Wakam — Integration Platform Transformation
Industry: Insurance | Client: Wakam
Context
Wakam, a French insurance company expanding rapidly across Europe and the UK, was facing the limitations of an aging integration platform unable to meet growing performance and team collaboration demands.
Objectives
- Migrate from a legacy EAI infrastructure (BizTalk + Databricks) to a cloud-native, ETL-oriented stack (Snowflake + Prefect)
- Maintain service continuity throughout the migration
- Strengthen data security and regulatory compliance (AML/CTF, GDPR)
Challenges
- Technical complexity: heterogeneous systems with numerous existing integrations to maintain
- Operational continuity: keeping critical integration projects live throughout the transition
Solutions Delivered
Analysis & Planning Phase
- Full system audits
- Critical dependency mapping
- Data transfer procedure definition
- Quality control solution evaluation
Technologies & Tools Deployed
| Tool | Use |
|---|---|
| Great Expectations | Data quality validation |
| Reference 360 | Reference data management |
| dbt | Data transformation |
| Terraform | Infrastructure automation (IaC) |
| Snowflake | Cloud data warehouse |
| Prefect | Data flow orchestration |
Outcome
The migration delivered Wakam a robust, modern, and scalable infrastructure, capable of supporting its European growth while ensuring regulatory compliance and improving collaboration across data teams.