Description
Platfora, Inc. is a big data analytics company based in San Mateo, California. The firm’s software works in tandem with the open-source software framework Apache Hadoop to assist companies and government organizations with rapid data analysis, data visualization, and sharing.
Platfora’s software works with the open-source software framework Apache Hadoop; when a user queries a database, the product delivers answers in real time via a graphical user interface. Bloomberg Businessweek called it “Big Data for Dummies. A corporate or government data analyst can use the interface to filter results, or drag and drop fields to create graphs, overlays, and other visualizations of the data. The analyst can then share those data visualizations and answers with others.
Platfora's software turns raw data in Hadoop into interactive, in-memory business intelligence for use in visualizations, dashboards and exploratory analytics. "Our target is the everyday business user," Werther said. The software supports all Hadoop distributions, including Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR and Amazon Web Services.