Aunalytics’ Client Success Team Drives Measurable Business Value
Transitioning to a more data-driven organization can be a long, complicated journey. A complete digital transformation is more than simply adopting new technologies (though that is an important component.) It requires change at all levels of the business in order to pivot to a more data-enabled, customer-focused mindset. Aunalytics Client Success is committed to helping organizations digitally transform by guiding and assisting them along every step of the journey, and ultimately, allowing them to thrive.
Below, the Client Success (CS) team has answered some of the most common questions about what they do and how they help organizations achieve measurable business outcomes.
What is Client Success?
Aunalytics CS partners with clients to become their trusted advisor, by building a customized CS Partnership Plan utilizing the client’s unique business needs as the core goals. The CS Partnership Plan creates an exceptional client experience by consistently applying a combination of our team and technology to deliver measurable value and business outcomes for our clients.
What are the main goals of the Aunalytics Client Success team?
The Client Success team has four main goals:
- Designing targeted client experiences (by industry, product, and digital transformation stage)
- Recommending targeted next steps by simplifying and synthesizing complex information
- Delivering proactive and strategic support from onboarding to solution launch, ongoing support, and consulting
- Collecting and responding to client feedback on ways our service delivery can evolve
What are the various roles within the CS team?
There are two main roles within the CS team that interact with clients on a regular basis. The first is the Client Success Manager (CSM). The CSM manages day-to-day client tactical needs, providing updates and direction throughout the onboarding process. As the liaison between clients and the Aunalytics team, the CSM synthesizes complex information into clear actions, mitigates any roadblocks that may occur, and clearly communicates project milestones. The CSM works closely with the clients throughout their partnership with Aunalytics, from onboarding, adoption, support, and engagement.
The Client Success Advisor (CSA) works on high-level strategy with each client, translating Aunalytics’ technology solutions into measurable business outcomes. They partner with the clients’ key stakeholders to understand their strategic objectives and create a custom technology roadmap that identifies the specific steps necessary to reach their digital transformation goals. These goals are integrated into the client’s specific CS Partnership Plan to ensure we are aligned on objectives and key results, with clear owners, timelines, and expected outcomes.
How often can a client expect to hear from a CS team member throughout their engagement with Aunalytics?
The CS team is introduced to clients at the initial kickoff meeting and CSMs initiate weekly touch points to ensure onboarding milestones are being met and to communicate action items, responsible parties, and next steps. During these calls the CS team (CS Manager, CS Advisor, Data Engineer, & Business Analyst) will review the project tracker—highlighting recent accomplishments, key priorities, and next steps. Each item is documented, assigned an owner, a timeline, and clear expectations around completion criteria.
What is the Aunalytics “Side-by-Side Support” model and how does the CS team help facilitate this?
Our side-by-side service delivery model provides a dedicated account team, comprised of technology (Data Engineers (DE), Data Scientists (DS), and Business Analysts) and data experts (Product Managers, Data Ingestion Engineers, and Cloud Infrastructure Team), to help transform the way our clients work. The account team collaborates across the company, in service of the client, to ensure that everyone on the team is driving towards the client’s desired outcomes. The CSA captures this information in the CS Partnership Plan to ensure alignment, key priorities, and ownership of time-bound tasks.
The CS team partners with Aunalytics’ Product, Ingestion, and Cloud teams to share client questions, recommendations, and future enhancement ideas. The Partnership Plan is a custom document that evolves with the client’s ever-changing needs. The CSA reviews the Partnership Plan with the client every quarter to capture new goals, document accomplishments, and create feasible timelines for implementation. The goal of the CSA is to create a relationship with the client, in which they view the CSA as a key member of their internal team (e.g. the same side of the table vs. a vendor).
A successful partnership with Aunalytics’ Client Success team is when concrete business outcomes and value are realized by the client, through the use of Aunalytics’ solutions (products + service).
What are some examples of business outcomes that CS has helped Daybreak for Financial Services clients achieve?
