Platfora has undertaken the ambitious task of trying to make analyzing mountains of data stored in Hadoop clusters as easy as analyzing their own Stripe data might be for developers using Datahero. It’s based on a foundation of Hadoop and massively parallel query processing, but is presented like an HTML5 version of current visualization golden boy Tableau that’s all about dragging, dropping, and visually slicing and dicing through data. The latter capability is actually critical in a big data world where there are likely more data points than you can ever digest at once. Read More >
A few weeks ago, a company called Platfora released its own business intelligence solution: a BI-over-Hadoop-layer that fills in for the data warehousing and ETL software traditionally used in conjunction with the Big Data framework. Platfora’s platform supports every major Hadoop distribution, including the vanilla version, and can run on-premise or in the cloud. Read More >
Why they're on this list: They're focused on the main challenge of Big Data, namely, how to make sense of it. They have a solid management team and an impressive amount of VC funding. Platfora tries to simplify that process and automatically transform raw data in Hadoop into interactive, in-memory business intelligence, with no ETL or data warehousing required. Platfora provides an exploratory BI and analytics platform designed for business analysts and not just IT. Read More >
Powerful new database systems that can analyze vast amounts of information are expected to revolutionize business and government over the next few years. The only problem is that much of the data contained in those systems is inaccessible to all but the most highly trained computer scientists. Longtime Silicon Valley technology executive Ben Werther thinks he has an answer–he believes his enterprise software company, Platfora, will make searching complicated database systems as easy as searching Google. Read More >
Platfora, which came out of stealth mode in October, offers in-memory business intelligence software that can directly analyze data in Hadoop without the need for building a complex (and expensive) data warehouse or traditional data store. According to its CEO, Platfora could represent "the beginning of the end of the data warehouse." Read More >
We have been tracking Platfora for quite a while. They have long been our on Disruptive IT list, we knew long ago these guys would change the world. Now with their announcement that their flagship capability is available for widespread use (see: Platfora, Now Available, Cuts Through Big Data Hype and Delivers Business Value on Hadoop), we can all dive a bit deeper in their capabilities. Read More >
Platfora, the San Mateo, Calif.-based startup that helped spur a general rethinking of business intelligence for a big data world, is finally exiting its beta period and is generally available. It’s no wonder the company has garnered so much attention given its stated mission to make Hadoop an interactive experience and to disrupt a multi-billion-dollar data warehouse and BI market.Unlike legacy BI applications that generally connect to Hadoop but otherwise retain their old-school performance limitations, Platfora and its ilk have big data at their core. Read More >
Backed by top-tier venture capitalist and led by EMC Greenplum veteran Ben Werther, Platfora pitches its platform as a modern-day replacement for the data warehouse. What sets it apart, however, is that it can handle all the scale and variety of data on Hadoop clusters without the delays associated with transforming data to a rigid relational database schema. Read More >
For the world's most lauded open source data platform, Hadoop is remarkably difficult to use, so Tuesday brings another company slinging a tool that entices managers and analysts into fiddling with the elephant. This time it's analytics startup Platfora with the general release of its in-memory business intelligence layer atop Hadoop. Unlike rival BI engines, Platfora lets you interrogate your Hadoop-stored data via a graphical user interface – no need for terminal here, folks*. Read More >
Although late to the party, Platfora is a comparative veteran. Founded in early 2011, the team chose to bide their time, developing for two years before yesterday’s GA launch.
Platfora’s take on analytics is to use Hadoop as a batch engine, whilst Platfora provides the analytical insight. Platfora then extracts insight from raw data rather than relying upon established warehousing projects such as Hive. Results are then displayed using an interactive web-based interface.
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