Compare The Market has signed a deal with WANdisco that will see the UK’s leading price-comparison website implement WANdisco Fusion across its existing data centres.
WANdisco Fusion is the only Hadoop-compatible product that shares data across clusters, distributions, and file systems.
It will play a crucial role in allowing Compare The Market to implement its big data strategy globally, providing the firm with a much deeper insight into customer behaviour. It forms part of a wider initiative to boost sales and deliver a much richer user experience.
By ensuring that Compare The Market’s data is continuously available and allowing it 100% use of its data centres, WANdisco Fusion is helping the firm significantly improve performance while remaining fully operational.
David Richards, CEO, co-founder and president of WANdisco, said, “We’re delighted to be playing such an important role in Compare The Market’s big data strategy.
“But this deal also reflects the industry-wide need to better address the market’s data challenges, to which WANdisco Fusion offers a unique solution.
“A recent Wikibon survey found that only 18% of non-IT early adopters are happy with the results of their Big Data initiatives.
“Data analytics is transforming the way the world’s most successful businesses operate, but the transition from potential to impact is based on enterprise-enabled products delivering efficiency and quality. WANdisco Fusion marries the two and makes big data possible for global businesses.”
Jeff Kelly, lead big data analyst at Wikibon, added: “The CIO community is well aware of the transformative impact of Big Data, but fragmented solutions make implementation of bespoke solutions across diverse networks a challenge. WANdisco Fusion will form part of the ODP Core platform and is a powerful Hadoop solution for the enterprise.”
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