In addition to guidance throughout the initial implementation of Daybreak, CS has assisted banks and credit unions with the execution of a number of actionable business cases, such as:
- Assisting Financial Institutions with implementation of self-service analytics programs;
- Improving collection and recovery rates on loans;
- Implementing pattern recognition to make sure that risk and collection departments are efficiently targeting the most at-risk loans;
- Creating data driven marketing programs to offer personalized services, next-best products, and onboarding. Data-driven marketing allows financial institutions to be more efficient with their marketing dollars and track campaign outcomes better;
- Integration with 3rdparty software systems.
The Aunalytics Client Success team is instrumental in helping clients realize measurable business value. Together with Aunalytics’ strong technology stack, this side-by-side delivery model ensures that all clients are equipped with the resources they need to affect positive change within the organization and achieve their digital transformation goals.
Aunalytics Cloud in Top 4% Among Global VMware Cloud Providers
South Bend, IN, May 8, 2020 – Aunalytics has earned VMware’s Cloud Verified designation, signifying Cloud services that offer the complete value of VMware’s cloud infrastructure. Only 169 of nearly 4,500 VMware Cloud partners in the world have earned the Cloud Verified designation. Aunalytics is recognized for maintaining the highest level of consistency for infrastructure, operations, and developer experience.
“The Aunalytics Cloud offers advanced analytics, production and disaster recovery services utilizing the strengths of the VMware Cloud platform. VMware’s endorsement of the Aunalytics Cloud attests to the overwhelming technical proficiency of our Cloud and corporate data centers” said Aunalytics Chief Operating Officer Terry Gour. “In addition to our partnership with VMware, it’s our people that set us apart from other Cloud providers; working side-by-side throughout every step of your digital transformation. With Aunalytics you get world class technology while gaining access to an on-demand team ready to help you transform your organization.”
With VMware software, organizations have the freedom to build and deploy modern applications, migrate seamlessly between environments, and ensure that all data and applications remain secure and protected. Pairing the world’s leading Cloud infrastructure software with Aunalytics’ human intelligence provides an end-to-end data solution that can be customized to an organization’s unique requirements.
Cloud Verified providers support a distributed workforce with scale on demand capacity with services that are:
- Scalable – elastic infrastructure that supports the dynamic needs of today’s cloud computing environments
- Efficient – run, manage, connect, and secure applications across clouds and devices in a common operating environment
- Optimized – rely on your team’s existing skill sets leveraging the consistent infrastructure and operations of the VMware Cloud Infrastructure
For more details and information about Aunalytics’ Cloud Verified designation, please visit https://cloud.vmware.com/providers/cloud-providers/Aunalytics.
About Aunalytics
Aunalytics brings together the best of human intelligence and leading digital technologies. Through a seamless integration of tailored IT initiatives, secure cloud infrastructure, and advanced analytics, we act as a catalyst for human and organizational thriving. With over 185 employees between our South Bend Indiana and Kalamazoo Michigan locations, we work closely with your team throughout every step of your digital journey.
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Aunalytics Coronavirus Response
At Aunalytics, our clients’ success and our teams’ safety is a top priority. In times of natural disaster and other unexpected or challenging events, we have plans, processes and teams in place to ensure our services remain available and our team is protected. This approach should allow our clients to focus on their critical business goals and the well-being of their workforce.
Therefore, we find it appropriate at this time to share the following update:
COVID-19 Business Continuity and Crisis Management
We do not foresee any impact to the delivery of any Aunalytics services due to COVID-19, and as always, we are committed to keeping our solutions available and running for our clients regardless of their location.
Our cloud-based, multi-tenant architecture model and distributed data center approach is designed to operate without any service disruptions. We also have proactively formed an internal Coronavirus Response Team to mitigate any potential disruptions.
Working Remotely
Aunalytics team members have the resources and tools they need to perform their jobs securely from any location. Therefore, we are recommending that our team members do not travel to client worksites unless absolutely necessary. In the event that an onsite presence is required, we will work together with our clients to ensure we are putting safety first for all individuals.
