Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-149 · dossier edition · 31 July 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

data and AI platform launch · completed

Kortext builds Fusion on Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry

UK-based Kortext built Fusion as a unified higher-education data and AI platform using Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry.

Organisation
Kortext
Predecessor
university data and AI capabilities distributed across separate institutional feeds and tools
Destination
Fusion operating as a unified university data platform on Microsoft Fabric with multi-model capabilities through Azure AI Foundry
Workload
Kortext Fusion, Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry
Stage
completed
Evidence boundary: The source supports the platform architecture and deployment described by Microsoft. It does not prove adoption by every university or independently verify institution-specific student outcomes.

Verified platform change

UK-based Kortext built Fusion as a unified higher-education data and AI platform using Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry.

Transition

From: university data and AI capabilities distributed across separate institutional feeds and tools

To: Fusion operating as a unified university data platform on Microsoft Fabric with multi-model capabilities through Azure AI Foundry

Known unknowns

The source supports the platform architecture and deployment described by Microsoft. It does not prove adoption by every university or independently verify institution-specific student outcomes.

Official sources

  1. Kortext builds Fusion with Microsoft Fabric — 2025-08-20