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Data & AI services

Forward deployed engineers,
shipping agentic AI for your business.

We bring strategy, data engineering, analytics and AI together as one delivery team — turning scattered sources into governed platforms, clearer decisions and capability your organisation keeps.

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  • Dedicated data engineering pods
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What we do

Our services

Each service stands on its own, and each one connects to the same delivery team — so wherever you start, the rest of the system is already there.

Services

Forward Deployed Engineers

Embedded engineers use Claude to build, test and ship governed agentic workflows alongside your business and technical teams.

  • Claude
  • Agentic workflows
  • Embedded delivery
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Data Analytics

We create trusted reporting, real-time insight and predictive intelligence from data spread across systems, spreadsheets and documents.

  • Predictive analytics
  • Data visualisation
  • Responsible AI
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Data Engineering

Dedicated data engineering pods build pipelines, integrations and governed data products — turning fragmented sources into a dependable flow for analytics, applications and AI.

  • Dedicated pods
  • Pipelines
  • Integration
  • Cloud platforms
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Cloud Platforms & DevOps

We design, implement and manage cloud data environments across Azure, AWS, Databricks and Microsoft Fabric, with deployment automation, observability and security controls built in.

  • Cloud platforms
  • DevOps
  • Observability
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Business App Development

Composable applications, portals and automated workflows turn data into a working service through short sprints and regular playbacks.

  • Business applications
  • Process automation
  • Portals
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Solution Architecture

We combine data, applications, industry experience and partner technology to launch services, improve processes and automate manual work.

  • Solution architecture
  • Technology roadmaps
  • Outcome-led delivery
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Technology

FORGE Orchestration Platform

FORGE moves, transforms and manages data across enterprise ecosystems through durable workflows, controlled execution and live operational visibility.

  • Durable execution
  • Data orchestration
  • Any workload
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Databricks

As a certified partner, we bring data engineering, analytics and machine learning into one secure, governed and collaborative platform.

  • Certified partner
  • Lakehouse
  • Machine learning
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Microsoft Fabric

A unified, software-as-a-service analytics platform bringing data integration, engineering, warehousing and Power BI together on one open lake.

  • OneLake
  • Power BI
  • SaaS analytics
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Claude

Claude adds a conversational, agentic layer to governed data platforms — reasoning over unstructured data and safely taking action, with enterprise safety and control retained.

  • Agentic AI
  • Reasoning
  • Governed automation
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DataWalk

Graph analytics connects diverse information to expose patterns, networks and anomalies for fraud, risk and complex investigations.

  • Graph analytics
  • Fraud detection
  • Investigations
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Where we work

Industries we work in

The same delivery team, applied to the data problems each sector actually has.

Insurance

Insurers, reinsurers, MGAs and brokers — turning policy, claims and underwriting data into compliance and productivity gains.

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Financial services

Platforms proven across financial services, solving operational challenges at scale.

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Healthcare & life sciences

Bespoke solutions for pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations, from supplier management to supply-chain efficiency.

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Construction

Large capital projects — connecting scoping, tendering and delivery data across the whole project lifecycle.

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Where we help

What we get called in to solve

The problems this kind of work most often gets called in for — alongside the things that stay constant however you bring us in.

Fraud and claims investigation

Connecting disparate records to expose networks, patterns and anomalies faster.

Document and contract intelligence

Turning unstructured documents into structured, usable information.

Governed natural-language reporting

Letting people ask questions of trusted data in plain language, without losing control.

Real-time operational monitoring

Watching live signals from systems and processes as they happen.

Forecasting and decision support

Using historical and live data to inform what happens next.

Data and application modernisation

Moving fragmented or legacy information into a dependable, governed flow.

Data migration

Moving data safely off legacy platforms and onto new, governed systems without losing history or trust.

Process automation

Replacing repetitive manual steps with rules-based or agentic workflows.

Customer and employee portals

Giving people a working interface onto systems that previously had none.

