : Data Science , Data Engineering , Governance and Security Cloud : Azure Product : Databricks SQL , Lakeflow Jobs , Unity Catalog Ready to get started?…

Deployment options

cloud

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…lic Sector Use Case : Data Science , Data Engineering , Governance and Security Cloud : Azure Product : Databricks SQL , Lakeflow Jobs , Unity Catalog Ready to get started?…
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