Case Study

Media & Publishing

Company: Global Media Organisation
Engagement: White-label Managed Service Provider (MSP) delivery

Overview

A global media and publishing organisation partnered with GRADIS to rebuild and modernise its cloud analytics environment to support enterprise reporting and external client data services.

The organisation already operated within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) but required a cleaner, more scalable, and better-governed environment to support increasing data volumes, third-party integrations, and customer-facing analytics services. In addition to the core analytics platform, the business required improved operational visibility and monitoring to ensure platform reliability for both internal teams and external stakeholders.

Through a managed service engagement, GRADIS delivered a modern cloud analytics foundation in Google Cloud Platform, alongside a monitoring and governance framework to support secure, scalable, and reliable data operations.

Challenge

The organisation faced several operational and technical challenges:

An existing cloud environment that lacked structure and alignment with best practices
Limited governance around access control, security, and compliance
Poor visibility into platform usage, performance, and costs
Difficulty scaling analytics workloads as data ingestion increased
No centralised monitoring solution to support external client-facing data services
No external reporting and service for partner clients.

These challenges created operational risk, reduced efficiency, and made it difficult to confidently support growing analytics demands.

Solution

GRADIS designed and implemented a modern analytics environment on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), providing a clean, scalable foundation for enterprise data workloads.

The solution included:

A restructured and well-governed GCP environment aligned with cloud best practices
A centralised analytics platform built on BigQuery to support large-scale data processing and reporting
Integration with a modern business intelligence layer for internal and client-facing analytics
Strong identity and access controls to protect data and manage third-party access securely
Cost management tools to improve transparency and control over cloud spend

In addition, GRADIS implemented a comprehensive monitoring and audit framework, enabling:

Real-time visibility into platform health and data operations
Audit logging for compliance and security oversight
Usage and cost tracking to support operational and financial governance
Proactive identification of issues impacting data pipelines and reporting services

This ensured the platform could reliably support both internal analytics teams and external clients consuming data services.

Results

The engagement delivered tangible operational improvements:

A scalable, well-governed cloud analytics platform supporting enterprise and client workloads
Improved reliability and performance across data operations
Full visibility into platform health, usage, and costs through monitoring and governance tools
Reduced operational risk with stronger security and audit controls
A future-ready foundation capable of supporting new data sources and external analytics services

The organisation now operates a robust analytics environment that supports internal reporting needs while confidently delivering data services and insights to external clients.

Project Summary

Client

Global Media & Publishing Organisation

Platform

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Scope

Cloud environment modernisation
Scalable analytics platform design
Data governance & security controls
Monitoring & operational visibility
External client data services enablement

Key outcomes

Scalable, enterprise-grade analytics platform
Enhanced governance, security, and access control
Full visibility into platform health, usage, and costs
Reliable data services for internal and external users
Future-ready foundation for growth and integrations

Technologies

BigQuery • Google Analytics • Looker Studio