IoT and event-stream processing

Bringing continuous device and sensor data into the same trusted stream.

Governed AI adoption

Introducing agentic and analytical AI without losing oversight or context.

What stays constant

Senior people close to delivery

Experienced practitioners stay close to decisions and delivery, reducing translation layers and keeping momentum high.

Business and technology working together

We connect strategy, engineering, data, software and delivery around the business outcome, rather than separating thinking from implementation.

Short feedback cycles

Short cycles and regular playbacks replace status reporting with something you can test and challenge.

Visible progress

Working demonstrations, not slide decks, are how progress gets shown.

Governance built in

Architecture and governance grow around value that has already been demonstrated, not before it.

One connected UK and South African practice

Our United Kingdom and South Africa teams operate as one practice, combining local partnership with scalable engineering depth.

Capability and ownership transferred throughout

We transfer knowledge while we work, leaving a dependable system and a team equipped to evolve it.

ISO 27001:2022 certified

Information security managed to the ISO 27001:2022 standard.

Trusted by teams at

2gether Insurance
Cover
FCM
JMR Software
Genasys
Hurst Point Group
Fit Out UK
Castlebridge
LifeArc
RemoteNET Namibia ICT
Trevali
Riverlinx
Old Mutual
NBI Partnership
Namibia Training Authority
MDU
Matlafin
ID Scan
Hadeda
Genomics
Flutter
Efficient Group
Causeway
Carbon Quota
Canopius
Allmech
Acumen
FIA
Bertram Group
Tideway
RX Live
One Family
MotoData
Insure the Box
FNB
DSJV
CrediCar
Careys
C2 Group
AM Hydraulics
ADP
The Job App
SSG Security
SA Taxi
InsurTech Scout
HRA Pharma
Mooply
Cancer Central

Why TDC

What makes us different

We are a services business. You are hiring a delivery team — senior people who stay close to the work and hand the capability over when it is done.

Fast implementation and results

Short cycles with working capability demonstrated early, so value shows up long before the end of the engagement.

Senior people, embedded

Experienced engineers and consultants work inside your team rather than behind a separate queue, and stay close to the decisions.

A partner network, not one stack

A certified Databricks partner working across Azure, AWS, Microsoft Fabric, Claude and DataWalk — so the platform follows the problem, not the other way round.

Knowledge and know-how

A management team with over 100 years of combined experience delivering enterprise software and data solutions.

Proven accelerators

FORGE, our own orchestration platform, moves and migrates data across enterprise systems on durable workflows — so delivery starts from a proven base, not bespoke plumbing.

Capability you keep

Documentation, controls, training and mentoring are part of delivery, so your team can own and extend the system afterwards.

Technology

Platforms and technology

A certified partner network rather than one fixed stack — so the platform follows the problem, not the other way round.

01Data platforms
02Cloud foundations
  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS
03AI and analytics
  • Claude
04Application engineering
  • Python
  • Java
05Orchestration and operations

Our process

How we work

However you come in, the work moves through the same four stages — so the way we engage is never a mystery, and the handover is never a surprise.

  1. 01Shape

    Identify the real business question and the most valuable starting point.

    • Advisory and discoveryA focused look at where the real constraint sits, before any technology gets chosen.
  2. 02Build

    Work in short cycles as one multidisciplinary team.

    • Embedded specialistsSenior engineers and consultants working inside your team, not behind a separate queue.
    • Multidisciplinary delivery teamsBusiness, data and engineering people working from one shared plan and one backlog.
    • Platform implementationStanding up governed data and AI platforms on the cloud environment you already run.
    • Application or process modernisationBringing an existing system, workflow or dataset into a more dependable working state.
  3. 03Prove

    Demonstrate working capability early and measure the result.

  4. 04Transfer

    Hand over knowledge, documentation, controls and ownership.

    • Ongoing engineering supportContinued access to the team once a platform or application is live.

From the team

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Every engagement starts the same way: understanding the outcome you need and the constraints you’re working within, before we recommend any technology.

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