Many companies in the GCC are reviewing data resilience, vendor lock-in risks, and backup strategies.
We help organizations migrate data platforms and implement flexible open-source architectures.
Data resilience in an uncertain world
Recent disruptions across the GCC have exposed a key risk: dependence on a single cloud or proprietary data platform.
SoDa helps enterprises move to open and multi-cloud architectures that improve resilience and flexibility.
Data platform risk becomes real
Backup and recovery strategies often exist. However, moving or restoring workloads quickly across environments remains challenging.
Companies are increasingly reviewing where their data is stored, how dependent they are on a single vendor or cloud region, and whether their architecture allows them to quickly recover or relocate workloads if needed.
Modern data platform architectures - including multi-cloud, hybrid, and open-source-based solutions allow organizations to reduce vendor lock-in while improving operational resilience and long-term flexibility.
For more than a decade, SoDa has been helping organizations design and build modern data platforms, including large-scale open-source data warehouses and lakehouse architectures as well as complex data migrations between data warehouses, cloud platforms, and hybrid environments and transitions from proprietary systems to flexible open ecosystems, ensuring continuity while minimizing operational risk.
Our Core Principles for Modern Data Architecture
Principle
Description
Technology Example
Hybrid
Supports cloud, on-premise, and edge deployments
Databricks Lakehouse on AWS + Azure
Data as a Product
Domain-oriented ownership following Data Mesh patterns
Uber-style data domain ownership
Automation
AI-assisted metadata, quality, and security management
Informatica CLAIRE, IBM Watson
Real-Time
Combines streaming and batch data flows
Kafka + Spark Structured Streaming
Openness
API-first and open-source friendly architectures
Snowflake + Apache Iceberg
Audit & Roadmap:
  • Full audit of existing systems (DWH, lakes, pipelines).
  • Identify cost and performance inefficiencies.
  • ROI-based modernization roadmap.
Architecture Design
We deliver cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud architectures, including:
  • Cloud Data Warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).
  • Lakehouse Platforms (Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg).
  • Data Fabric (IBM Cloud Pak for Data, Talend Data Fabric, Informatica IDMC, Denodo)
  • Real-time & streaming (Kafka, Flink).
  • Flexible multi-cloud setups (AWS + Azure + On-Prem).
Our Approach
Migration & Optimization
  • Zero-downtime migrations from legacy systems.
  • Automated pipeline redesign (SQL → Spark/dbt).
  • Cost governance: right-sizing compute and storage tiers.
Future-Proofing
  • Scalability for AI/ML workloads.
  • Metadata and lineage layers for discoverability.
  • Vendor-agnostic solutions (avoid lock-in).
Key Technologies We Use
Category
Open-Source
Enterprise
Storage
Snowflake, Databricks, Oracle, AWS
Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake
Processing
Azure Synapse, AWS EMR
Spark, Flink
Orchestration
Informatica, Talend
Airflow, Dagster
Governance
Collibra, Alation
DataHub, OpenMetadata
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