We make unusable data usable.
Paper archives, legacy systems, corrupted and deleted files, obsolete formats. If your information is trapped somewhere you can't reach it, we get it out, clean it up, and hand it back in a form you can actually use.
The wall every organisation hits
Most of the world's business data is unstructured: scans, PDFs, old databases, legacy systems, proprietary formats. Every AI project, compliance obligation, legal dispute, and system migration eventually runs into the same wall. The data exists, but it isn't usable. That wall is our business.
Data Extraction & Transformation
Information trapped in PDFs, scans, legacy databases, and obsolete formats, converted into clean, structured, searchable data.
Learn more →Custom Software & Integration
Connectors and custom tools that move data between your business systems, with optional ongoing support.
Learn more →AI Workflow Automation
AI-assisted workflows that turn documents and drawings into lists, registers and spreadsheets, with human quality control.
Learn more →Data Recovery
Corrupted, deleted, or logically inaccessible files on healthy media. Honest assessment first. Physically damaged drives referred to a specialist lab.
Learn more →Technical & Data Consulting
Senior, independent help with migrations, consolidations, data cleanup, cloud, infrastructure and automation.
Learn more →How we work
Every engagement follows the same disciplined path, so you know what you're paying for before you commit.
Assess
A scoping conversation plus a hands-on look at sample data or media. You get honest feasibility and cost advice before spending money.
Pilot
A fixed-scope, fixed-price pilot on a representative sample, with agreed accuracy and quality thresholds. De-risks the job for both sides.
Deliver
Full processing with quality checkpoints and progress visibility. For forensic matters, chain of custody is maintained throughout.
Handover
Your data in the formats you agreed, with a summary of methods and verification, plus agreed retention or certified destruction of source material.
Why clients choose ABAR
Specialist-led
Every engagement is owned end to end by senior specialists, not handed down to a junior team behind an account layer.
Forensics-grade discipline everywhere
Documented process and verifiable outputs are the default standard on every job, not a premium add-on reserved for legal work.
Format-agnostic
Paper, digital, obsolete, structured or not. The starting condition of your data is our problem, not yours.
Independent
No preferred platform. We recommend what fits your situation, and the deliverable is your data in the form you need it.
Who we are
ABAR Data Solutions Pty Ltd is an Australian-owned data services company based in Western Australia. We help organisations and individuals extract, recover, transform, and make sense of data that is trapped in unusable forms: legacy systems, corrupted and deleted files, scanned paper, proprietary formats, and unstructured archives.
Data security
Client data is encrypted in storage and transfer, with access limited to personnel engaged on the matter. Handling is aligned with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and, for forensic matters, applicable WA legislation and court practice directions. Every engagement includes a documented retention and destruction policy.
What to include in your enquiry
A few details help us give you a useful first response:
What the data is
The type of material: scanned documents, a database, corrupted or deleted files, an old system, a device involved in a legal matter.
What state it's in
Format, age, condition, and rough volume if you know it. "About 40 boxes of paper" or "an external drive the computer does not recognise" is plenty.
What you need out of it
Searchable archive, spreadsheet, database, evidence for a legal matter, or just the files back. The destination shapes the approach.
Any deadlines
Court dates, compliance deadlines, or system cutover dates that the work has to fit around.
For forensic matters: contact us before anyone touches the device or data. Early handling decisions affect whether evidence survives scrutiny later.
Got data you can't use?
Tell us what you're dealing with. We'll give you an honest read on whether it can be fixed and what it would take.
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