To make determinations around remote work and office closures, we carefully monitor and consider advice from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. Department of State, and government and health officials in local communities where our team members live and work.
Business Continuity Planning
As a cloud-based company with a dispersed team and flexible, remote workforce, we are prepared to virtually manage business continuity challenges. Our approach is designed to ensure that our services remain available to our clients during natural disasters or other unexpected and challenging events. Our business continuity planning is also intended to ensure we have open channels for timely communications with our clients and other stakeholders.
Service Operations
Our cloud services are designed with a high degree of redundancy and geographic fail-over capabilities to reduce the likelihood of significant impact. We maintain policies and procedures for responding to emergencies, including a disaster recovery plan. Aunalytics has data centers and technical support located in multiple locations to reduce the impact of a regional or local disruption.
We sincerely appreciate your faith in us and take the responsibility to our clients and team members very seriously. We will continue to provide updates as warranted.
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Richard F. Carlton
President
Terry A. Gour
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Companies Merge into the New Aunalytics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Leading analytics & IT cloud providers unify to align with direction of the future.
SOUTH BEND, IND. (October 1, 2019) – Aunalytics, a leader in data and analytics services for enterprise businesses, announced today that it has unified four entities into the new Aunalytics, adding cloud, managed, and data center services to its offerings.
The newly unified Aunalytics positions the company as a unique leader in the IT market, offering a new category of software and services. Aunalytics is creating a single ecosystem that offers a full-featured, end-to-end cloud platform, capable of everything from traditional cloud hosting, to analytics and artificial intelligence.
This move follows significant growth in Aunalytics’ Midwest footprint as the only provider of a cloud platform with both analytics and production capabilities. The expansion, driven in part by acquiring the cloud infrastructure assets of MicroIntegration in South Bend, IN and Secant in Kalamazoo, MI, has resulted in strong momentum for Aunalytics. Today, the company employs over 180 team members – representing 56 universities, six countries, four branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and has attracted talent from 11 states specifically to work at Aunalytics.
Secant is now Aunalytics
“The Secant name served us very well for many years, but as we continue to grow across the region and around the country, it is important to evolve the brand to better reflect our people and purpose,” said Steve Burdick, VP Sales, Cloud & Managed Services. “From the most foundational IT needs, to the most challenging AI initiatives, we have an expert team that can help manage every step of a client’s digital journey.”
MicroIntegration is now Aunalytics
“The change of our name represents the merger of multiple companies with unique technology capabilities that when joined together provide a world-class cloud platform with managed services to support virtually any technology our clients need,” said Terry Gour, President & COO, Cloud & Managed Services.
Data Realty is now Aunalytics
“Data Realty’s Northern Indiana data center was one of the first buildings in South Bend’s technology park, Ignition Park, and we’re excited, again, be part of the largest company at the tech park, as Aunalytics,” said Rich Carlton, President & Data Services Lead. “With almost 200 team members and multiple locations across two states, we have more top talent that can manage every step from hosting to AI.”
The Aunalytics Name
The mathematical symbol (U) means union. The letter ‘u” added to “analytics” symbolizes the belief that analytics is not just about data or software-as-a-service. It is about a union between technology and human intelligence, between digital partner and client, between cloud and artificial intelligence. Those that can master these unions, are the companies that will truly thrive and remain competitive.
“We’re living in a data-rich world that is only getting richer. But harnessing that data is extraordinarily difficult for most companies. Businesses need a partner that can provide not just the right systems and software tools, but the people and judgement to implement them strategically,” says Carlton. “They need a catalyst to help them on their journey to digital transformation. Aunalytics is that catalyst.”
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About Aunalytics
Aunalytics brings together the best of human intelligence and leading digital technologies to transform business challenges into flexible, scalable solutions, measured by definable business outcomes. Through a seamless integration of tailored IT initiatives, secure cloud infrastructure, and big data, analytics and AI solutions, Aunalytics is a catalyst for human and organizational thriving.
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