This document describes zData's BI/Advanced Analytics Platform and Pilot Programs. The platform provides tools for storing, collaborating on, analyzing, and visualizing large amounts of data. It offers machine learning and predictive analytics. The platform can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud. zData also offers an 8-week pilot program that provides up to 1TB of data storage and full access to the platform's tools and services to test out the Big Data solution.
2. BI
&
Analytics
Platform
Store
Gather,
integrate,
load
and
manage
your
data
in
the
cloud
or
on
premise
Collaborate
Validate
and
dimensionalize
data
and
share
for
contextual
services
Prediction
and
Advanced
Analytics
Execute
machine
learning
and
predictive
analysis
through
an
extensive
library
of
functions
and
features
Analyze
and
Visualize
Collaborate
and
uncover
insights
through
a
comprehensive,
diverse
set
of
visualizations
The
ZD
Platform
offers
all
the
technical
support
and
resources
your
company
needs
to
get
started
with
Big
Data.
3. Store
BI
&
Analytics
Platform
Enterprise-‐Ready
Datawarehousing
Enhanced
for
Data
Science
Datalake
Ready
- Shared-‐Nothing
MPP
Architecture
- Highly
secure
- Fault
tolerant
and
fully
recoverable
- Petabyte
Level
Scalability
Unlimited
scalability
in
the
cloud,
on
premise
and
co-‐lo.
zData’s
technology
stack
allows
you
to
expand
your
toolset
as
your
business
needs
grow.
We
also
know
that
there
are
times
when
a
cloud
solution
does
not
meet
the
high
performance
needs
enterprise
organizations
need
and
will
provide
free
migration
to
one
of
our
co-‐lo
or
on
premise
options.
4. Collaborate
BI
&
Analytics
Platform
Simple
to
use
for
every
user
Collaboration
between
IT,
Data
Scientists,
Business
Users
and
Analysts
A
single
environment
for
developing
and
deploying
advanced
analytics
Reduces
error
and
lost
productivity
Empowers
your
entire
organization
to
reveal
predictive
insights
- Data
Exploration
- Comprehensive
Search
and
Self-‐
Documenting
- Browse
Database
and
Apache
Hadoop
Data
- Automated
Data
Services
Share
Code
and
Libraries
ZD
Chorus
provides
an
analytic
productivity
platform
that
enables
your
team
to
search,
explore,
visualize,
and
import
data
from
anywhere
in
the
organization.
It
provides
rich
social
network
features
that
revolve
around
datasets,
insights,
methods,
and
workflows,
allowing
data
analysts,
data
scientists,
IT
staff,
DBAs,
executives,
and
other
stakeholders
to
participate
and
collaborate
on
Big
Data.
5. Prediction
&
Advanced
Analytics
Platform
A
rapid
and
iterative
approach
to
data
modeling
Sentiment
analysis
for
text
data
End-‐to-‐End
Workflow
Creation
Full
library
of
statistical
functions,
algorithms
and
machine
learning
The
ability
to
perform
analytics
within
the
source
data
stores,
rather
than
extracting
datasets
into
separate
analytics
infrastructures,
offers
a
number
of
benefits:
- No
data
movement
required
- Built-‐in
scalability
for
MPP
architecture
- One-‐click
model
deployment
- Elimination
of
data
silos
Alpine
is
the
world’s
first
collaborative,
code-‐free
solution
for
Advanced
Analytics
on
Big
Data
and
Hadoop.
With
Alpine,
data
scientists
and
business
analysts
can
work
with
large
data
sets,
develop
and
collaborate
on
models
at
scale
without
having
to
use
code
or
desktop
software.
Leaders
in
all
industries,
from
Financial
Services
to
Healthcare.
6. Analyze
and
Visualize
Platform
Looker
lets
organizations
access,
control,
describe,
explore,
and
see
their
data.
- Easy
to
use
interactive
UI
- Prebuilt
visual
analytical
applications
- No
uploading,
warehousing,
or
indexing.
- Transform
at
query
time
and
ditch
the
ETL
process.
Looker
for
the
cloud
allows
anyone
in
your
business
to
quickly
analyze
and
find
insights
in
your
Greenplum
or
HAWQ
datasets.
Looker
opens
up
access
to
high-‐resolution
data
for
detailed
exploration
and
collaborative
discovery,
building
the
foundation
for
a
truly
data-‐driven
organization.
Unlike
traditional
BI
tools,
Looker
doesn’t
move
and
store
your
data;
instead,
it
optimizes
data
discovery
within
the
database
itself.
7. ZD
Pilot
Programs
Pilot
Overview
- 8
week
program
- Collaboration
Tool
-‐
ZD
Chorus
- Up
to
1
TB
of
Data
- Fault
Tolerant
–
Mirroring
- Security
–
SSL
and
VPN
-‐
Private
Clusters
- Platform,
Software,
and
Services
all
Included
- Free
online
HAWQ
&
Greenplum
Training
course
with
Pilot
Program
subscription
Storage
+
BI
and
Visualization
+
Advanced
Analytics
zData’s
Big
Data
Pilot
Program
is
a
cloud-‐based
end
to
end
BI
and
analytics
solution
that
leverages
the
latest
MPP
performance
and
SQL
on
Hadoop
technologies.
This
8
week
pilot
program
provides
a
testing
platform
that
delivers
all
the
components
you
will
need
for
your
next
generation
Big
Data
solution.
zData
takes
out
all
of
the
guess
work
by
providing
a
fully
integrated
stack
and
including
key
services
to
help
your
team
get
started
quickly.
STORAGE
BI
&
VISUALIZATION
ADVANCED
ANALYTICS