Building a Unified Intelligent Data Platform for a Statewide Management Services Agency
A major statewide management services agency supporting more than 80 departments, boards, and commissions needed a modern way to manage its rapidly growing data ecosystem. Legacy systems and siloed data sources made it difficult for teams to gain visibility, maintain compliance, or apply advanced analytics.
The agency partnered with Zion Cloud Solutions to design and implement a secure, cloud-native Intelligent Data Platform (IDP) that unifies data, streamlines governance, and accelerates analytics-driven decision-making across state operations.
The Challenge
According to the internal documentation (page 1), the agency was struggling with deeply siloed systems—including SharePoint, Dynamics 365, SAP, DB2, and JIRA. These silos created several challenges:
- No unified way to manage, govern, or analyze data
- Inefficiencies caused by inconsistent data sources
- Increased compliance and transparency risks
- Limited real-time visibility for decision-makers
The organization needed a scalable, repeatable solution that could integrate legacy systems while enabling advanced analytics across agencies.
The Solution
Zion Cloud Solutions developed a cloud-native Intelligent Data Platform built on Google Cloud Platform, using a modular architecture designed to integrate with legacy environments and support statewide expansion.
The solution delivered:
- End-to-end data lifecycle management
- Integration with Google Cloud services such as BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataplex, and Cloud IAM
- A blueprint for secure, repeatable, scalable data architecture
- Unified access to structured and unstructured data
- Robust governance and compliance frameworks
This platform made it possible for teams to ingest, profile, govern, and analyze data in a standardized, state-ready environment.
The Impact
The deployment of the Intelligent Data Platform produced measurable improvements across the agency’s operations:
Real-Time Visibility Across Silos
The agency gained a unified view of vendor activity, invoices, financial operations, and case resolution—eliminating blind spots created by legacy systems.
Self-Service Data Access
State teams were equipped with dashboards and analytics tools, reducing manual reporting and improving day-to-day efficiency.
Improved Governance & Compliance
With data centralized and governed through standardized workflows, transparency and compliance improved across departments.
Statewide Adoption Enablement
The solution was approved for inclusion in the statewide IT Catalog, making it available for more than 90 agencies to adopt and accelerate modernization.
Foundation for AI and Analytics
The Intelligent Data Platform now serves as the backbone for AI-driven and analytics-driven operations across the state.
A statement in the internal draft reinforces the outcome:
“The IDP transforms how the State manages data: improving governance, compliance, and transparency while accelerating AI- and analytics-driven operations across agencies.”
Driving Statewide Digital Transformation
By partnering with Zion Cloud Solutions, the agency established a secure, scalable, and future-ready data foundation capable of supporting modern analytics, AI adoption, and enterprise governance across the entire state ecosystem.
This success story demonstrates how cloud-native architectures and strong data governance can transform public-sector operations at scale.
