Data engineering & AI-ready Data

AI-ready data engineering

Build a trusted data foundation for analytics, AI and governance. BE-terna integrates, models and delivers your data as reusable products your teams can trust, completing what your existing systems are missing rather than replacing what already works.

What we do

Data products engineered for analytics and AI

AI-ready data is unified, contextual, live, quality-controlled, traceable and reusable. BE-terna helps you engineer this foundation as governed data products, so analytics, AI agents and business teams work from the same trusted source.

Enterprise data engineering for scalable analytics and AI

What this means for your business:

  • Connect batch and real-time data from ERP, CRM, SaaS, databases and event streams
  • Build open lakehouse architectures using Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, OneLake and Qlik Open Lakehouse
  • Define KPIs once through a semantic layer and shared business glossary
  • Deliver reusable data products for analytics, AI, governance and reporting
  • Connect governed data products to agentic AI platforms such as Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Copilot and Amazon Bedrock
  • Modernize BI and data platforms in stages, so current reporting keeps running during transformation
Cloud-native data engineering platform for governed business data

One trusted data foundation for analytics and AI

In complex hetrogenous enviroments we connect to what already works: Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Infor, databases, SaaS platforms, mainframes, files and event streams. We then design scalable data architectures using open lakehouse and medallion patterns, with platforms such as Qlik Talend Cloud, Qlik Open Lakehouse and Microsoft Fabric.

The result is a data foundation that reduces AI risk, improves decision quality and keeps future technology choices open.

Data integration platform supporting trusted analytics and AI
Challenges

Data engineering pain points

  • AI pilots work in demos but stall with real data: The AI model is rarely the only challenge. Many initiatives slow down because business data is fragmented, poorly contextualized or not governed for reuse.
  • The same KPI has different numbers in different reports: When every team builds its own extract, definitions diverge. Revenue, margin, active customer or inventory availability may mean different things across finance, sales and operations.
  • Reports show yesterday’s data while decisions happen today: Batch reporting may be enough for some use cases. For operational analytics and AI agents , stale data can become a blocker.
  • Every new AI wave increases pressure on the data foundation: New platforms create new expectations. Without a reusable and governed foundation, teams keep rebuilding fragments instead of scaling from a trusted base.
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Outcomes:

  • ERP, CRM, SaaS and database sources connected through purpose-built connectors
  • Log-based change data capture for near real-time use cases
  • Kafka and Kinesis event streams treated as first-class data sources
  • Structured, semi-structured and unstructured data brought into one foundation
  • Sensitive fields masked or pseudonymized in the pipeline

Outcomes:

  • One trusted data foundation for reporting, analytics , AI and RAG use cases
  • Bronze, Silver and Gold layers that transform raw data into business-ready information
  • Reusable data products for multiple teams, tools and processes
  • Open lakehouse concepts using Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, OneLake and Qlik Open Lakehouse
  • More flexibility for future tools and platforms
  • AI-ready foundations for structured, semi-structured and unstructured data

Fast pipelines do not create value if they deliver unreliable data. BE-terna builds quality, lineage and observability directly into the pipeline and defines KPIs once in a shared semantic layer.

Outcomes:

  • Trust scores for validity, completeness, freshness and usage
  • KPIs defined once through a shared business glossary
  • End-to-end lineage from source system to dashboard or AI model
  • Pipeline monitoring and alerts before issues reach business users
  • Data products exposed through a catalog or marketplace
  • Domain ownership for organizations moving toward data mesh

Outcomes:

  • Governed data products exposed through MCP servers, APIs or native platform integrations
  • Secure agent access with authentication, audit logging and lineage
  • Policy-aligned data usage based on defined permissions and business logic
  • Natural language access to approved business data
  • Vendor-independent foundation for future AI use cases

Outcomes:

  • Migration from QlikView and on-premise Qlik Sense to Qlik Cloud
  • Migration from SQL Server and legacy Power BI to Microsoft Fabric
  • Hybrid target architectures where Qlik Cloud and Microsoft Fabric coexist
  • Assessment of hidden logic in legacy BI tools and old data marts
  • Prioritized migration backlog and target architecture
  • Parallel operation until the new foundation is proven
  • Training through BE-terna Academy for Qlik Cloud, Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.

BE-terna already offers Qlik Academy and Qlik Cloud Analytics Academy training formats, which can support enablement after go-live.

Not every data engineering project needs to start from zero. BE-terna Data Accelerators provide preconfigured pipelines, models and data products for common ERP and analytics use cases.

Outcomes:

  • BE-Analytics for Retail, Manufacturing, Project Services and Services on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI
  • BI Accelerator for Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management
  • Qlik SAP Data Products for Finance, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Supply Chain, Inventory, Shopfloor and Quality Management
  • Predefined extractors and business data models
  • Engineering foundations that other tools, teams and AI use cases can build on.
Delivery Process

How BE-terna delivers data engineering projects

Change management and training run through every phase, not after. That is how data foundations stay owned by the business that depends on them.

Assessment

We map your systems, pipelines, reports, business logic, use cases and governance gaps, then define a backlog and clear target architecture for business and IT.

Typical duration: 2 to 4 weeks

Design and pilot

We design the target foundation around your most relevant use cases and validate it with a focused pilot, such as a first data product, real-time pipeline or SAP extraction.

Typical duration: 3 to 6 weeks

Build and scale

We build the new foundation while reports and processes keep running. Data products and pipelines go live step by step, proving value before wider rollout.

Typical duration: 3 to 12 months, scope dep.

Cutover and run

Once the foundation is trusted, we support cutover, enablement and long-term operation. Training and Managed Services help your teams own, run and evolve the platform after go-live.

Ongoing after go-live

Process knowledge, data engineering and AI-readiness

Why BE-terna for data engineering

Most consultancies cover only one part of the journey. BE-terna brings operational process knowledge, data engineering and AI-readiness together in one delivery model. We help organizations move from strategy and framework design to tool configuration, adoption and continuous improvement across all our business solutions

  • Technology-neutral consulting: We help you select, implement or improve the data solutions that fit your architecture and business needs.
  • Operational debth: Decades of ERP, CRM and process expertise across finance, supply chain, manufacturing, retail and services. We understand the business systems where critical data is created.
  • End-to end data journey: From data integration and lakehouse architecture to dashboards, governed data products and AI platform integration, BE-terna supports the full data journey.
  • Governance built in: Quality, lineage, trust scores, access control and compliance logic are embedded into the data foundation from day one, not added later.
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Michael Sullmann

Solution Lead Data & AI DACH

Michael Sullman is a Solution Lead for Data & AI. He supports organizations in translating data-driven strategies into measurable business value and in sustainably establishing innovative Data & AI solutions.




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